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Politics

  • Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

    Falklands election: manifestos of the four Camp candidates

    The Falkland Islands are scheduled for next Thursday 4 November and four are the candidates for the three benches that represent the Camp constituency at the Legislative Assembly. Candidates are Ana Crowie running for the first time, John Birmingham who is a former lawmaker of the Legislative Council, before it became the Legislative Assembly, plus Ian Hansen and Teslyn Barkman, both running for reelection. Follows their manifestos:

  • Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

    Gold booms in Argentine province of Salta

    Mining is on its way to surpassing agriculture as the main source of exports

    Despite economic shortages stemming from sanitary restrictions in force during most of 2020 and 2021 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, gold has managed to become the second most exported product in the Argentine province of Salta, a study showed.

  • Monday, October 18th 2021 - 23:59 UTC

    Brazil, Uruguay FMs stay mum after Montevideo meeting: rumors soar

    Bustillo and França made no comments in what seemed like a calm-before-the storm situation

    Silence prevailed Monday in Montevideo after Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Monday welcomed his Brazilian counterpart Carlos França to discuss bilateral issues, particularly a possible 10% reduction of Common External Tariffs among Mercosur members.

  • Monday, October 18th 2021 - 22:32 UTC

    Gen. Powell dies of COVID-19 aged 84

    Powell was the first African-American to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before becoming head of American diplomacy.

    Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, the first African American ever to hold that position, died Monday of complications following a COVID-19 diagnosis. He was 84.

  • Monday, October 18th 2021 - 22:09 UTC

    WHO picks Drogba to spread message of healthy practices

    WHO praised Drogba for his ”long history of participation in various health campaigns”

    Former Ivory Coast football international Didier Yves Drogba Tébily has been appointed the new World Health Organization (WHO)'s Sport and Health Ambassador, it was announced Monday.

  • Monday, October 18th 2021 - 10:05 UTC

    Buenos Aires key to the region's future, says Pepe Mujica

    Mujica said the future of the River Plate depends on whatever happens in Buenos Aires

    Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica said this weekend in a newspaper interview that the future of the River Plate area was at stake and it hinged on whatever happens in the Argentine capital.

  • Monday, October 18th 2021 - 10:01 UTC

    Lula must appease markets or risk his presidential chance, point out advisors

    The Lula message must be balanced approach, reliable and predictable, the opposite of Bolsonaro and some of his eclectic, stubborn attitudes

    Brazilian former president Lula da Silva is preparing to “build bridges” with the business community to appease markets and economic agents, given some of his latest statements criticizing policy decisions from the current administration of president Jair Bolsonaro.

  • Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:57 UTC

    PAHO/ECLAC report on Covid-19 exposes the fragility of Latin America's health systems

    The health crisis report and its impacts on the economy and social development was presented Carissa F. Etienne, PAHO Director, ECLAC's Alicia Bárcena

    In n a new joint report released the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) urge the governments of the region to accelerate vaccination processes and improve health systems.

  • Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:48 UTC

    Bolivia's ruling party sets up headquarters in Peru

    A war from the late 19th Century still determines the region's future

    Just a couple of days after Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones lost support from his Marxist Peru Libre party, which decided not to support his new cabinet, press reports have come out indicating former Bolivian President Evo Morales's Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) has set foot into the country and even has established its headquarters in Cusco.

  • Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:43 UTC

    Poverty on the rise in Brazil

    Disregarding the pandemic in the name of economic achievements seems not to be working for Bolsonaro, according to the press

    Brazil's poverty indexes are on the rise despite President Jair Bolsonaro's claims that his actions, however controversial from a sanitary viewpoint regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, were always aimed at sustaining the country's economy.