Politics

• Monday, November 28th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Uruguay to launch new COVID-19 vax campaign only for some people

  

  Uruguayan health authorities have launched a recommendation during the weekend that immunocompromised patients and anyone over the age of 50 should take their fifth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 21:34 UTC

  Princess Anne praises achievements of Falklands Forty anniversary and belonging to the BOTs Family

  

  “Lots of people should be looking to you as a very good example as to what can be achieved”, said Princess Anne in one of several receptions she was honored with during her six day visit to the Falkland Islands to mark the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of the Islands and the projection to the future of the dynamic British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 21:33 UTC

  Falklands celebrates Multicultural Day at Goose Green

  

  One of the events Princess Anne and Sir Timothy Laurence much enjoyed during their visit to the Falkland Islands was the colorful and festive display for the Falklands Multicultural Day 2022 at Goose Green.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 21:22 UTC

  Falklands map with the names of British fallen during the 1982 Liberation of the Islands

  

  The autonomous Government of the Falklands Islands, FIG, Gilbert House in an official release has given its support for the idea of a map to commemorate those who lost their lives during the Liberation of the Falkland Islands in 1982. The initiative started at the time of the 25th anniversary and became reality this year.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:51 UTC

  Colombia: Mexico agrees to join as guarantor of peace talks with ELN

  

  President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Friday told his Colombian colleague Gustavo Petro that Mexico had accepted the invitation to join as guarantor of the peace talks between the South American country's administration and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:41 UTC

  Women take to the streets in a new November 25 against sexual and gender-based violence

  

  Dozens of cities in Latin America and around the world were the scene where thousands of women marched on a new International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, better known as 25N.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Argentina's Lower House passes zero-alcohol for drivers bill

  

  Argentina's Lower House has this week passed a zero-alcohol-while-driving bill which still needs to go through the Senate to become a fully enforceable norm.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Castillo appoints new Peruvian Prime Minister

  

  Culture Minister Betssy Chávez Chino was chosen by Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones to become the country's new Prime Minister (President of the Council of Ministers) following Aíbal Torres' resignation Thursday after Congress “refused” to approve a motion of confidence.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Guarantors of Colombia-ELN peace talks ratified

  

  Negotiators in the Colombian peace process involving the government of President Gustavo Petro and remnants of the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas Friday agreed in Caracas to ratify Cuba, Norway, and Venezuela as guarantor countries in the talks.

• Friday, November 25th 2022 - 08:43 UTC

  Mexican fans pull Falklands card to mock Argentina supporters in Qatar

  

  Argentine and Mexican fans did not get along very well in Qatar, particularly after provocative chants underlining that ”in the Malvinas (Falklands) they speak English.”