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Sat, 09 Jul 2022 05:48:00 GMT
Conviasa suspends Caracas-Buenos Aires route
Venezuela's flag carrier Conviasa has announced it will halt its Caracas-Buenos Aires route at least until September in light of the refueling problems all its aircraft face for belonging to a company blacklisted by the US Trea...

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 22:45:00 GMT
Lula now wears bulletproof vests during political rallies
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva began wearing a bullet-proof vest during a mass rally Thursday evening in Rio de Janeiro after a homemade explosive device containing excrements blew up, although nobody was...

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 22:37:00 GMT
Argentine Navy 2022 social campaign comes to an end
The Argentine Navy has rounded up its 2022 Socio Sanitary Fluvial Campaign with the arrival of patrol boats ARA King and ARA Río Santiago at the Buenos Aires Naval Base, it was announced this week.

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 20:36:00 GMT
China on war alert over US Senator trip to Taiwan
China is said to be upping its military preparations while US Senator Rick Scott is visiting Taiwan, which Beijing considers to be a rogue province. "These actions by the United States seriously violated the One China principle...

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 10:28:00 GMT
Argentina protests the designation of Protected Areas in South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
The Argentine government in a protest note addressed to the United Kingdom pointed out its complete rejection of UK's intended designation of the entire landmass of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) as Speciall...

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe shot dead
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has died after taking two shots during an election rally in the western city of Nara Friday after which he was hospitalized in a serious condition, it was reported. A man in his 40s has...

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:54:00 GMT
Gibraltar tells Andalucía, “cooperation YES, joint sovereignty NO, they don't mix!”
The Government of Gibraltar announced it has taken notice of the positive statements by the President of the Junta de Andalucía on cooperation. The President made the comments in the context of the political changes happening ...

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:47:00 GMT
Uruguayan official says judge's ruling on vax was “nonsense”
Uruguay's Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado Thursday admitted that “rulings are obeyed, but they can be criticized and this ruling is nonsense.” He made those remarks after Surrogate Judge Alejandro Recarey ordered vac...

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:05:00 GMT
Argentine minister off on European tour to buy new submarine
Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana and a team of top-ranking Navy officers are on a trip to Europe to hold talks with several shipyards for the purchase of a new submarine to replace the ARA San Juan, it was reported.

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:05:00 GMT
Bolivia to produce toothpaste made of coca leaves
The Bolivian government Tuesday announced the creation of the state-run Empresa Pública Productiva de Industrialización to start the production of a new brand of toothpaste made from coca leaves to fulfill the Constitutional ...



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