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Wed, 04 May 2022 22:15:00 GMT
Peru's President said to have plagiarized university thesis a decade ago
Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones Wednesday rejected allegations that he and his wife Liliana Paredes had plagiarized the contents of the thesis they filed to get a Masters' Degree in Educational Psychology at the César...

Wed, 04 May 2022 22:11:00 GMT
Brazil's Police not happy with President's undelivered promises - strikes coming up
Brazil's Federal Police will stage "partial and progressive" strikes in light of President Jair Bolsonaro's unfulfilled promises regarding salaries and promotion schemes, the National Association of Federal Police Commissioners...

Wed, 04 May 2022 22:09:00 GMT
Son of Bolsonaro insists Milei can become Argentina's next president
Brazilian Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of President Jair Bolsonaro, held a telephone conversation with his Argentine colleague Javier Milei, whom he reportedly told that “I believe you can be president.”

Wed, 04 May 2022 22:07:00 GMT
Uruguay's inflation stable in April but still above target figures
Uruguay's interannual inflation during the month of April of 2022 reached nearly 9.4%, as prices rose below projections thanks to sharp decreases in fruits, vegetables, and meat.

Wed, 04 May 2022 10:43:00 GMT
Brazilian Foreign Minister met with his Uruguayan counterpart to discuss the “flexibilization” of Mercosur
Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo received on Tuesday his Brazilian counterpart Carlos França at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Montevideo to discuss, among other issues, Mercosur's flexibil...

Wed, 04 May 2022 10:08:00 GMT
Parlatino urges member countries to tackle ballooning food prices
The Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino) Tuesday urged its 23 member countries to take measures to curb the soaring food prices which are reaching unprecedented highs, according to the food price index kept by th...

Wed, 04 May 2022 10:00:00 GMT
Argentine Gov't against exclusions from Summit of the Americas
Following the announcement by the United States that the governments of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela were not going to be invited to June's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles because they do not respect democracy, Argentin...

Wed, 04 May 2022 09:58:00 GMT
Chilean president rejects a chronic dole claimers system; mentions the Argentine example
Chilean president Gabriel Boric did not have kind words for Argentina's social relief policy when explaining how his administration was going to address support policies in the post-pandemic period and current global war situat...

Wed, 04 May 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Uruguay's Senate puts appointment of ambassador to Ankara on hold
Uruguay's Senate unanimously agreed Tuesday not to move on with its advice and consent regarding the appointment of Hugo Cayrús as the country's next ambassador to Ankara following the embarrassing incidents caused in Montevid...

Wed, 04 May 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Poor performance of South American countries in the World Press Freedom Index
South American countries have not rated very well in the latest edition of the World Press Freedom Index from Reporters Without Borders, RSF, which assesses the state of journalism in 180 countries and territories. Half of the ...



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