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Thu, 31 Mar 2022 21:16:00 GMT
Putin needs someone to stand up to him, Uruguayan President says
Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was nostalgic about the USSR and stressed that neither Cuba nor Venezuela was key players in the ongoing armed conflict. Lacalle was also cri...

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 20:46:00 GMT
Argentina's Domestic Trade Secretary "can't perform miracles"
Argentina's Domestic Trade Secretary Roberto Feletti Thursday admitted that the inflation figures for the month of March "will be bad" following the impact of the war between Russia and Ukraine on the local economy.

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 20:26:00 GMT
War in Europe leads to new longest non stop passenger flight
As a result of a ban from flying over Russian territory, Cathay Pacific has reconfigured its nonstop service between New York Airport (JFK) and Hong Kong Airport (HKG), which will now become the longest passenger route in terms...

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 20:13:00 GMT
New Brazilian ministers sworn in
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has reshuffled his ministerial cabinet and those appointed took their oaths of office Thursday at Brasilia's Planalto Palace. Those who left their offices will be able to run in the upcoming el...

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:30:00 GMT
Tierra del Fuego addresses Malvinas Question issues and blasts appointment of “colonial governor Alison Blake”
The Tierra del Fuego provincial Legislative held on Wednesday its first ordinary session of 2022 to approve several decrees and motions referred to the Malvinas Question, and to mark the 40th anniversary of the conflict, trigge...

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:25:00 GMT
Uruguayan gov't announces new increase in price of fuel
Uruguayan authorities Wednesday announced the price of fuel at pumps will go up as of Friday, April 1. President Luis Lacalle Pou confirmed that gasoline will go up UR$ 3 (US$ 0.07), from UR$ 74.88 (US$ 1.81) to UR$ 77.88 (US$ ...

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:20:00 GMT
Tierra del Fuego Malvinas war commemoration events includes a Time Capsule to be opened April 2082
The Malvinas Veterans from Ushuaia Center has started April 2nd commemoration activities by inaugurating a Dignity Tent at the Malvinas Heroes Square in the capital of the southernmost Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, Us...

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:19:00 GMT
IACHR requests Peru refrains from freeing Fujimori
The Costa Rica-based Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has issued a ruling telling the Peruvian State to refrain from releasing former President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000) from jail as ordered by the country's Cons...

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:16:00 GMT
Brazil's military brass praise 1964 coup
Brazil's Defense Minister General Walter Braga Netto, who is most likely to run for the vice-presidency behind Jair Bolsonaro in the Oct. 2 elections, has signed a document together with the Armed Forces chiefs saying the 1964 ...

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:15:00 GMT
UK commandos hope to raise £56,000 in memory of comrades who fought in Falklands' war
British Commandos hope to raise £56,000 in memory of comrades who fought in the Falkland Islands war. They’re organizing a four-day physical challenge – and hope the public will join them for the final leg.



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