South America
Mon, 04 Jul 2022 08:36:00 GMTLATAM air link to Falklands from Chile normalized after 30 months
The commercial air link between Punta Arenas, southern Chile, and the Falkland Islands resumed last Saturday after an absence of more than two years because of the Covid 19 pandemic.
Sun, 03 Jul 2022 14:26:00 GMTArgentine Economy Minister resigns, President's fate at stake
Martín Guzmán has turned in his resignation Saturday as Economy Minister of Argentina, dealing with what many regards as a coup de grace to the administration of President Alberto Fernández, amid rampant inflation and growin...
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 10:45:00 GMTLula claims Bolsonaro “buying” people with cash handouts
Former two-time Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro was “buying the people” with cash handouts which were approved barely three months ahead of the Oct. 2 elections and also with...
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 10:09:00 GMTChile's gov't aims to tax the wealthiest and the mining companies
The administration of Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Friday moved on with its initiative to introduce a revolutionary tax reform, which targets the wealthiest 3% of the population and the large copper mining companies.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 10:06:00 GMTParlasur to monitor Brazil's presidential elections
Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Friday reached an agreement with the Montevideo-based Parliament of Mercosur (Parlasur) to act as an external observer of the Oct. 2 presidential elections.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 10:00:00 GMTFirst African-American woman sworn into SCOTUS
Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr., thus becoming the first-ever African American woman to sit on the highest court of the United States.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 09:57:00 GMTColombia, Uruguay sign extradition deal
Colombia and Uruguay Friday signed an agreement on extradition and cooperation in judicial matters during a meeting in Cartagena.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 09:53:00 GMTBrazil takes over Security Council rotating presidency
Effective Friday, Brazil has taken over the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the whole month of July.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 09:40:00 GMTRussia announces first ship loaded with grain has left the Black Sea Ukrainian port of Berdyansk
A first cargo ship loaded with grain has left the Russian-occupied Ukrainian port of Berdyansk, a local official announced on Thursday, after Russia said the port had been de-mined and was ready to resume grain shipments.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 09:33:00 GMTHMS Echo decommissioned. Closer coordination with UK's Hydrographic Office planned
The Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo’s 20-year career formally ended July first at a decommissioning ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base. The ship was the first of two Echo-class survey ships – alongside HMS Enterprise, which ...