Politics

Monday, April 25th 2022 - 09:51 UTC
Five more years for Macron, but never with so many protest votes

Emmanuel Macron was reelected president of France on Sunday with 58,5% of votes cast against the 41,5% of Marine Le Pen. However, it can also be said that it was the victory of the less bad of the two candidates in the runoff, given the level of abstention rate, 28,1%, the highest since 1969.
Monday, April 25th 2022 - 09:49 UTC
Presidents of Paraguay, Colombia exchange compliments

The conservative presidents of Colombia, Iván Duque, and Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benítez, exchanged compliments Sunday at the Caribbean beach resort of Cartagena de Indias in the framework of the “Bilateral Economic and Trade Commission.”
Monday, April 25th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Argentine opposition steals show of rural producers marching onto Plaza de Mayo

Argentina's opposition leaders of the Juntos por el Cambio (JxC - Together for Change) took center stage during Saturday's tractorazo (tractor caravan) towards Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo with which rural producers protested against several measures from the administration of President Alberto Fernàndez which were detrimental to them.
Monday, April 25th 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Penguins, postage stamps and Russian politics: What it’s like to rule the territory with no citizens

By Jonathan Margolis, The Telegraph – Monday 25 April is South Georgia's Liberation Day, when a British Task Groupin 1982 recovered the island from Argentine military occupation. However, the island has no citizens to celebrate the event, with no more than thirty temporary residents.
Monday, April 25th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
China's Zero-COVID policy hits Chilean fruit exports

Sanitary measures by Chinese health authorities to curb the spread of COVID-19, which include port closures, are taking a toll on Chile's fruit exports, it was reported Sunday.
Monday, April 25th 2022 - 08:00 UTC
France: Macron reelected but LePen's number of votes raises concern

France's centrist President Emmanuel Macron of the Republic on the March (LREM) was re-elected Sunday for another five-year term at the helm of the Elysée Palace, clearly surpassing far-right candidate Marine LePen of the National Rally (RN) in the runoff by 58.5% of the votes against 41.5%.
Saturday, April 23rd 2022 - 23:50 UTC
Brazil: Bolsonaro disregards Temer's advice on Silveira's pardon

Jair Bolsonaro Friday turned down the proposal made public by his predecessor Michel Temer to suspend the Presidential pardon granted to convicted Deputy Daniel Silveira until all judiciary steps have been exhausted. Temer is a highly qualified Law Scholar.
Saturday, April 23rd 2022 - 13:42 UTC
UK reopens embassy in Ukrainian capital next week

The UK government will re-open the British embassy in Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv next week. The embassy was forced to temporarily close due to Russia’s full-scale and illegal invasion. A contingent of British staff remained in western Ukraine to provide humanitarian and other support.
Saturday, April 23rd 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Navitas banned from Argentina for twenty years for operating in Falklands' waters

Israel's Navitas Petroleum has been banned from all activities in Argentina for the next twenty years for involvement in the hydrocarbons industry in the Falklands/Malvinas zone without Argentine permission.
Saturday, April 23rd 2022 - 10:45 UTC
Rural producers to stage tractor caravan protest in Buenos Aires

Argentine rural producers are planning to stage a tractor convoy parade Saturday onto Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo in front of Casa Rosada to protest against several measures by the administration of President Alberto Fernández which have seriously affected them.