Politics

• Tuesday, October 11th 2022 - 20:35 UTC

  Uruguayan children going through more emotional problems than ever before

  

  An Uruguayan School of Medicine professor said local children were going through additional mental health issues since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Tuesday, October 11th 2022 - 20:32 UTC

  Argentina: No visitors allowed for hospitalized Hebe de Bonafini

  

  Plaza de Mayo Mothers leader Hebe de Bonafini, aged 93, was hospitalized in La Plata late Monday. Although she was said to be in good health, she will remain at La Plata's Hospital Italiano for monitoring purposes, it was reported.

• Tuesday, October 11th 2022 - 17:56 UTC

  Argentina burdened by high inflation and multiple exchange rates

  

  Argentina's economy seems to have a dark future ahead, according to reports in Buenos Aires media highlighting that inflation in the first week of October alone reached 2.8 % in the price of food.

• Tuesday, October 11th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Argentina has ten companies in the “bad boys” list for involvement in Falklands oil activities

  

  The Argentine Secretary of Malvinas affairs has included another oil company with interests in the Falklands hydrocarbons industry in the “list of bad boys” for allegedly operating without authorization from Argentina.

• Tuesday, October 11th 2022 - 10:42 UTC

  Lula was right, what had to be defeated was “Bolsonarism”, but he failed

  

  Former president Lula da Silva managed to squeeze by with a five points difference in the first round of the Brazilian presidential election when opinion polls anticipated he was seven to twelve points ahead of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro's reelection bid, and could even avoid a runoff at the end of the month.

• Tuesday, October 11th 2022 - 10:35 UTC

  Argentine president picks 3 women for ministerial posts

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernandez chose three women to fill the recent vacancies within his cabinet.

• Tuesday, October 11th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Bolivian Ambassador in Iran summoned to account for alleged remarks

  

  Bolivia's Foreign Ministry Monday requested the country's Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran to submit a report following press reports that she might have made remarks irritating Tehran.

• Tuesday, October 11th 2022 - 10:29 UTC

  World Bank, IMF heads foresee recession ahead

  

  The planet must prepare itself for a full-size recession, according to forecasts announced Monday by the heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, who spoke of economic headwinds ahead.

• Tuesday, October 11th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government announces new Financial Secretary

  

  The Falkland Islands Government is pleased to announce the appointment of Tracey Prior as the Financial Secretary, who takes up her appointment from Tuesday 1 November, formally taking over responsibility from Tim Waggott on his departure later in November. Tracey first arrived in the Islands in February 2021 when she joined FIG as Head of Finance.

• Tuesday, October 11th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Assange isolated inside prison after testing positive for COVID-19

  

  Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, housed at Belmarsh prison in the UK awaiting extradition to the United States, has been reported to have tested positive for COVID-19 while his wife harbors fears over his well-being.