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Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:59:00 GMTBolsonaro finally reveals where Brazil will stand regarding Ukraine
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro finally made an explicit statement about his country’s stance regarding the Ukraine crisis following Russia’s invasion: The country shall remain “neutral.”
Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:58:00 GMTRussia, Ukraine delegations to meet in Belarus
Talks between Ukrainian and Russian officials are scheduled to start Monday at a venue on the Belarusian border, it was announced Sunday.
Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:52:00 GMTPrivate events to make up for missing Rio Carnival parades
Tourists keep pouring into the Wonderful City (Cidade Maravilhosa) where not even Omicron is to kill the joy of its people, even if the streets will be less colorful for the second year in a row.
Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:51:00 GMTProsecutors behind plot to overthrow Peru’s President?
Peru’s President Pedro Castillo Terrones Sunday hinted the Prosecutor's Office might hold some sort of grudge on him and insisted it carried on with the ongoing investigations at the earliest.
Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:45:00 GMTUruguay endorses OAS statement against Russian invasion of Ukraine
Uruguay Sunday chose to join the list of Organization of American States (OAS) countries opposing Russia’s military actions in Ukraine after Friday’s initial decision not to sign the declaration in that regard.
Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:44:00 GMTColombia records 33rd murder of a social leader so far in 2022
Less than two months into the year 2022 and 33 social leaders have been murdered so far in Colombia after the Institute of Studies for Development and Peace (Indepaz) Sunday denounced the killing of Gustavo Antonio Torres, this...
Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:34:00 GMTOruro carnival parade goes on like before, albeit with face masks
Rio de Janeiro’s street carnival parades may be off but other parts of South America are returning to their traditional celebrations following a ban during 2021 as a result of COVID-19 measures.
Mon, 28 Feb 2022 09:24:00 GMTParaguayans rush to bordering city to buy fuel smuggled in from Argentina
Hundreds of Paraguayans rushed over the weekend to the coastal town of Nanawa – formerly Puerto Elsa – in the Presidente Hayes province to buy cheaper fuel smuggled from Clorinda, Argentina, it was reported.
Sun, 27 Feb 2022 14:09:00 GMTBlogger’s Telegram channels banned in Brazil as per STF ruling
Brazilian Federal Supreme Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes has ordered the communications and social media application Telegram to expel Bolsonarist influencer Allan dos Santos from the platform or face a 48-hour ban in additi...
Sun, 27 Feb 2022 13:53:00 GMTRussia banned from leading global banking network
Western powers have decided to ban Russia from the SWIFT banking payments system as part of the sanctions against the Government of President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine, it was announced during the weekend in a joint s...