Politics

Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 09:15 UTC
Slight unemployment drop reported in Uruguay

Uruguay's unemployment rate was reported Friday by the National Statistics Institute (INE) to have stood at 7.8% in the month of October, a slight decrease from September's 8.3%.
Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 07:19 UTC
Lula back steps and admits that fiscal and social responsibility, go hand in hand

After having clashed with the baking and financial sectors of Brazil, which had an immediate effect on the currency, interest rates and the stock market, president-elect Lula da Silva said on Friday he was prepared to be fiscally responsible with government spending.
Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 06:46 UTC
Princess Anne leads Remembrance ceremony at Falklands Liberation Memorial

Busy agenda for Princess Anne on her first day of activities in the Falkland Islands, where she arrived on Thursday for a six-day visit. In a beautiful sunny Friday morning Princess Royal, marked the 40th anniversary of the Falklands' conflict with a special wreath-laying ceremony at the 1982 Liberation Memorial in Stanley.
Friday, November 18th 2022 - 19:22 UTC
CFK says she can get Argentina back up but does not announce her candidacy

Despite not admitting explicitly whether she would run for president next year, Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner underlined Thursday in La Plata that the people of Argentina must choose “if they want to return to make that Argentina they once had”.
Friday, November 18th 2022 - 18:53 UTC
Argentine Air Force mission in Denmark considering purchase of F-16 warplanes

A team from the Argentine Air Force is in Denmark reviewing the possibility of purchasing F-16 A/B MLU fighter-bomber jets from that country in the last assessment round before a decision on the matter is made no later than 2023.
Friday, November 18th 2022 - 09:56 UTC
Venezuela after Guyana's oil claiming border dispute in The Hague

“We will demonstrate Guyana's claim is inadmissible,” Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said on Thursday to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, which is the United Nations' highest for resolving disputes between states.
Friday, November 18th 2022 - 09:33 UTC
Princess Anne and Parliamentary Group at Falklands' Liberation Monument for Act of Remembrance

Princess Anne, King Charles III sister, and a group of MPs, are currently in the Falkland Islands and the following arrangements have been made for Friday 18 November 2022 to enable Her Royal Highness and the All Party Parliamentarian Group to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands.
Friday, November 18th 2022 - 09:22 UTC
Lula to enforce international climate-related agreements

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday pledged to enforce the international climate-related agreements once he takes office on Jan. 1 while advocating for global governance regarding these matters.
Friday, November 18th 2022 - 09:20 UTC
“Huge thank you”, for the success of Veterans pilgrimage to Falklands

The success of the November 9/15 visit to the Falkland Islands of 130 Falklands Veterans and next of kin, has been underlined by the Chair of the 40th anniversary Committee and Governor Alison Blake. Letters of gratitude to all the Falkland Islanders for their generosity in hosting and caring for the visitors have been published in the Penguin News.
Friday, November 18th 2022 - 09:12 UTC
Argentina granted US$ 125mn loan from IDB

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a US$ 125 million loan for Argentina to strengthen the country's agricultural health services and the sustainability of its marine resources, it was announced Thursday.