Politics

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 23:59 UTC

  Uruguay's “nays” round up campaign to win “revenge referendum”

  

  Supporters of Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou's Law of Urgent Consideration (LUC) Tuesday closed their campaign in favor of keeping the norm unchanged and therefore vote “No” in next Sunday's referendum during a rally at Las Piedras.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 23:55 UTC

  Nicaragua's Ambassador to OAS comes clean about Ortega's “dictatorship”

  

  In a surprising move Wednesday, Nicaragua's ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) decided to no longer remain silent about what is going on in his country and referred to its government as [President Daniel] Ortega's “dictatorship.”

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 20:17 UTC

  Restoring diplomatic ties with Chile hinges on maritime issue, Bolivian gov't says

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora Wednesday urged the new Chilean Government to discuss the maritime dispute between the two countries, on which the future of ties necessarily hinges.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  President Fernández, Georgieva hold talk ahead of IMF's board vote

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday held a virtual meeting with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, during which he ratified his Government's commitment to the new program agreed upon.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Rio Grande prepares for the Malvinas Vigil and a remake of the Falklands landing 2 April

  

  The municipality of the Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego province, together with the local branch of the Malvinas Veterans have organized an agenda of activities, with an open invitation to all residents from the province and former combatants from the 1982 Falklands war.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Some “rotten apples” in London's Metropolitan Police, independent report

  

  Quite a few rotten apples have emerged from an independent report into the functioning of London's Metropolitan Police published on Tuesday, and despite situations of internal shortfalls and links to criminals within the force, there is no evidence of institutional corruption.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 09:04 UTC

  Punta del Este needs more schools to accommodate new residents

  

  The exclusive Uruguayan beach resort of Punta del Este is experiencing an increase in the development and establishment of schools, as migrating inflows of Argentines and also of people from other parts of the country to become permanent residents have put pressure on the demand.

• Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 08:54 UTC

  Argentina to recruit additional voluntary soldiers to boost armed forces

  

  Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana has announced 10,000 new volunteer soldiers are o be recruited to boost the manning of military barracks. The country's armed forces currently have some 17,000 troops nationwide, it was reported.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 22:02 UTC

  Chilean gov't to push for pardons regarding Oct. 2019 protests

  

  After its first week in office with acceptable ratings of approval, the Chilean government of President Gabriel Boric Font is eager to speed the passing of an amnesty bill to favor those who were arrested during the Oct. 2019 protests, it was reported in Santiago.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro insists Judiciary wants him to lose reelection

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro of the rightwing Liberal Party (PL) Monday insisted the country's Judiciary wanted him to lose this year's elections, following Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes' decision to ban Telegram unless some content was removed.