Politics

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 20:14 UTC

  Puerto Rico lifts most COVID-19 restrictions

  

  Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Pierluisi Monday announced that effective March 10, the mandatory use of facemasks will stand only at health care facilities, after a significant drop in infections (positivity standing at 4.1%) had made it possible to lift several restrictive measures originally set in place to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  “Nobody is happy with the IMF understanding, we all despise the Fund,” Argentine president

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez admitted “nobody is happy” with the latest understanding reached with the International Monetary Fund, but under no circumstances does it condition the Argentine government economic policy, finally confessing he “despises” the IMF.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Surprise turnaround of Ukraine invasion: Washington and Maduro regime hold weekend talks

  

  The United States and Venezuela are back in talking terms. White House admitted on Monday that a US delegation held weekend talks in Caracas with the government of Nicolas Maduro including discussions on energy supplies.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Envoys keep talking, Russia keeps invading Ukraine

  

  The third round of talks between Russian and Ukrainian envoys ended Monday with nothing much to account for after nearly three hours at Belovezhskaya Pushcha on the Belarus-Poland border.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Chilean Deputies pass State of Exception for southern provinces

  

  Chile's Lower House Monday passed 73 votes in favor, 41 against, and five abstentions the renewal of the State of Exception in four southern provinces in the Bíobio and La Araucanía regions. The measure still has to be approved by the Senate.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Ukraine/Russian conflict will have a severe impact on the global economy, anticipates IMF

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board addressed the economic impact of the war in Ukraine, price shocks of energy and commodity prices, and on possible fast-tracked financial assistance for affected countries since a severe impact on the global economy can be expected.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Peru, UK further coordinate cooperation work

  

  Peru's Economy Minister Oscar Graham and British Ambassador to Lima Kate Harrisson Monday held a meeting to coordinate the upcoming mutual projects, such as Reconstruction with Change and Bicentennial Schools, it was reported.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  Evo Morales supports Vladimir Putin and calls for mobilization against NATO

  

  Former Bolivian President Evo Morales Monday posted on Twitter he supported Russia's military invasion of Ukraine. He also pointed out that military supremacy in the hands of the United States was a threat to world peace.

• Monday, March 7th 2022 - 20:07 UTC

  Canadian PM meets Queen Elizabeth face to face post COVID-19

  

  Queen Elizabeth II Monday met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in what was her first face-to-face encounter with anyone outside her innermost circle after recovering from COVID-19. Trudeau was on a trip to the UK for talks on the war in Ukraine with his British and Dutch colleagues, Boris Johnson and Mark Rutte, respectively.

• Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Controversy over empty bench in Argentine Congress representing Malvinas

  

  A “nutty” initiative, Tierra del Fuego governor Gustavo Melella described the proposal by several Argentine lawmakers to create in Congress a Malvinas Islands bench, which would remain empty covered with an Argentine flag until the legitimate occupier arrives, a symbolic sovereignty claim over the Islands 'usurped' by Great Britain.