Politics

Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 09:04 UTC
Argentine President diagnosed with brain disorder by Deputy-elect

Neurologist Facundo Manes, who has just been voted into Argentina's Lower House on behalf of the opposition Together for a Change (JxC - Juntos por el Cambio) coalition, has said President Alberto Fernández had a cognitive deficiency known as “anosognosia.”
Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Suspect in Haiti president's murder dies presumably of COVID-19

A former Haitian policeman who had been arrested for his alleged involvement in the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has died presumably of COVID-19 while in custody, it was reported.
Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 08:29 UTC
German Chancellor says COVID-19 situation is critical

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday said the COVID-19 crisis in her country was reaching “dramatic” levels.
Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 23:37 UTC
Lacalle ratifies Uruguay's stance regarding Mercosur opening up to the world

Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou has insisted Mercosur needed modernizing and it is along those lines that his country was seeking one-on-one free-trade deals with the United States and China
Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 09:42 UTC
Chile's President survives new impeachment attempt

Chile's President Sebastián Piñera will be allowed to stay in office until March 11, 2022, after an attempt to impeach him Tuesday failed to be endorsed by the Senate.
Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Argentine sixth-graders supplied educational material reading “East and West Falkland” in English

Education authorities in the Argentine Province of Santa Fe were placed under investigation Tuesday after it was found that a booklet distributed among sixth-grade schoolchildren featured a map where the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands were depicted as British territory despite the country's claim otherwise.
Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 09:25 UTC
RRS Sir Attenborough off to Antarctica; Falklands' call in three weeks and a half

Britain’s new polar research ship, RRS Sir David Attenborough, departed the UK this week for its maiden voyage to Antarctica. She left Harwich on Tuesday, with 66 crew and personnel on board, for a short stop at Portsmouth to take on fuel before departing the UK by 18 November.
Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 09:14 UTC
Bolivia repeals controversial Law 1386

Bolivia's Parliament finally voted in favour of repealing Law 1386 Tuesday afternoon, which resulted in a general strike called for in Santa Cruz and Potosí being lifted, although some demonstrators wanted to go after additional demands.
Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 08:59 UTC
Biden bans Nicaraguan officials from entering US territory

Irregularities in Nicaragua's recent elections after which President Daniel Ortega is to stay in office for yet another term while all of his political opponents are either in jail or exile have led the administration of US President Joseph Biden to take action.
Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 08:02 UTC
Yet another suspect arrested in Haitian President's murder case

Turkish authorities have arrested businessman Samir Handal in connection with the July 7 assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse at his Port-au-Prince residence, it was announced.