Politics

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 21:34 UTC

  Brazilian Socialists target Bolsonaro's campaign from abroad

  

  Socialist leaders have requested Brazil's Judiciary to ban President Jair Bolsonaro's appearance in London at Queen Elizabeth's funeral as part of his campaign ahead of the Oct. 2 elections.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 18:38 UTC

  Queen Elizabeth II laid to rest - the end of an era

  

  British mourners Monday saw Queen Elizabeth II's casket parade through London one last time before being lowered into the royal vault at Windsor Castle.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Argentina's Lower House passes bill for military drills

  

  Argentina's Lower House passed the bill approving the involvement of the country's Armed Forces in the joint UNITAS military drills with foreign troops, which have also been allowed to enter national territory, it was reported.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Ardern believes NZ will become a republic in her lifetime

  

  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hinted Sunday in London while attending Queen Elizabeth's funeral that her country might become a republic.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Prince Charles visit to the River Plate and the Falklands, with a little help from Uruguay

  

  In March 1999, King Charles III, then Prince of Wales made a three countries visit, Argentina, Uruguay and the Falkland Islands. A visit which was mainly a retribution to the one then Argentine President Carlos Menem and his daughter Zulemita, acting as First Lady, had done to London the year before, October 1998.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 09:28 UTC

  US, China, India, UK, Russia, the largest military spenders in 2021, SIPRI report

  

  World military spending continued to grow in 2021, reaching an all-time high of US$ 2.1 trillion. This was the seventh consecutive year that spending increased, according to the latest data on military spending published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Biden: We all owe Queen Elizabeth something

  

  US President Joseph Biden said during this weekend in London that “we all owe something” to Queen Elizabeth II, who reminded him of his own mother.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 08:44 UTC

  Colombian gov't, dissident FARC guerrillas hold preliminary peace talks

  

  Colombia's High Commissioner for Peace, Danilo Rueda, and representatives of dissident Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) guerrillas have met during the weekend to discuss possible talks, according to a statement released on Saturday.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 08:29 UTC

  Bolsonaro expresses his condolences at Lancaster House

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was among the world leaders to sign the book of condolences in London for Queen Elizabeth II's death. The South American ruler is expected to take part in Monday's funeral and then head on to New York for the United Nations General Assembly.

• Saturday, September 17th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  La Plata recalls 46th Anniversary of “The Night of the Pencils”

  

  Groups of survivors, students, and other human rights organizations Friday commemorated the 46th anniversary of the massacre known as “The Night of the Pencils” (La Noche de Los Lápices) in the Argentine city of La Plata where the atrocities committed by the military dictatorship were perpetrated.