Politics

Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Uruguay is Paraguay's gateway to the world, both Presidents agree

Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez Sunday stressed his country needed Uruguay's help to secure a sovereign presence to have a way out to the sea so that its exports can reach the world and that Montevideo “has always been a port of exit.”
Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Milei: “I will not apologize for having a penis”

Argentine Congressman Javier Milei Saturday announced that if he is elected President next year one of his first measures would be to suppress the Ministry of Women (officially known as “Ministry of Women, Gender, and Diversity”).
Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:49 UTC
Shaky weekend as Santiago mourned slain reporter

Riots rocked the Chilean capital city of Santiago as protesters demanded justice for slain reporter Francisca Sandoval, who died recently after being fatally shot while covering the May 1 Labor Day demonstrations.
Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:47 UTC
Murdered Paraguayan Prosecutor laid to rest

Paraguayan anti-drug and organized crime Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was murdered in cold blood last week while honeymooning in an exclusive beach resort in Colombia, was laid to rest at Asunción's Recoleta Cemetery Sunday.
Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Colombian election in two weeks could represent a historic change in the country's history

The specter of assassination is again haunting the electoral campaign in Colombia, where a left-wing candidate has a real chance of becoming president for the first time in a country that has a history of political careers ending in a hail of bullets.
Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:32 UTC
Finland, Sweden confirm they would seek full NATO membership

Finland Sunday confirmed it would apply for membership to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), thus changing the geopolitical scenario in Europe less than three months after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:29 UTC
Argentina preparing to become a BRICS member with support from China and Brazil

Argentina has been invited by Chinese president Xi Jinping to participate in three BRICS events taking place in the coming four weeks. The first will be a get-together of political parties, social organizations and think tanks, a second on May 20th, is a summit of foreign ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, BRICS full members, and the Argentine minister guest. Finally, on June24 a summit of the five-plus one leaders is scheduled.
Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:22 UTC
Turkey conditions Finland and Sweden NATO memberships: “they harbor terrorists”

Finland and Sweden allegedly are determined to become full members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, dropping decades of full or observant neutrality regarding the powerful neighbor Russia and its current leader Vladimir Putin.
Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:13 UTC
China cuts mortgage rates for first home buyers; combats real estate giants speculation

China wants to inject more dynamism to the housing market and the Central bank plus the insurance regulator announced on Sunday a significant interest rate cut for first home buyers. This follows on almost two years of rampant speculation among giant real estate companies that almost led to a collapse of the market.
Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:09 UTC
Tri-Service fly-past to celebrate Queen's Platinum Jubilee

A fly-past by dozens of aircraft from the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force will soar over Buckingham Palace on 2 June as the UK celebrates the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.