Politics

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2022 - 07:45 UTC

  UK ambassador to Ukraine back in Kyiv, “absolutely the right place to be”

  

  The UK's ambassador to Ukraine has said she feels “comfortable” returning to Kyiv despite Russian threats against diplomats in the capital. Melinda Simmons arrived in the city late on Friday, following the announcement last month that Britain would be reopening its embassy there in a show of support for Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion.

• Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 21:32 UTC

  Argentine Interior Minister, Israel's President discuss agriculture's potential

  

  Argentina's Interior Minister Wado De Pedro and Israeli President Issac Herzog discussed agriculture in the South American country and its possible “cooperation to feed the world,” it was reported.

• Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 21:17 UTC

  Labor Day becomes election campaign street demonstration in Brazil

  

  Sunday's Labor Day demonstrations in Brazil were tainted with political connotations as massive events nationwide gathered leftwing followers of former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva on one side and those of rightwing incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro on the other.

• Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 19:53 UTC

  Iranian Petroleum Minister visits Venezuela to deepen bilateral ties

  

  Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) CEO Asdrúbal Chávez has met in Caracas with Iran's Petroleum Minister Javad Owji to sign bilateral agreements between two countries heavily damaged by US-imposed sanctions.

• Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  Reporter among those wounded during demonstrations in Chile

  

  A TV reporter was among the three people wounded in Santiago during incidents involving law enforcement officers (Carabineros), armed street merchants, and hooded looters during a Labor Day demonstration by unionist groups.

• Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Turkey entices Latin American leaders to get Putin, Zelensky to discuss end to war

  

  Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu insisted over the weekend that the Government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was conducting a series of efforts to organize a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.

• Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  No more home office for Argentine civil servants

  

  The times of home office for Argentine civil servants come to an end effective Monday following a decision by Secretary of Public Management and Employment, Ana Castellani, after COVID-19's critical stage has been deemed to be over.

• Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Chilean Gov't finally agrees to reopen land borders after 2 years

  

  Chilean authorities Sunday reopened 22 land border crossings with Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru, The passages had been reshaped since March 17, 2020, so that only cargo was let through but no travelers, amid restrictive sanitary measures to avoid the spread of COVID-19 into the country.

• Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 09:12 UTC

  Uruguayan President makes unofficial one-day trip to Buenos Aires

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou last week took an Aerolíneas Argentinas flight and made a day trip to Buenos Aires Wednesday for “strictly family and private reasons,” it was reported.

• Monday, May 2nd 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  ARA Libertad sets sail on her 50th instruction journey

  

  Argentina’s Defense Minister Jorge Taiana Saturday bid farewell to the ARA Libertad on her 50th instruction journey for newly-graduated officers of two promotions of the Naval Academy (Escuela Naval).