Politics

• Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Falkland Islands trade with the European Union and Rules of Origin

  

  The Falkland Islands government has released the following, ”Falkland Islands are not deemed part of the European Single Market. However, under the current OAD, the Islands have:

• Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:16 UTC

  Argentina's national gov't sets guidelines for dealing with Mapuche conflict locally

  

  Argentina's Security Minister Aníbal Fernández Friday said people who believed the Mapuche conflict was to be solved the way General Julio Roca did in the late 1800s were wrong.

• Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  Blinken says the US has plans to curb Amazon deforestation

  

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Thursday announced while on an official trip to Colombia that his country would launch a regional pact to reduce deforestation throughout the Amazon

• Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Trump's Truth social media app project boosts partner's shares on Wall Street

  

  Former US President Donald Trump, who had his own Twitter account suspended even while he was still in office for posting content the platform disapproved of, has successfully launched his networking brand, with shares rising over 200% on Wall Street.

• Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Former Uruguayan torturer Gilberto Vázquez dies

  

  Retired Uruguayan Colonel Gilberto Vázquez has died Friday while serving a prison sentence for his crimes against humanity during the military regime (1973-1985).

• Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 23:55 UTC

  Unofficial exchange rate shows Argentina's de facto devaluation

  

  The unofficial exchange rate (commonly referred to as “blue”) of the Argentine peso against the US dollar Friday hit an all-time high, reaching a US $ 1 = AR $ 195 parity thus matching an all-time-high of exactly one year ago (Oct.23, 2020), it was reported.

• Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 19:22 UTC

  Paraguay on digitalization path for imported vehicles paperwork

  

  Paraguayan Customs authorities have announced this week yearly savings worth G $ 800 million annually (US $ 116,000) thanks to new digital certificates which will replace the old ones printed on paper.

• Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 17:32 UTC

  Falklands Election: Peter Biggs, “Our allegiance with the UK is vital; I hope Argentina will mature into a democracy”

  

  Peter Biggs has announced his intention to stand for the Falklands General Election and is running for the circumscription of Stanley. Follows his manifesto:

• Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  Brazil's Economy Minister shakes markets with unexpected announcement

  

  Economy Minister Paulo Guedes' announcements Thursday shook Brazilian markets after the official admitted he might not meet the public spending ceiling.

• Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Argentine province of Neuquén produces highest amounts of oil in 17 years

  

  Thanks to the increasing output from Vaca Muerta, the Argentine province of Neuquén Thursday announced it had extracted an average of 213,808 barrels per day (BPD) during September of 2021, which represented a 40.19% increase against last year's figures.