Politics

• Friday, April 15th 2022 - 10:33 UTC

  Forty years after the war, Falklands remain an Argentine obsession

  

  By Henry Srebrnik (*) – Forty years since Argentina launched its disastrous invasion of the South Atlantic archipelago in early April of 1982, its claim to the Falkland Islands remains a national obsession, even enshrined in the country’s 1994 constitution.

• Friday, April 15th 2022 - 10:16 UTC

  Healthcare team treating Maradona faces manslaughter charges

  

  The physicians and healthcare professionals who treated Diego Armando Maradona during his final days are to be tried for manslaughter in the death of the late Argentine football legend, it was announced.

• Friday, April 15th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Bolsonaro warns Argentina may not deliver as much wheat as needed

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said his country faced a food security threat as a consequence of the shortage of wheat, which could become scarce due to the effects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

• Friday, April 15th 2022 - 10:03 UTC

  Chile: Presidential envoy refuses to sign “Summit for Peace” minute

  

  The envoy of Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font refused to sign the minutes of Wednesday's “Summit for Peace” in Temuco, where 28 of the 32 mayors in La Araucanía discussed the current situation and the need to end local violence.

• Friday, April 15th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Video of Argentine provincial minister admitting to irregularities goes viral

  

  The Finance Minister of the Argentine Province of La Pampa admitted on record that most officials would end up in jail if he told the truth about an oil company during his virtual audience with local lawmakers, thus sparking a major scandal.

• Friday, April 15th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  European central bank will raise interest rates after ending assets' purchasing program

  

  The European Central Bank Governing Council said on Thursday that in the current conditions of high uncertainty it will maintain “gradualism and flexibility” as the guidelines for its monetary policy anticipating that the assets purchase program will be concluded by the third quarter.

• Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 21:35 UTC

  Argentina takes delivery of the last of four French-built OPVs

  

  Argentina has taken delivery of the new OPV ARA Contraalmirante Cordero built in France's shipyard in the city of Concarneau. It is the fourth and last unit from a contract signed in 2018.

• Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 21:34 UTC

  Russia urges Argentina, UK to resume sovereignty talks over Falkland Islands

  

  Russia's Foreign Ministry has released a statement from Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova urging for the resumption of negotiations between Argentina and the United Kingdom regarding sovereignty over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.

• Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 21:32 UTC

  Germany to allow pride flag on certain occasions

  

  Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has authorized the hoisting of the rainbow flag on public buildings, sparking an unprecedented controversy: how many more minority flags can fly next to the black-red-gold and also that of the European Union?

• Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 10:32 UTC

  Brazil planning a second tariffs cut without Mercosur endorsement “to protect people's lives and health”

  

  Brazil is considering a further reduction in import fees without having the endorsement of Mercosur country members, reports O Estado de Sao Paulo. The idea is to cut Import Tax rates by another 10% on most products traded with countries outside the bloc.