Politics

• Saturday, February 18th 2023 - 10:48 UTC

  Argentina's reserves wane as “official” dollar rises

  

  In a country where the exchange rate between the local currency and the US dollar varies from one counter to the other and hinges on the type of operation involved beyond the exchange, Argentina's official rate against Friday pierced for the first time the symbolic AR$ 200 / US$ 1 threshold at private banks, closing at AR$ 191.25 (purchase) / AR$ 199.25 (sale) at the Banco Nación.

• Saturday, February 18th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

  Uruguayan ministers tackle avian flu

  

  Uruguay's Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries (MGAP) sought technical advice from Chile to handle the current bird flu crisis, it was reported Friday in Montevideo.

• Saturday, February 18th 2023 - 10:04 UTC

  AMLO not handing over Andean presidency to “undemocratic” Peru

  

  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced he would not be handing over the pro-tempore presidency of the Pacific Alliance to Peru on the grounds that Pedro Castillo Terrones' impeachment has been “undemocratic,” it was reported Friday.

• Saturday, February 18th 2023 - 10:03 UTC

  Uruguay's General Artigas logistics ship back in Montevideo

  

  Uruguay's logistics ship General Artigas is back in Montevideo from her 2022-2023 Antarctic Campaign, the South American country's Navy said in a statement.

• Friday, February 17th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Machu Picchu reopened after closure for security reasons

  

  Peruvian authorities reopened the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu Wednesday following 25 days of closure as a result of mounting violence since the impeachment of Pedro Castillo Terrones and the ensuing protests demanding President Dina Boluarte's resignation and fresh elections, among other measures.

• Friday, February 17th 2023 - 09:43 UTC

  Nicaragua bans yet another 25 NGOs

  

  The Government of Nicaragua Wednesday banned yet another 25 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) including two from the United States, bringing the total list of such entities to have suffered the same fate under the Daniel Ortega regime to 3,248 since popular unrest broke out in April 2018.

• Friday, February 17th 2023 - 09:06 UTC

  Amount of US contribution to Amazon Fund to be announced shortly

  

  The US administration of President Joseph Biden is to define in the next few weeks its contribution to Brazil's Amazon Fund, according to Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley.

• Friday, February 17th 2023 - 08:05 UTC

  Massa holds meeting with Indian Ambassador in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa Thursday met with India's Ambassador to Buenos Aires Dinesh Bhatia to discuss the South American country's participation in the G-20 economic meeting and move forward in the use of local currencies for bilateral trade.

• Friday, February 17th 2023 - 07:00 UTC

  Falklands: PICTO 21 group told to expect no help from FIG or MLAs

  

  The so-called PICTO 21 group of Argentine visitors to the Falkland Islands looking for an accounting approach with which to measure ”the economic impact of the illegal occupation ... by the British government” will have no assistance from the local Legislative Assembly, it was announced.

• Friday, February 17th 2023 - 06:50 UTC

  Uruguayan plane crashlands in Argentina, both occupants survive

  

  Both occupants of an Uruguayan single-engined Cessna C-208 Caravan Cargo plane that made an emergency landing in the Argentine town of Berisso escaped with just minor injuries, it was reported in Buenos Aires.