Politics

Monday, December 6th 2021 - 09:42 UTC
Lula to appear at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires this week

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva will attend celebrations in Buenos Aires on Dec. 10 marking a new anniversary of the return to democratic rule, which was announced in Buenos Aires.
Monday, December 6th 2021 - 09:34 UTC
Sustainability: Uruguay the example to follow, World Bank says

Anna Wellenstein, Director of the World Bank's Latin America and the Caribbean, Sustainable Development Group, has said Uruguay was an example of turning its productions towards a market that will seek environmental guidelines met.
Monday, December 6th 2021 - 08:54 UTC
Argentine Federal Court upholds Stanley landing ship must not be scrapped

A Bahía Blanca Federal Court of Appeals has upheld a judicial ruling whereby the decommissioned destroyer ARA Santísima Trinidad which took part in the Apr. 2, 1982 landing at Port Stanley, can not be sold as scrap metal, despite its current state of deterioration.
Monday, December 6th 2021 - 07:06 UTC
Mapuches strike again in southern Chile

With just about two weeks to go before the highly-polarized presidential elections between radical candidates from the left and the right, a group claiming to be fighting for the rights of the Mapuche indigenous peoples Friday committed yet another arson attack in the Biobio region in southern Chile. The fire affected a house and two sheds, it was reported.
Monday, December 6th 2021 - 06:48 UTC
Argentine Defense Minister welcomes new French-built OPV

Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana Friday took delivery of the new OPV ARA Storni (P-53) from France.
Saturday, December 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Labour strife in port of Montevideo; increasing export volumes shipped from Rio Grande in Brazil

Recurrent labour strife in the port of Montevideo is not only frustrating but is also seriously limiting activities, and only this week did the Union of Uruguayan exporters make public a release regretting the fact that several vessels abandoned the port given what is known as pearled stoppages.
Saturday, December 4th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
UN Comittee lashes out at Bolivia's judiciary for lack of independence

The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) Friday published a series of findings which hit authorities from the Plurinational State of Bolivia as well as from countries in other continents (including Sweden).
Saturday, December 4th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Chavez's brother to be replaced in encore of Venezuelan local elections

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Friday announced a new candidate would seek to become governor of the state of Barinas which are to be held again on January 9 after the November 21 polls were annulled by electoral authorities in a much controversial decision.
Saturday, December 4th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Kast now vows to defend women's rights if elected President of Chile

Chile's far-right presidential candidate José Antonio Kast Friday apologized for previous mistakes and vowed not to terminate the Women's Ministry if he is elected on December 19.
Saturday, December 4th 2021 - 09:21 UTC
Uruguay is ending what is a promising year despite the pandemic and some long standing challenges

Despite the pandemic, with its limitations and successes, Uruguay is ending what looks, according to the latest reports on jobs, exports, bond issuing and even inflation, like a positive year.