Politics

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Cuban demonstrators given jail terms of 4 to 30 years

  

  Cuba's Judiciary handed down prison sentences ranging from 4 to 30 years to the July 11 demonstrators who filled the streets demanding an improvement to their living conditions, it was reported Thursday.

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 09:04 UTC

  BBC apologizes and agrees to pay “substantial sum” to Lady Di's former secretary

  

  BBC has publicly apologized and agreed to pay a substantial sum to the late Princess Diana private secretary, Commander Patrick Jephson, because of “harm caused to him” over Martin Bashir's Panorama 1995 interview of the former wife of Prince Charles.

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Nicaragua outlaws yet another 25 NGOs

  

  The Government of Nicaragua has outlawed yet another 25 Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), bringing that figure up to 87 since December of 2018, it was reported Thursday.

• Thursday, March 17th 2022 - 20:58 UTC

  Argentine mine workers go on strike

  

  Workers of the “Contreras Mogetta BBBC Consorcio De Cooperación” hired by Galaxy Lithium to exploit the Sal de Vida mine in the Argentine province of Catamarca have gone on strike citing overdue payments and non-compliance with the supply of proper gear.

• Thursday, March 17th 2022 - 20:55 UTC

  Paraguayan truckers to lift protests if stabilization fund bill is approved

  

  A group of union leaders representing Paraguyay's lorry drivers Thursday announced they would lift the road blockades if the Senate passes the bill to create a fuel price stabilization fund.

• Thursday, March 17th 2022 - 20:53 UTC

  Increase in fuel price, a crime against Brazilians, says Bolsonaro

  

  Brazil's oil company Petrobras came under heavy criticism Wednesday from President Jair Bolsonaro, who claimed the decision to raise the price of fuel at pumps was both “absurd” and “a crime against the population.”

• Thursday, March 17th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Argentina publishes easy-read guide on Malvinas for “adequate reporting and avoiding inaccuracies”

  

  Argentina's Public Defender's Office set out a booklet with a list of recommendations for the “adequate treatment by media” of issues linked to the sovereignty dispute over the Falklands/Malvinas, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and adjoining maritime spaces with the purpose of avoiding “inaccuracies towards audiences”.

• Thursday, March 17th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Argentine war veterans pepper-sprayed for demanding proper medical care

  

  A group of veterans of the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War was repelled with tear gas Wednesday by the Buenos Aires police during a demonstration in front of the PAMI social security agency where they demanded the fulfillment of the medical care program to which they are entitled.

• Thursday, March 17th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Opposition deputy wants Ukraine's President to speak before Argentine Congress

  

  Argentine opposition Congressman Mario Negri wants Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski to deliver a message to Parliament as he did before western powers legislatures.

• Thursday, March 17th 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  Judge rules former Honduran President may be extradited to US

  

  A Honduran judge Wednesday ruled in favor of extraditing former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the United States, where he is wanted for alleged drug trafficking and illegal use of weapons.