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Tue, 04 Jan 2022 09:15:00 GMT
New Uruguayan FA leader to strengthen ties with leftwing forces abroad
Uruguayan Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) newly-elected leader Fernando Pereira's has announced his international agenda which includes meetings with Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric and Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, whose ...

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 08:33:00 GMT
Argentine Navy warplanes still grounded due to lack of British-made spare parts
Five French-built warplanes Argentina bought under President Mauricio Macri for US $ 14 million have never taken to the air, due to which Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) and Fente de Todos (FdT) politicians are now trading pointing ...

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 06:54:00 GMT
The Battle for Boric's Soul
By Jorge Castañeda - Chile has long been something of a bellwether in Latin America. So, when Chilean voters elected the left-wing Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old former student leader, as president on Sunday, the rest of Latin ...

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 06:45:00 GMT
Cannabis developers eye Paraguay to further expand their business
As cannabis gradually transitions from a cultural drug to just an agricultural product like any other, Paraguay's unique conditions make it a destination of choice for those trying to develop the newly-legalized business, accor...

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 06:28:00 GMT
Guerrilla group fights in Colombia put civilians in danger
Clashes between dissident Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and National Liberation Army (ELN) in the department of Arauca near the Venezuelan border have left at least 16 people dead, it was reported Monday.

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 06:22:00 GMT
German cruise to Canary Islands interrupted in Portugal because of Covid outbreak
Some 3,000 passengers saw their Canary Islands-bound cruise definitively halted on Monday in Lisbon following an outbreak of Covid 19 in the AIDAnova vessel. At least 64 people tested positive for the virus while on the ship, w...

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 06:13:00 GMT
Santa Claus turned out to be Spanish bank Santander: deposits in 2,000 business accounts were made twice
Santa Claus apparently is Spanish bank Santander which deposited £130m into 75,000 accounts on 25 December. Santander's staff are now rushing to recover the money, although the job is being made more difficult because much of ...

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 05:57:00 GMT
Polar Preet has arrived safely at the South Pole, first woman of color to achieve such a feat
A British Army captain has made history by becoming the first woman of color to cross Antarctica unsupported. Captain Harpreet Chandi has arrived safely at the South Pole after a 700-mile trek in 40 days.

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 05:44:00 GMT
The “Expulsion Myth” – Argentina’s Greatest Historical Falsehood
Falkland Islands Association - Britain did not expel an Argentine population in January 1833 when Britain re-asserted its sovereignty in the Falklands. But no piece of Argentine propaganda has been more successful than its fal...

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 22:52:00 GMT
Bolsonaro hospitalized – emergency surgery not ruled out yet
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was rushed to a hospital in the early hours of Monday with severe abdominal pain, which appeared to be a relapse in his intestine condition stemming from a 2018 stab wound while campaigning for...



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