Politics

• Friday, August 12th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  Lugo still in serious condition after surgery

  

  Former Paraguayan leftwing President Fernando Lugo underwent surgery Thursday and remains in intensive care in serious condition at an Asunción Sanatorium, it was reported.

• Friday, August 12th 2022 - 09:32 UTC

  Rosa Weber voted to become Brazilian STF's next Chief Justice

  

  Judge Rosa Weber is to take over as Brazil's new Supreme Federal Court (STF) Chief Justice on September 12 after Wednesday's voting when the incumbent Luiz Fux completes his two-year term.

• Friday, August 12th 2022 - 02:20 UTC

  CHIPS made in US: Biden signs bipartisan legislation to promote semiconductor industry

  

  Flanked by scores of lawmakers, union officials, local politicians and business leaders, US president Joe Biden signed legislation promoting investments in the American semiconductor industry in an effort to ease US reliance on overseas supply chains for critical, cutting-edge goods.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 20:00 UTC

  First South American Ikea store opens in Chile

  

  Chileans rushed Wednesday to the brand-new Ikea store in Santiago, the first of the multinational conglomerate specialized in ready-to-assemble furniture, kitchen appliances, and home accessories.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 19:07 UTC

  Falklands Veterans and families invited to register for a balloted flight to the Islands

  

  The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense has announced that Veterans and the families of those who died during the Falkland Islands conflict are being invited to register for a balloted flight to the Islands. There will be 100 places on the flight, funded by MOD, with seats allocated to those eligible and a partner of their choice.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  IMF Chief ratifies agency's support to Argentina

  

  International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva congratulated Argentina's Economy Minister Serio Massa on his appointment and ratified the agency's support for the country's recovery, it was reported Wednesday.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 09:16 UTC

  Resignation of those who declared a volcano a Mapuche sacred site requested

  

  Argentina's Environment Minister Juan Cabandié demanded the resignation of National Parks Administration (APN) Chairman Lautaro Erratchú and of the rest of the agency's board after last week they declared the Lanín volcano a Mapuche sacred site.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Argentina announces the construction of labs in Antarctica to reaffirm science and sovereignty

  

  Argentina will create “Antarctic Multidisciplinary Laboratories” to further promote research in the country's bases in the white continent, in the framework of the program “Building Science”. The program is sponsored by the ministries of Foreign Affairs; Science, Technology and Innovation, and Defense, and has specific funds earmarked.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 08:23 UTC

  Chile and UK discuss green energy cooperation and delivery of ex-RAF Sentry aircraft

  

  Chilean foreign minister Antonia Urrejola received the British Ambassador in Santiago, Louise de Sousa to address several issues of the bilateral agenda, particularly referred to green energies.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2022 - 20:49 UTC

  Former Paraguayan President Lugo in ICU

  

  Former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has been hospitalized Wednesday in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after a stroke for which he remains under an induced coma, according to fellow leftwing Senator Jorge Querey, who is also the family's head physician.