Politics

• Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Argentina says humanitarian flights “all ready” to fly Falklands-residents to Chile

  

  The Argentine government announced on Sunday that “all is ready” for the two humanitarian charter flights, with an Argentine flagged carrier, to transport Falklands-Malvinas foreign residents that have been stranded in the Islands since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine leaders condemn Johnson's speech, but insist on humanitarian flights

  

  Argentine authorities have condemned over the weekend an announcement by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson regarding next year's 40th anniversary years of the Falklands War.

• Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Latam applies for Sao Paulo/MPA flights to begin 9 February, Aeroin

  

  LATAM Airlines has submitted to Brazil's National Civilian Aviation Agency its flight schedule for the Sao Paulo/Falkland Islands commercial air link resumption, allegedly scheduled for next 9 February, according to Brazilian air industry site, Aeroin.

• Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:41 UTC

  Nobel Peace Price Winner Archbishop Tutu dies aged 90

  

  South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an iconic figure during the country's fight against apartheid, has died Sunday at the age of 90 in Cape Town, it was reported. Tutu is survived by his wife of 66 years and their four children.

• Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:38 UTC

  Uruguayan President back from Congo Christmas celebration

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou has returned home after spending Christmas in Congo with troops from his country stationed there on a UN peacekeeping mission.

• Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:16 UTC

  Argentine province announces restrictive measures to curb spread of Omicron

  

  The Argentina province of Córdoba has announced a series of restrictions in an attempt to slow down the spread of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 which has been expanding rapidly, it was reported.

• Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:46 UTC

  Armed Mapuches in Southern Chile burn 31 cabins, forestry machinery and open fire on a hydrant aircraft

  

  The indigenous Mapuche tribe violent groups in southern Chile, involved in arson and destruction attacks, have warned that as long as forestry and construction companies keep ”devastating our resources, and the jails of southern Chile continue full of Mapuche patriots incarcerated, weichan (armed resistance) will not cease to be it under (president) Piñera or (elected president) Boric”.

• Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Ecuador makes COVID-19 vaccination mandatory

  

  The Government of Ecuador has decided to make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory, except for people with a medical condition that renders the shot counterproductive, it was announced Thursday.

• Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  Falklands' capital Stanley aims for Platinum Jubilee city status in 2022

  

  Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands, has been confirmed as one of 39 applicants being considered for city status as part of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations next year. The competition for this prestigious civic honour has been expanded, for the first time, to include British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.

• Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  All acquitted in Austral Fray Bentos crash probe

  

  Argentina's Federal Oral Court number five Thursday acquitted all those under investigation for the 1997 fall of an Austral Douglas DC-9-32 in the Uruguayan city of Fray Bentos.