Politics

• Saturday, October 2nd 2021 - 10:19 UTC

  Colombian guerrillas warn there will be consequences for Fabián's killing

  

  Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN), the largest remaining armed group in the country, Friday warned the government that the killing of one of their leaders earlier this week would not go unpunished.

• Saturday, October 2nd 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Macri summoned to account for espionage against relatives of lost submarine just ahead of Argentine mid-term elections

  

  Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri has been summoned to appear on Oct. 7 before the Courts in a case of alleged espionage against relatives of the Navy's ARA San Juan submarine crew.

• Saturday, October 2nd 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  Argentina: Carmona's appointment as Malvinas Secretary heralds confrontation, report says

  

  The appointment of former Mendoza Deputy Guillermo Carmona at the helm of the Malvinas Secretariat has been interpreted by the Argentine armed forces as a sign that the Government intends to toughen up on the sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom, it was reported.

• Saturday, October 2nd 2021 - 09:24 UTC

  Sinopharm's COVID-19 drug good for children aged 3 to 11, Argentine health authorities say

  

  Argentine Health Minister Carla Vizzotti Friday announced the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine had been approved for use on children aged 3 to 11.

• Saturday, October 2nd 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Ecuador eyes some 2,000 pardons after deadly prison riot

  

  The Government of Ecuador is considering the possibility of granting over 2,000 pardons to cut down on the country's jail population after this week's riot in a Guayaquil detention facility which resulted in 118 deaths.

• Saturday, October 2nd 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Gibraltar Chief Minister tests positive for COVID-19 on return from UK

  

  Gibraltar Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo QC MP, tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday upon his return from the United Kingdom. Mrs Picardo, who travelled with the Chief Minister, has tested negative.

• Saturday, October 2nd 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  British Army to launch “Operation Escalin” to avert petrol shortages

  

  The British Government finally decided to launch “Operation Escalin,” a deployment of Army staff to “start delivering fuel to pumps” in a move to avert shortages of petrol.

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 20:00 UTC

  Congressman from Argentina's ruling FdT want bank deposits nationalized, Perón style

  

  National Deputy José Luis Martiarena from the province of Jujuy's Frente de Todos party of President Alberto Fernández Thursday submitted a bill whereby bank deposits would be nationalized “to reform the financial system.”

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 19:48 UTC

  Argentina to strike all restrictions on flights as of next month

  

  Argentina's Interior Minister Wado De Pedro, Friday announced that effective November 1 airlines interested in operating in the country will be able to do so with no coronavirus restrictions in place.

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 19:23 UTC

  Uruguayan President's rating of approval back on its way up, poll says

  

  Popular support to Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou, which had been declining in the past few months, has resumed its upward trend and grew 5% since July's, a study conducted by pollsters Factum has shown.