United States

• Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 22:20 UTC

  Putin challenges Ukraine's right to exist, Biden says

  

  US President Joseph Biden said during his appearance Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that Russian leader Vladimir Putin's attitudes challenged Ukraine's very right to exist.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

  US Fed and UK BoE expected to hike interest rates this week, but how far?

  

  The United States Federal Reserve and the Bank of England this week are scheduled to hike interest rates steeply again in a bid to tame inflation. The two central banks are expected to look through recession fears and continue their fight against extraordinary price rises.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Key trade deal between Brazil, US signed

  

  The governments of Brazil and the United States have signed a customs recognition agreement whereby companies from the South American country certified as authorized economic operators (AEO) will be able to export faster and with less red tape involved.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 23:04 UTC

  Argentina rejects naval exercise in Brazil because of Falklands' HMS Forth

  

  Argentina has dropped out of this year's UNITAS annual naval exercises sponsored by the United States, with the participation of South American and other extra-region naval units, which are currently taking place in the Atlantic organized by Brazil.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 18:46 UTC

  Biden says “COVID-19 pandemic is over”

  

  US President Joseph Biden said during a TV interview aired late Sunday that the COVID-19 pandemic was over. “We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over,” Biden said, thus sparking a series of uproars from within scientific and politician communities.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Puerto Rico powerless as Hurricane Fiona makes landfall

  

  Puerto Rico has been left without electricity as Hurricane Fiona made landfall with winds of up to 160.9 kilometers per hour, amid residents fearing an encore of the devastation left by Hurricane Maria in 2017. US President Joseph Biden declared a state of emergency on the island.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 09:28 UTC

  US, China, India, UK, Russia, the largest military spenders in 2021, SIPRI report

  

  World military spending continued to grow in 2021, reaching an all-time high of US$ 2.1 trillion. This was the seventh consecutive year that spending increased, according to the latest data on military spending published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Biden: We all owe Queen Elizabeth something

  

  US President Joseph Biden said during this weekend in London that “we all owe something” to Queen Elizabeth II, who reminded him of his own mother.

• Saturday, September 17th 2022 - 10:35 UTC

  Will the Federal Reserve strangle Latin America again?

  

  By Ernesto Talvi (*) – In the 1980s, the Federal Reserve’s dramatic interest-rate hikes led to a lost decade of economic growth in highly indebted Latin American countries. Today, however, the US itself is highly leveraged, which will make the Fed hesitant to pursue measures that imply severe collateral damage elsewhere.

• Saturday, September 17th 2022 - 10:06 UTC

  Ambassador Stanley discusses strategic issues at Casa Rosada

  

  United States Ambassador to Buenos Aires Marc Stanley was welcomed Friday at Casa Rosada by Strategic Affairs Secretary Mercedes Marcó del Pont to discuss matters of bilateral interest.