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Mon, 13 Jun 2022 23:56:00 GMT
Mercosur Summit scheduled for Asunción July 21
Mercosur Foreign Ministers Monday agreed to hold the upcoming Summit of the Group in Asunción on July 21. It will be the first face-to-face encounter of all four regional leaders since all previous meetings involving all four ...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 20:55:00 GMT
UK journalist and guide in Amazonia said to have been found dead – Police denies it
Despite versions from family members that two bodies had been found belonging to missing British reporter Dom Phillips and indgenist expert Bruno Araújo Pereira, Brazilian Federal Police in the state of Amazonas deny any such ...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 20:48:00 GMT
Bachelet quits UN Human Rights post and returns to Chile
Former two-time Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Monday delivered a speech she said was her last as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 20:39:00 GMT
Third case of monkeypox confirmed in Brazil
Brazilian health authorities Monday confirmed the third case of monkeypox nationwide had been detected. It was a 51-year-old Porto Alegre resident who had returned from Portugal last week.

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:45:00 GMT
Timeline: 14th June 1982 – Democracy restored to the Falkland Islands
On 02nd April 1982 Argentine Forces invaded the Falkland Islands. Patrick Watts, who was Head of Falklands Radio, broadcast a marathon 11 hours non-stop description of the events as they unfolded. He maintained a British presen...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:45:00 GMT
Mounts surrounding Stanley taken by British forces, end of Falklands war
The Argentine occupation of the Falkland Islands is coming to an end and Liberation is in the air. Royal Marines, Paras, Scot Guards, and Gurkhas with naval bombardment support were attacking and capturing the Mounts surroundin...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:45:00 GMT
Venezuelan cargo 747 with Iranian crew causes uproar at Buenos Aires airport
A Venezuelan-registered Boeing 747 red-flagged by the United States has been seized at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport, after which Argentine authorities kept the passports of the seventeen crewmembers.

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:40:00 GMT
Uruguay, Brazil agree on zero-tariff for certain products
While the spotlight at the Summit of the Americas was focused on heads of state not shaking hands and some countries being excluded, the Foreign Ministers of Uruguay and Brazil agreed on a zero tariff in free trade zones and sp...

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:34:00 GMT
Venezuelan opposition leader's wife fears for his life
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó's wife has expressed her concerns that her husband might end up killed following an attack Saturday which was believed to be “an attempt against his life.”

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 10:26:00 GMT
Bolsonaro sees himself jailed after leaving office, "like Áñez"
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said from Orlando in the United States that he feared he might end up like former Bolivia's Jeanine Áñez when he leaves office.



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