Politics

Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Chilean president-elect again condemns Russian invasion of Ukraine

Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric has again strongly condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and called on public opinion to watch and listen closely to the nine minutes message of Ukrainian president Volodimir Zelenski to the Russian people.
Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Falklands Government confirms compassionate charter flight to Chile 19 March

The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) can confirm that it intends to charter a flight to Chile from the Falkland Islands on Saturday 19 March 2022, returning Saturday 9 April 2022. The flight will only stop in both Punta Arenas and Santiago on the outbound and return journeys.
Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 09:34 UTC
Chile submits report on the extended continental shelf west of the Antarctic Peninsula

The Chilean foreign minister Carolina Valdivia on Monday submitted to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf the report on the extended continental shelf to the west of the Antarctic Peninsula. This is closely linked to Chile's role in scientific research and conservation issues.
Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 09:15 UTC
What will happen in the world wheat market if the Russia/Ukraine conflict is not over by June

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has also caused major disruptions in the agricultural commodities' markets with soaring prices for wheat, corn, soybeans... and much speculation.
Tuesday, March 1st 2022 - 09:01 UTC
Turkey prepared to limit Russian warships transit between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean

Turkey has said that the situation in Ukraine has become a “war”, a declaration that authorized Ankara to activate the Montreux Convention which limits Russian war vessels from entering the Black Sea, through the strategic straits of the Bosporus and Dardanelle which link with the Mediterranean.
Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:55 UTC
CFK decries double standards within UN Security Council regarding Ukraine and Falklands/Malvinas

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Sunday said Western powers had double standards when addressing the Ukraine crisis. The former head of state (2007-2015) recalled that in 2014 -under her presidency-, Argentina supported Kyiv against Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula by force.
Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:24 UTC
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner still complaining about Falklands' 2013 referendum

Argentina's main leader and vice-president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner recalled on Sunday in Twitter that her government strongly supported Ukraine back in 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea, but also complained about the double standard of the “great powers” in their stance regarding the Falkland/Malvinas Islands issue.
Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:15 UTC
Steel cutting ceremony to build multipurpose vessels for the Chilean navy

Chilean president Sebastián Piñera headed on Sunday the steel cutting ceremony for the building of the first, --out of four--, multipurpose vessel, to be incorporated to the country's navy. Also present at the ceremony were Defense minister Baldo Prokurica and the commander in chief of the navy, Admiral Juan Andrés de la Maza.
Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:05 UTC
South Africa becoming a welfare state, finance minister tells Congress

South Africa’s new Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has told Congress the country was becoming a welfare state fast and he sought Parliamentarian approval for his first budget.
Monday, February 28th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Bolsonaro finally reveals where Brazil will stand regarding Ukraine

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro finally made an explicit statement about his country’s stance regarding the Ukraine crisis following Russia’s invasion: The country shall remain “neutral.”