Politics

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 22:05 UTC

  Peruvian mine workers roundup 48-hour strike

  

  Workers of the Chinalco mining company have announced they would remain for 48 hours on strike, in addition to blocking the Peruvian Central Highway, thus halting traffic.

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 21:56 UTC

  Uruguayan President insists the LUC has brought on no damages

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou expressed his view in favor of voting “Nay” during Sunday's referendum to decide whether to repeal or not 135 provisions out of 476 of the so-called Law of Urgent Consideration (LUC), which has been a pillar of his administration.

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 16:09 UTC

  IMF Board unanimously approves Argentina deal

  

  The International Monetary Fund's board of directors Friday approved unanimously the latest US$ 45-billion program signed with Argentina, with which the South American country has avoided default.

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Court bans Alberto Fujimori from leaving Peru, but he is still at a Lima prison

  

  The Fourth Transitory National Superior Criminal Court Specializing in Organized Crime in Lima, Thursday issued a ruling banning former President Alberto Fujimori from leaving the country for the next 18 months, it was reported.

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  NATO to respond if Russia uses chemical weapons, Biden warns

  

  US President Joseph Biden Thursday said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would take direct action if Russia resorted to chemical weapons in Ukraine.

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguay: Mujica favors “Aye” vote against “aristocratic” LUC

  

  Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica said Thursday said the Law of Urgent Consideration (LUC), which has been a pillar of the current Multicolor coalition, had a certain “aristocratic” ring and a barrack-like approach at issues.

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Argentine President says March 24 brings Argentines together

  

  President Alberto Fernández Thursday stressed March 24 was the day when Argentines were stronger together. Hos words came during a ceremony marking a new anniversary of the 1976 coup d'etat aganst Constitutional President María Estela Martínez de Perón.

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  CFK and her son praise Memory Day rally demonstrators

  

  Argentine Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Thursday sent a message through social media to the groups who marched onto Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo during the Memory Day commemorations of those fallen under the military dictatorship which came to power March 24, 1976.

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Venezuela's Maduro feels worthy of Nobel Prize in Economics

  

  Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro Thursday unleashed anger worldwide when he claimed his government deserved the Nobel Prize in Economics, which earned him a barrage of negative comments on social media.

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Potash prices have more than trebled and keep climbing

  

  Potash prices, a key element used as fertilizer have more than trebled compared to a year ago. The mineral which was trading at US$ 300 a ton in early 2021, has now skyrocketed to US$ 1,100 a ton, and with not many prospects of returning to normal levels given the ongoing month-long war in Ukraine following on the Russian invasion.