Politics

Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:39 UTC
The plight of the Ilois: Victims of the Cold War and the War on Terror

“The object of the exercise is to get some rocks which will remain ours... There will be no indigenous population except seagulls,” wrote Sir Paul Gore-Booth, a senior official at the British Foreign Office, as the plan to expel the 2,000 Chagos Islanders from their homes was taking shape in 1966. “We must surely be very tough about this.”
Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:35 UTC
UN chief calls Russia's decision “a violation of territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine”

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called out Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognize certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as independent as “a violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine” in a statement read by his spokesperson.
Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:08 UTC
Bolivia signs judicial protocol with UN mission

Bolivian authorities and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Monday signed a “protocol for the observation of judicial processes,” which is also to apply to the cases against former president Jeanine Áñez, it was announced.
Monday, February 21st 2022 - 20:23 UTC
Biden okay with holding summit with Putin... “in principle”

US President Joseph Biden Monday said he would agree to hold a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, who has also accepted the proposal submitted by France's leader Emmanuel Macron as the last diplomatic efforts are undertaken to avoid an all-out war over Ukraine.
Monday, February 21st 2022 - 20:22 UTC
Corruption trial against former President gets under way in Peru

The trial against former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, his wife Nadine Heredia, and other defendants in the local version of the Lava Jato case started in Lima Monday.
Monday, February 21st 2022 - 20:17 UTC
PM Johnson to lift all COVID-19 restrictions as of Thursday

People in England who test positive for the coronavirus will no longer be required to stay under isolation starting Feb. 24, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday.
Monday, February 21st 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Argentine province of Corrientes gripped by uncontrolled fire

Over 10% of the territory of the Argentine province of Corrientes (northeast) has been consumed over the past few days by fires that were caused intentionally, according to some video footage that went viral on social media.
Monday, February 21st 2022 - 10:01 UTC
Chilean fishermen want “Ministry of the Sea” created

Non-industrial fishermen in the Chilean city of Osorno have requested President-elect Gabriel Boric to create a Ministry of the Sea and insisted on the need to change the Fisheries Law so as to eliminate trawling.
Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:37 UTC
Colombia's JEP to open new lines of investigation

Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP), a court created by the peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), has been forced to launch new lines of inquiries, following compelling testimony and evidence, it was announced.
Monday, February 21st 2022 - 09:24 UTC
Bolivia: Judge allows Áñez's hospitalization

Former Bolivian interim President Jeanine Áñez has been hospitalized “in critical condition” due to a hunger strike she began ten days ago, according to her lawyers.