South America
Sun, 12 Sep 2021 08:46:00 GMTOver 417,000 foreigners cleared to vote in City of Buenos Aires without prior registration
Foreign residents in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) have long been cleared to vote at the municipal level, but since participation is not mandatory for non-nationals, they were required to register.
Sun, 12 Sep 2021 08:42:00 GMTCryptocurrency trader sponsors Argentine First Division football team
Argentine football First Division team Huracán will don jerseys sponsored by a cryptocurrency trader starting this week, it was announced Saturday.
Sun, 12 Sep 2021 08:31:00 GMTArgentine opposition demands results of Sunday's primaries be known by 9pm
Argentina's leading opposition Juntos por el Cambio (Together for change - JxC) coalition has once again pressed for the results of Sunday's Open Primary, Mandatory and Simultaneous (PASO) elections to be released by 9pm.
Sun, 12 Sep 2021 08:05:00 GMTFormer Peruvian guerrilla leader Abimael Guzmán dies aged 86
Abimael Guzmán, former leader and founder of the infamous guerrilla movement Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) which has left some 69,000 people dead, has died Saturday in prison. He was 86.
Sat, 11 Sep 2021 10:16:00 GMTAzul returning to Uruguay in November from Porto Alegre
Brazilian carrier Azul will resume flights to Uruguay as of November 10 with the reopening of the Porto Alegre-Montevideo route four times a week.
Sat, 11 Sep 2021 09:50:00 GMTPresident Piñera meets PM Johnson and reaffirms UK/Chile close relations
Chilean president Sebastián Piñera in the last leg of his European tour, on Friday met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at 10 Downing Street, where the two leaders coincided on the significance of jointly addressing ...
Sat, 11 Sep 2021 09:42:00 GMTUruguay's FM says other unilateral trade deals may be announced shortly
Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Friday said that in addition to China there were several other countries interested in reaching one-on-one trade deals with his country.
Sat, 11 Sep 2021 09:37:00 GMTEx Bolivian police chief jailed for 2019 deaths prosecutors first chose not to investigate
Former Bolivian Police chief Javier Fuad Vaca has been placed under preventive arrest Friday for his alleged involvement in crimes during the 2019 uprising which resulted in the overthrowing of President Evo Morales.
Sat, 11 Sep 2021 09:34:00 GMTWith mediation of ex president Temer, Bolsonaro tries to mend relations with the Supreme Court
Justice Alexandre de Moraes, from the Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal, received on Friday the visit from Justice and Public Security minister Anderson Torres, following on the mediation from ex-president Michel Temer. The me...
Sat, 11 Sep 2021 09:30:00 GMTWhat does the Taliban’s choice of interim prime minister mean for Afghanistan?
By Ali A. Olomi (*) – The Taliban announced on Sept. 7, 2021, that Mullah Hasan Akhund has been appointed interim prime minister of Afghanistan. The decision comes more than two weeks after the militant Islamist group seized ...