Politics

Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 21:18 UTC
Interior Minister's motorcade greeted with gunshots by Mapuche group in Chile

Chile's new Interior Minister Izkia Siches escaped unharmed after her motorcade in La Araucanía was halted and gunshots were fired into the air in Temucuicui, some 670 kilometers south of Santiago.
Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 21:16 UTC
Brazil's health minister recants Deltacron findings announcement

Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga Tuesday went back on his steps and now said the two cases of Deltacron COVID-19 he had announced a day earlier are in fact still under investigation.
Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 20:58 UTC
South American corn seeks to offset Ukrainian supply to Europe

France and Spain have requested the European Union to loosen up its requirements for the import of cereals given the current impact the war in Ukraine is having on the price of food globally, it was reported.
Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Lacalle Pou signals price of meat to go up in Uruguay

Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday heralded there would be news regarding the price of meat and some other “fundamental inputs.” He also announced the measures will be announced at different times, and they also will be “internal, except for some imports of meat cuts.”
Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Peruvian President claims his innocence before Congress

Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones Tuesday denied his alleged involvement in acts of corruption and denounced opposition politicians for their campaign to remove him from office.
Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
WHO says global COVID-19 infections up but deaths drop

The total number of new COVID-19 infections globally has increased by 8%, while the number of fatalities has gone down by 17%, compared to the previous seven days, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Wednesday.
Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 09:13 UTC
UK further supports Ukraine through armed conflict with Russia

Weeks into a military conflict with the Russian Federation, the Parliament of Ukraine has announced it would up its defense spending following a £ 1.7 billion loan from the United Kingdom, it was reported.
Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 20:14 UTC
Ukraine: ICRC warns “nuclear explosion would cause insurmountable challenges”

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)'s Director of Law and Policy, Helen Durham, Monday issued a statement saying the body was 'alarmed' by the threats the world is facing amid escalating violence in Ukraine involving the Russian Federation's military forces, which could lead to a nuclear confrontation with western powers.
Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Mercosur and associate members want fertilizers off Russia's sanctions list

Mercosur country members plus associate Chile and Bolivia (in the process of joining the block) want fertilizers excluded from the list of sanctions on Russia, according to Brazilian Agriculture minister Tereza Cristina da Costa Dias.
Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:39 UTC
The IMF understanding does not solve Argentina's problems, “it's only a breathing space”

Gustavo Grobocopatel, one of Argentina's most successful farming businesspeople said that the understanding reached with the IMF does not solve the country's problems, IMF merely agreed “to kick the can down the road” and give Argentina time to change its production matrix.