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Thu, 08 Sep 2022 06:36:00 GMT
Tierra del Fuego cruise season takes off 29 September; 500 calls anticipated, mostly to Antarctica
The Tierra del Fuego Tourism Institute is expecting a significant cruise season this summer 2022/23, with the first vessel arriving September 29, the Ventus Australis. Officials are anticipating 500 cruise calls, which means Us...

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 19:13:00 GMT
Assailant had been watching CFK's for days selling cotton candy
An inquiry by Argentina's Airport Security Police has reportedly determined that the assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), is leaning toward believing the incident had been long pla...

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 19:11:00 GMT
Paraguay has new chief of anti-money-laundering bureau
On his first day on his new job as Paraguay's Secretary of Prevention against Money Laundering (Seprelad), said his country was better equipped now to face the challenges posed by Tuesday's report from the Latin American Financ...

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 19:09:00 GMT
Putin congratulates Bolsonaro on Brazil's Bicentennial
Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday congratulated his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro on the 200th anniversary of the South American country's Declaration of Independence from Portugal.

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 10:30:00 GMT
Uruguayan Lower House committee okays euthanasia bill
The Health Committee of Uruguay's Lower House has passed a bill approving euthanasia. The body is now to debate the issue in a plenary session, probably next month, it was reported in Montevideo.

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 10:28:00 GMT
Truss announces new cabinet to face “the storm”
Britain's newly-appointed Prime Minister Liz Truss Tuesday vowed to weather the “the storm” the country is going through and appointed her new cabinet for that task.

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 10:25:00 GMT
Boric reshuffles Cabinet to bounce back from rejection
After Rejection prevailed in Sunday's referendum to approve a proposed new Constitution, Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font was forced to reshuffle his cabinet in a move to regain some credibility after less than 40% of voter...

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 10:14:00 GMT
ALBA-TCP countries demand release of Emtrasur's 747
A document has been signed Tuesday by all members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas - Peoples' Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) demanding Argentine returns the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter airplane to Ve...

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 10:09:00 GMT
Radio host killed by hitmen in Paraguayan city of PJC
Another reporter has been murdered in the Paraguayan city of Pedro Juan Caballero in yet another attack against the local broadcaster Radio Amambay 570, it was reported Tuesday.

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 07:12:00 GMT
CFK case: Assailant's girlfriend also arrested
Argentine investigators suspect the Brazilian suspect who perpetrated the assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner last Thursday did not act alone. His girlfriend has also been arrested.



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