Politics

• Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 21:01 UTC

  Chile's proposed Constitution unlikely to prevail

  

  Three weeks ahead of Chile's Constitutional Plebiscite, the nays (Rejection)are still ahead, according to a survey by the consulting firm Cadem, which showed 46% of the voters would rather keep the Constitution drafted under Dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1980 instead of adopting the one penned by the Constitutional Assembly convened last year.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 20:49 UTC

  FLOTUS tests positive for COVID-19

  

  US First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, after showing cold-like symptoms Monday night which prompted PCR measurings, it was announced Tuesday by White House sources.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguayan FM stresses “One China” principle

  

  Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo said in an interview published over the weekend that his country adhered to the one-China principle whereby Taiwan would be a rogue province yet to rejoin the mainland politically.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 09:14 UTC

  Argentine Gov’t tipped of Iranian terrorist arriving in the country

  

  Argentine Deputy Gerardo Milman of the opposition Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio – JxC) alliance Sunday requested immigration and airport Police authorities to investigate allegations that an Iranian terrorist of the Quds Force arrived in Argentina on a Turkish Airlines flight.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 08:27 UTC

  Lula wants BRICS to broker ceasefire in Ukraine

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who leads all polls to return to the Planalto Palace after the October elections, met with Russia's Ambassador to Brasilia Alexei Labetski and suggested the BRICS group the two countries share with India, China and South Africa should broker a cease-fire in Ukraine.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 07:54 UTC

  China stages major military deployment around Taiwan

  

  China resumed military maneuvers around the island of Taiwan following the presence in Taipei of yet another delegation of US lawmakers. After the visit by a group led lead by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier this month, the new team was headed by Senator Ed Markey from Massachusetts.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 07:27 UTC

  Uruguay's Lacalle gets highest approval ratings in LatAm

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou tops the list of most-approved Latin American heads of state, according to an Ipsos survey released Monday.

• Monday, August 15th 2022 - 21:34 UTC

  Paraguayan President picks Velázquez's replacement as candidate, but the story is not finished

  

  Paraguay's ruling Fuerza Republicana faction from within the Colorado Party has chosen Public Works Minister and former evangelical Pastor Arnoldo Wiens as the future presidential candidate following Vice President Hugo Velázquez's announcement that he would resign his current job and back down from the 2023 electoral race.

• Monday, August 15th 2022 - 21:30 UTC

  Same colors and both in Europe, but not the same country: the mistake Argentine FM made

  

  Argentine Foreign Ministry protocol experts made the news Monday after it went viral that the welcoming ceremony for Switzerland's new ambassador was ornamented with Danish flags.

• Monday, August 15th 2022 - 21:00 UTC

  Britain approves Moderna's “#bivalent” COVID-19 vaccine

  

  British health authorities Monday greenlighted the use of a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine with a new formula designed to fight old strains as well as new variations in what has been dubbed a “bivalent” approach and will be used primarily as a booster for people aged 50 and over starting in the fall.