Politics

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Provincial lawmaker apologizes to Malvinas Veterans for taking the oath of office with Union Jack colors

  

  A provincial lawmaker from Misiones northeast Argentina had to meet with six organizations of Malvinas Veterans and apologize for having taken the oath of office last week, wearing a T-shirt with the colors of the Union Jack.

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  Weather prevents meeting between presidents of Brazil and Paraguay

  

  The Presidents of Brazil and Paraguay, Jair Bolsonaro and Mario Abdo Benítez, were to meet Monday at the Paraguayan town of Carmelo Peralta to lay the cornerstone of a new international bridge, but mainly to go on discussing Itaipu energy fares.

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Ecuador decrees oil production under 'force majeure'

  

  The Government of Ecuador has declared a situation of force majeure for the country's oil sector due to the effects of erosion in the Coca River, one of the tributaries of the Amazon basin.

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  UN launches US$ 1,79 billion Refugee Response Plan to support six million Venezuelans

  

  The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, have launched a US$ 1.79 billion regional plan to support the increasing needs of refugees and migrants from Venezuela and their host communities across 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Elon Musk chosen over Bolsonaro as Time’s “Person of the Year”

  

  The 2021 version of the traditional “Person of the Year” award handed out by Time magazine since 1927 has gone to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, it was announced Monday.

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Runasur cancels Cusco Summit citing COVID-19 concerns

  

  The organization of alleged native South Americans Runasur, headed by former Bolivian President Evo Morales (2006-2019), Monday announced the suspension of its forum scheduled for Dec. 20 and 21 at the Peruvian city of Cusco, citing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus Omicron variant.

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 07:21 UTC

  PM Johnson and NHS chief call on volunteers to help with the booster campaign

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and NHS Chief Executive Amanda Pritchard have joined forces to issue a rallying cry for thousands of volunteers to come forward and support the NHS booster campaign.

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 03:22 UTC

  Late Haitian President had list of corruption ring

  

  Slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse planned to give authorities in the United States a list of politicians and businessmen linked to drug trafficking, it was reported Monday.

• Monday, December 13th 2021 - 19:06 UTC

  UK reports first Omicron death worlwide

  

  At least one person has been reported to have died in the United Kingdom of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, which would be the first fatal case for the new, milder strain.

• Monday, December 13th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Health pass to be required in Argentina starting Jan. 1

  

  The Government of Argentina has finally announced a health pass with being required for people aged 13 and over to attend or carry out “activities of high epidemiological and sanitary risk,” according to the administrative decision signed by President Alberto Fernández, Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur and Health Minister Carla Vizzotti.