Politics

Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 20:04 UTC
Uruguay to welcome Inter-Parliamentary Union dignitaries next week

Uruguay's capital Montevideo and the exclusive beach resort of Punta del Este are to host the upcoming meeting of the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union where lawmakers from Latin America and the Caribbean will convene on June 29, Vice President Beatriz Argimón announced.
Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 19:57 UTC
Meetings between LatAm countries and OECD taking place in Brazil

Brazil is hosting meetings between Latin American and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, during which economic policies, education, and productivity matters are to be discussed.
Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:50 UTC
“We have an enormous future,” Argentine President says

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday said “Argentina is not the country without destiny that some people say it is.” He made those remarks during a celebration marking the national Flag Day holiday (commemoration of Flag creator General Manuel Belgrano's death on June 20, 1820).
Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Uruguay never jeopardized Emtrasur's 747, FM claims

Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Monday stressed his country never put the Venezuelan-Iranian plane currently seized in Buenos Aires at risk.
Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:41 UTC
Farewell program for governor Nigel Phillips CBE, who leaves July first

His Excellency Governor Nigel Phillips CBE will be leaving the Falkland Islands on Friday 1 July 2022 at the end of his tour of duty. The following arrangements have been put in place for his farewell.
Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:28 UTC
Phillips's boat found in Amazonia river

The boat British reporter Dom Phillips and local indigenist Bruno Araújo Pereira were riding when they were ambushed and killed on June 5 has been retrieved from the bottom of a river, Amazonas Civil Police announced Monday.
Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:16 UTC
Ecuador's President says indigenist groups out to topple him

Ecuador's Conservative President Guillermo Lasso Monday said the indigenist groups staging protests nationwide wanted to overthrow him from office, for which they need chaos to mount.
Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Why Commonwealth summit in Rwanda won't be the re-launch some were expecting

Leaders of some 54 countries – from Africa, Europe, Asia, and Southern America – have converged on Kigali, Rwanda, until 25 June for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Philip Murphy, a professor of Commonwealth history (School of Advanced Study) examines the expectations and limitations of the Kigali conference.
Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Airborne Forces remember the Falkland Islands' conflict at Aldershot

The sacrifices and successes of those who took part in Operation Corporate, the Liberation of the Falkland Islands from the Argentine military forty years ago, were both commemorated and celebrated in the ‘Home of the British Army’, Aldershot.
Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Armed Forces Week: Making the UK the best place in the world to be a veteran

An opinion piece by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, published in The Express to mark the start of Armed Forces Week. Cabinet Office for Veterans Affairs, Steve Barclay MP