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Sat, 25 Sep 2021 08:59:00 GMT
Bolsonaro's wife takes COVID-19 vaccine, stirs controversy
Brazil's First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro has taken a vaccine against COVID-19, during the couple's recent trip to New York City, where President Jair Bolsonaro delivered a speech before the United Nations' 76th General Assembly e...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 18:39:00 GMT
Now they say Tierra del Fuego did not achieve herd immunity against COVID-19
Argentina's Health Ministry has announced Minister Carla Vizzotti had not said Thursday morning that the province of Tierra del Fuego, which technically comprises British Overseas Territories such as the Falkland Islands, had a...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 18:27:00 GMT
Chinese financial move tumbles down cryptocurrencies
A regulatory decision Friday by The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has led to a sharp fall in the price of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, which have dropped over 6% and 10% respectively after bouncing back in p...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 17:09:00 GMT
Former Mendoza Deputy chosen for Argentina's Malvinas Secretariat
After Argentine President, Alberto Fernández appointed Daniel Filmus as Science Minister, the position of Malvinas Islands Secretary had been vacant until Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero announced Friday he had chosen former...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 10:01:00 GMT
Body of Peruvian guerrilla leader to be cremated and ashes scattered to avoid shrine of pilgrimage
Peru's Office of the State Attorney has ordered that the body of the late Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) guerrilla leader Abimael Guzmán, who died in jail Sept. 11 while serving a life sentence, be cremated in the next 24 hou...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:23:00 GMT
Argentine court halts scrapping of Navy ship involved in 1982 Stanley landing
An Argentine court ruling halted the scrapping of an Argentine Navy vessel involved on April 2, 1982, landing at the Falkland Islands. War Veterans had been critical of President Alberto Fernández's decision regarding the fate...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 09:12:00 GMT
Oil company lifts all South Atlantic operations, future of project in Falklands now reshaped
A hydrocarbon development project in the Falkland Islands faces new challenges following the announcement of one of the companies involved that it shall be lifting all South Atlantic operations.

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:59:00 GMT
Argentine First Lady 10 weeks pregnant
Argentine First Lady Fabiola Yáñez is 10 weeks pregnant, the Presidential medical unit in Buenos Aires announced Thursday. The baby is due in April next year.

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:48:00 GMT
The new British Ambassador to Argentina presented her credentials
The new British Ambassador to Argentina, Kirsty Hayes presented the copies of her credentials to Secretary of Foreign Affairs Pablo Tettamanti, during a meeting held on Thursday 24 September at the Palacio San Martín.

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:34:00 GMT
Falklands' makes charitable donation to Falklands Veterans Foundation
The Falkland Islands Government confirmed on Thursday that, to thank Falklands Veterans Foundation for their support in accommodating residents from the KEMH during the pandemic, it has made a donation of £10,000 to the charit...



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