Politics

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Ukraine conflict, inflation, tighter monetary policy slowing down global trade, WTO quarter report

  

  The World Trade Organization warns that uncertainty has increased as a result of the conflict in Ukraine, growing global inflation, and the predicted tightening of monetary policy by central banks in advanced nations.

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Falklands strongly supports Ukraine Independence Day, Slava Ukraini

  

  The Falkland Islands has shown its strong solidarity with Ukraine on August 24, Independence Day of the central European country suffering the invasion of its powerful neighbor, Russia.

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Indian FM welcomed at Casa Rosada

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday welcomed Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. During the meeting, bilateral issues were discussed, in addition to the South American country's desire to join the BRICS alliance. Also present during the encounter was Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 19:52 UTC

  Alberto Fernandez: “Nisman committed suicide, I hope Luciani does not do something like that”; the prosecutor replied

  

  The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, said an unfortunate phrase in a television interview while trying to defend Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) from the corruption accusation for the so-called Causa Vialidad (Road Cause). The statement generated repudiation from the Judiciary, the opposition and an immediate political impact.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 19:26 UTC

  Voters carrying cell phones into booths may be arrested, Brazil's TSE rules

  

  Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Thursday issued a plenum ruling banning the use of cell phones within voting booths in the October presidential elections, even if the device is turned off.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 19:24 UTC

  Venezuela and Colombia appoint ambassadors to resume full ties

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced he had picked former Senator Armando Benedetti to become Colombia's new ambassador to Caracas following his decision to resume full diplomatic ties with the administration of Nicolás Maduro.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 19:22 UTC

  Russian attack leaves 25 Ukrainians dead; Moscow claims only troops were hit

  

  A Russian Iskander missile hit a military column at the Chaplino railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk region, killing over 200 Ukrainian troops bound for the Donbas region, according to Moscow sources, and destroying heavy military machinery, it was reported Thursday.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 19:19 UTC

  Uruguayan President praises law enforcement, would like better results

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou said he was pleased with the way the Ministry of the Interior and the Police were handling the latest increase in violence. But he added that, as long as some violence remained, he could not be happy yet about the results.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 10:38 UTC

  Brazilian presidential election: opinion polls show Bolsonaro closing in on Lula, but still not enough

  

  The poll from Instituto Parana Pesquisa was released 24 August and compared to the previous one from August second, the difference which stood at 5,5 percentage points has now fallen to 4,7 percentage points.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  Carmona visits Santiago, thanks Chile for its support on the Malvinas Question

  

  Argentina's Secretary in charge of Malvinas, Antarctica, and the South Atlantic, Guillermo Carmona, following on his tour of neighboring countries, the first of which was Brazil, has now continued with a visit to Chile.