Politics

• Monday, March 28th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Yet another group of Ukrainian refugees makes it to Brazil

  

  A group of 47 Ukrainian refugees has arrived in Brazil Saturday after being assisted by the South American country's Embassy in Warsaw with travel documents and notes to Polish authorities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) announced.

• Monday, March 28th 2022 - 09:01 UTC

  Cambridges round-up Caribbean tour

  

  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge this weekend finished their Caribbean tour after stops at the British Commonwealth Nations of Belize, Jamaica, and The Bahamas marking Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee amid anti-monarchy sentiments, in some cases even pushing for Barbados' example to be mirrored.

• Monday, March 28th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Paraguay changes into GMT-4 Daylight Saving Time

  

  Paraguay has moved into “winter time” Sunday on the advice of the National Electricity Administration, which seeks to curb consumption. It has thus become the only Mercosur country living under a GMT (or UTC) -4 time zone, while Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil are GMT -3.

• Sunday, March 27th 2022 - 23:51 UTC

  Polls are closed in Uruguay: Vote count begins in referendum questioning the government

  

  The Uruguayan Electoral Court started counting the votes cast for the referendum against the Law of Urgent Consideration (LUC), the main project of the Government of Luis Lacalle Pou, after the closing of the more than seven thousand centers enabled in the country at 19.30 local time.

• Saturday, March 26th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Falkland Islands reviews Covid-19 measures; changes to be enacted from 4 May

  

  As previously communicated, the Falkland Islands Government has recently reviewed all available options in terms of making changes to Covid-19 measures in a careful and measured way. This week Executive Council met to evaluate the proposed options, which included the latest public health guidance and legal advice. As a result, it has been agreed that from 4 May 2022, the existing Infectious Diseases Control (Coronavirus: International Travel, Operator Liability, and Quarantine) Regulations 2022 will be revoked, providing that specific conditions can be met.

• Saturday, March 26th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Invasive hippos may become a plague in Colombia by 2030

  

  Brought into the country in the 1980s by former drug-trafficking capo Pablo Escobar, the 133 hippopotamuses already in Colombia might reach over 400 by the year 2030, and have thus been declared an invasive species Friday.

• Saturday, March 26th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Peruvian court to rule on habeas corpus requested by Castillo in 10 days

  

  A Peruvian Court Friday started weighing the habeas corpus writ requested by President Pedro Castillo Terrones in a move to quash charges of treason filed against him after he admitted granting Bolivia access to the Pacific Ocean was possible.

• Saturday, March 26th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Argentine shipyard Tandanor to handle maintenance of French-built OPVs

  

  Argentina's Navy top brass have met with executives from France's Naval Group and the local shipyard Tandanor to move on with the training of technicians for the maintenance of the four ocean patrol vessels (OPVs) purchased in the last year.

• Saturday, March 26th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  KLM to resume route between Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile

  

  Effective March 27, Dutch carrier KLM will drop its nonstop route between Amsterdam and Santiago de Chile but will continue to serve that destination from Buenos Aires.

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 22:05 UTC

  Peruvian mine workers roundup 48-hour strike

  

  Workers of the Chinalco mining company have announced they would remain for 48 hours on strike, in addition to blocking the Peruvian Central Highway, thus halting traffic.