Politics

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 10:44 UTC

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez hints at a possible reelection

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez admitted on Tuesday the possibility of bidding for reelection next year, during a political rally celebrating the International Workers Women Day held in the stronghold of a Buenos Aires province powerful leader, Mario Ishi,

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 10:42 UTC

  Uruguayan town founded by Russian settlers emotionally hit by war

  

  Residents in the Uruguayan town of San Javier are not like any other South American people. At least not when Russia is involved in what seems to be the largest armed conflict so far in the 21st Century. San Javier was founded by Russian immigrants in the early 1900s. For locals, Russia is still their Mother Land.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Ukrainian President moves British Parliament with his speech

  

  Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky Tuesday delivered a recorded message to British MPs quoting Shakespeare and Churchill calling for additional support to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his diplomatic efforts regarding the ongoing war.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Compassionate charter flight for the Falklands' Chilean community on March 19

  

  Next March 19, a 'compassionate' charter flight with a capacity for 168 passengers, will be flying to Chile from the Falkland Islands, returning Saturday, April 9, 2022. The flight will only stop in both Punta Arenas and Santiago on the outbound and return journeys.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Rasputitsa or General Mud joins the Ukrainian resistance against Russian invasion

  

  Ukrainian farmers call it Rasputitsa, and military experts, ”General Mud', the twice-yearly phenomenon which causes muddy conditions on roads as snow thaws in spring plus wet weather, and the heavy rainfall in autumn.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  Allende's niece and a Latin woman member of Biden's cabinet will attend the inauguration of Boric in Chile

  

  Renowned Chilean Latin-American writer Isabel Allende will be part of the United States government delegation to the taking office of Chilean elected president Gabriel Boric, on Friday 11 March, according to a release from the White House.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 23:49 UTC

  UN: women spend more than three times as much time on domestic and care work as men

  

  This March 8, on the occasion of International Women's Day, the UN established the theme “Gender equality today, for a sustainable tomorrow”. In order to “move towards achieving sustainable development, responding to the climate crisis we face, managing and reducing disaster risk and strengthening the resilience of all women, leaving no one behind”.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 21:35 UTC

  Russia announces ceasefire Wednesday to activate humanitarian corridors

  

  Russia will declare a temporary ceasefire Wednesday to provide for the functioning of humanitarian corridors from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Mariupol, it was announced Tuesday.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 21:16 UTC

  Argentina to welcome Ukrainian refugees

  

  The Argentine government of President Alberto Fernández Tuesday announced it would be granting humanitarian visas to Ukrainian refugees fleeing their war-torn country.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 20:15 UTC

  BBC to resume broadcasting from Russia despite muzzle law

  

  While most western news outlets have decided to no report from inside Russia, the BBC Tuesday announced it would resume broadcasting in English after thoroughly reviewing the country's new legislation against fake news, which provides for harsh prison sentences for the publication of information deemed false.