Politics

Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 09:00 UTC
Biden on Asian tour amid growing military threats from China, N.Korea

US President Joseph Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met Monday at Tokyo's State House to discuss their two countries' joint deterrence and response capabilities in case of a military conflict involving China, which has sent dozens of warplanes into Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone in recent weeks.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 08:55 UTC
Ukraine war: Poland wants Norway to share windfall gains from oil and gas sales

Norway which is western Europe’s largest oil and gas producer, and also has one of the largest sovereign funds in the world, should share the huge profits it has made from oil and gas exports since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Poland’s prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki said over the weekend, according to Tsvetana Parakova from Oilprice.
Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 23:54 UTC
Lacalle Pou with a green message in London: Uruguay “is among the strongest democracies in the world”

By Graham Bound for MercoPress (London) – Only on the most serene of news-days might a visit to the United Kingdom by the President of Uruguay make headlines in the country’s newspapers and broadcast bulletins. For a little while it actually looked as if there might be just such a benign news environment. But as President Luis Lacalle Pou took his seat at Canning House, the Latin America and Iberia think tank, on Monday evening to deliver a lecture titled “Uruguay, a Reliable Gateway to South America – Opportunities in Green Finance”, he must have known that he had been totally eclipsed by his host, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 22:43 UTC
Alberto Fernández eyes Antarctica for May 25 celebration

Argentine President Alberto Fernández has announced he would spend the May 25 National Holiday at a school in the Esperanza Base in Antarctica, weather permitting. The move would allow him to skip the traditional religious service at Buenos Aires' cathedral.
Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 22:39 UTC
Boric enacts minimum-wage increase bill for Chileans

Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Monday signed into law a minimum wage hike so that “no one is left behind.”
Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 22:37 UTC
Nearly 34,000 arrested under El Salvador's state of emergency

Around 34,000 people have been placed under arrest thanks to the state of emergency in force in El Salvador since March 27, it was reported Monday as Congress is set to agree on yet another extension of the measure. Human rights organizations have warned of arbitrary arrests.
Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 22:34 UTC
Argentina launches website to boost “nature” tourism

Argentina's Ministry of Tourism has launched a new website called “La Ruta Natural” (The Natural Route) to promote domestic trips to the various attractions nationwide.
Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 20:48 UTC
Lacalle Pou met with Boris Johnson at Downing Street: find out what they talked about

During his official visit to the United Kingdom, Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou visited British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who welcomed him at the door of Downing Street. The meeting lasted approximately one hour.
Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Argentine officials question city status awarded to Stanley, Falklands capital

Argentine Foreign Minister and the head of the Malvinas, South Atlantic Islands and Antarctica Office strongly questioned the Queen's decision to award city status to the capital of the Falkland Islands.
Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 10:54 UTC
Colombian candidates round up presidential campaign

Candidates in Colombia have rounded up their campaigns over the weekend, ahead of the May 29 Presidential elections in which leftwing hopeful Gustavo Petro is expected to win, according to most polls.