Politics

Monday, July 26th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Lacalle the best, Maduro the worst - says survey of how LatAm Presidents have handled the covid-19 pandemic

Uruguayan President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou was Latin America's best president when it came down to handling the coronavirus pandemic, a study by the international consulting firm Ipsos released over the weekend has shown.
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Monday, July 26th 2021 - 09:49 UTC
A pro-Falklands lawmaker in Argentine congress: not to be dismissed...

An academic respectful of historic events and understanding towards the people of the Falkland Islands sitting in the Argentine congress? That could be the outcome of the scheduled September primaries and midterm elections in November according to some ultra-nationalistic media in Buenos Aires.
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Monday, July 26th 2021 - 09:17 UTC
Mexico favors creation of new body to replace OAS

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has launched the idea to create a new body that would replace the current Washington-based Organization of American States (OAS).
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Monday, July 26th 2021 - 08:46 UTC
“State of Hydric Emergency” decreed throughout Argentine provinces within the Parana river basin

Argentina Sunday declared a “water emergency” due to the historic downspout in the Paraná river.
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Monday, July 26th 2021 - 08:26 UTC
Dissident FARC group claims responsibility for attack against Colombian President Duque

The June 25 attack against the helicopter carrying Colombian President Iván Duque and some of his closest aides finally sees some light as the Magdalena Medio Bloc, a dissident group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) claimed responsibility for it over this weekend.
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Monday, July 26th 2021 - 07:41 UTC
Food Systems Pre Summit takes off this Monday in Rome: UN and Italy hosts

Several Mercosur top officials will be attending the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Pre Summit that takes off this Monday in Rome until 28 July. The UN and Italy are hosting the Pre-Summit gathering under the leadership of UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi.
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Monday, July 26th 2021 - 07:27 UTC
Nicaraguan gov't arrests yet another presidential candidate

The Nicaraguan regime of former Sandinista guerrilla leader Daniel Ortega has placed right-wing presidential hopeful Noel José Vidaurre Arguello under house arrest for alleged treason.
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Monday, July 26th 2021 - 04:57 UTC
Tierra del Fuego promulgates bill banning industrial salmon farming

Three weeks after its approval by the local Legislative council of Tierra del Fuego, extreme south of Argentina, the provincial Executive finally promulgated the bill that bans the growth and farming of salmon species in the provincial sea and lakes jurisdictional waters.
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Monday, July 26th 2021 - 04:35 UTC
Japanese rising sun flag controversy in Tokyo Olympic Games

The rising sun flag is dear to the Japanese and part of its history. However, for the two Koreas, China, Myanmar, Malaysia, and other Asian nations, it is a symbol of the war atrocities committed by Japanese forces in the past. That is why flying the flag at the Tokyo Olympics has caused an uproar demanding it is banned from the Games.
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Monday, July 26th 2021 - 04:28 UTC
European Central Bank confirms expansive monetary policy

The European Central Bank confirmed its expansive monetary policy this week, in accordance with its recently reviewed inflation target and in a context of growing Covid 19 contagions that threaten recovery.
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