Politics

• 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.

• Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 10:33 UTC

  Interpol chief under investigation for alleged torture complicity against two UK citizens

  

  Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi, from the United Arab Emirate Ministry of Interior was voted as head of Interpol in November 2021, but has now been accused of complicity in the torture of two British men, and French authorities have opened an investigation into the allegations.

• Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Complicated Colombian presidential election; left-wing candidate leads but with a ceiling in the runoff

  

  Next Sunday Colombia will be voting for a new president and a last set of public opinion polls indicate that a left wing candidate, former guerrilla and ex mayor of the capital Bogotá has the most chances of succeeding current president Ivan Duque.

• Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Never-graduating student leader arrested in Bolivia for embezzlement

  

  A 52-year-old Bolivian student leader who has spent the last 33 years of his life unsuccessfully pursuing a law degree has been arrested over fudgy dealings as president of the Bolivian University Confederation (CUB).

• Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  'Oui Monsieur Stanley', Boris Johnson's father becomes French citizen

  

  Stanley Johnson, father of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week secured French citizenship, but according to the French Justice Ministry, “this decision concerns only Mr. Stanley Johnson and does not extend to his descendants.”

• Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 09:28 UTC

  Climate change election: Labor pledges to make Australia “a renewable energy superpower”

  

  Australia's Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he wants to improve Australia's image abroad after defeating conservative Scott Morrison. Climate change played a pivotal role in the Saturday vote, with voters unhappy with Morrison's government response to deadly fires and floods that hit Australia in recent years and their support of massive coal exports.

• Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 09:26 UTC

  Paraguayan mayor dies after days in ICU following attack by hitmen

  

  The Paraguayan Department of Amambay has declared three days of mourning following the death of José Carlos Acevedo, mayor of the city of Pedro Juan Caballero (PJC), and brother of Amambay's Governor Ronald Acevedo, who signed the decree.