Politics

• Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Road assailants burn trucks in Chile's Araucanía

  

  A group of masked assailants burned three lorries in Chile's Araucanía region four days after the government of President Gabriel Boric decided not to extend the state of emergency on that area some 670 kilometers south of Santiago.

• Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  ICC to open Caracas office, Prosecutor Khan announces in surprise trip

  

  International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan Thursday announced the opening of an office in Caracas to further strengthen President Nicolás Maduro's pledge to abide by international law in matters of human rights.

• Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Falklands40, Key dates April/May 2022 to mark the anniversary in the Islands

  

  The following is a detail of the activities scheduled in the Falklands Islands for Falklands40 in April and May.

• Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  UN agrees on probing Nicaragua's alleged human rights violations

  

  With 20 votes in favor and 7 votes against, the Human Rights Council (HRC) of the United Nations agreed to launch a probe to determine whether there was a violation of human rights in Nicaragua.

• Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Paraguay, Taiwan sign new agreements to bolster mutual cooperation

  

  Paraguay and Taiwan Wednesday signed in Taipei two memorandums on the prevention of African swine fever and the promotion of investment and exports, in addition to a letter of intent on industrial policy cooperation, it was announced.
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• Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  US to admit “X” option on passports of gender-neutral citizens

  

  The United States Government of President Joe Biden has agreed to issue passports marked with an “X” in the gender box to adjust to the bearer's self-perception, it was announced Thursday during celebrations of the Transgender Day of Visibility.

• Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 23:30 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego addresses Malvinas Question issues and blasts appointment of “colonial governor Alison Blake”

  

  The Tierra del Fuego provincial Legislative held on Wednesday its first ordinary session of 2022 to approve several decrees and motions referred to the Malvinas Question, and to mark the 40th anniversary of the conflict, triggered by the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentine forces on April 2nd 1982.

• Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 21:16 UTC

  Putin needs someone to stand up to him, Uruguayan President says

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was nostalgic about the USSR and stressed that neither Cuba nor Venezuela was key players in the ongoing armed conflict. Lacalle was also critical of the role the United States was playing, which was not that of a “counterweight”.

• Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 20:46 UTC

  Argentina's Domestic Trade Secretary “can't perform miracles”

  

  Argentina's Domestic Trade Secretary Roberto Feletti Thursday admitted that the inflation figures for the month of March “will be bad” following the impact of the war between Russia and Ukraine on the local economy.

• Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 20:26 UTC

  War in Europe leads to new longest non stop passenger flight

  

  As a result of a ban from flying over Russian territory, Cathay Pacific has reconfigured its nonstop service between New York Airport (JFK) and Hong Kong Airport (HKG), which will now become the longest passenger route in terms of distance. It will be operated by Airbus A350-1000 aircraft.