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Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:50:00 GMTBoris Johnson compares Ukraine's war with Britons voting for Brexit
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under strong criticism for comparing the struggle of the Ukrainian people against the Russian invasion with Britons voting for Brexit in 2016.
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:44:00 GMTUkraine's lesson: you need to have your own nukes
By Gwynne Dyer – Would Vladimir Putin’s Russia have invaded Ukraine three weeks ago if it had 1,900 nuclear warheads on 176 ICBMs and 2,600 tactical nuclear weapons?
Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:32:00 GMTBrazil strongly campaigning to have fertilizers delisted from sanctions
Brazil has called for fertilizers to be excluded from the list of sanctions currently imposed as a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and ongoing fighting. Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Costa Dias addressing ...
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 10:20:00 GMTBolsonaro's popularity coming around ahead of presidential elections
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro sees his chances of reelection in October improve after a drop in unemployment announced Friday helped him narrow the gap against the former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 10:10:00 GMTChile: Boric signs environmental agreement Piñera had discarded
Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Friday signed the so-called Escazú environmental agreement, which his predecessor Sebastián Piñera discarded at the last minute after having sponsored it. “We have changed course,” Bo...
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 10:07:00 GMTUruguay seeks to exonerate VAT on popular meat cut, announced Lacalle Pou
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said on Friday that the Executive Branch will send to the Legislative a bill to exonerate VAT on asado de tira, a popular meat cut, as the Ukraine war takes its toll on the cost of food worl...
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 09:52:00 GMTIACHR concerned over Court decision to reinstate Fujimori's pardon in Peru
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Friday said it was "concerned" following Thursday's decision by Peru's Constitutional Court to uphold a pardon to former president Alberto Fujimori, who is about to be relea...
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 09:44:00 GMTBrazilian judge bans Telegram app nationwide
Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Friday ordered the smart telephone application Telegram banned nationwide, claiming it did not help authorities fight the so-called spread of "fake news."
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 09:40:00 GMTArgentine President announces measures to curb inflation
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday announced through a recorded message from the Olivos Residence the creation of a "stabilization fund." The head of state's words came on the day he had promised the fight against in...
Fri, 18 Mar 2022 21:27:00 GMT30 years later, Israeli community in Buenos Aires pays tribute to those killed in embassy bombing
Hezbollah was once again singled out as the organization behind the 1992 bombing of Israel's Embassy in Buenos Aires, a crime for which, after 30 years, nobody has ever been held accountable.