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Tue, 06 Dec 2022 10:55:00 GMT
"Firing squad" sentence against CFK due Tuesday
An Argentine Court is expected to announce a guilty verdict and an ensuing sentence against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) for alleged acts of corruption committed during her presidential terms (2008-2015)...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 10:50:00 GMT
Argentina to take over Mercosur's pro-tempore presidency amid Uruguay's solo deals
Argentina is to take over Tuesday the pro-tempore presidency of Mercosur from Uruguay in Montevideo, where the hosts' unilateral search for other markets behind the regional bloc's back has stirred controversies.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:50:00 GMT
Argentine court okays offshore oil activities
An Argentine court of appeals Monday lifted an injunction order from a lower magistrate, thus clearing the way for offshore oil drilling off Mar del Plata, but it demanded a "maximum level of control in the operations."

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:48:00 GMT
Brazil's Central Bank adjusts 2022 inflation projections by 0.01%
Brazil's yearly inflation has been projected to reach 5.92% by the end of 2022, a 0.01% increase from last week's estimates, according to the Central Bank's (BCB) bulletin released Monday, while the Gross Domestic Product is ex...

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 08:30:00 GMT
Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022 grew 9,3% and reached US$ 142 billion, WB report
Remittances to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in 2022 grew an estimated 5% to US$626 billion, according to the latest World Bank Migration and Development Brief.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 08:17:00 GMT
US gasoline prices at the pump could fall under US$ 3 per gallon by Christmas
United States gasoline prices have declined on average 16 cents to US$ 3,403 a gallon, while gas prices have declined 43 cents over the past 30 days, and are US$ 1.01 cents higher than a year ago.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 08:06:00 GMT
Peru and Ecuador declare bird flu health emergency; 10,000 pelicans dead, 180,000 chickens to be slaughtered
Peru and Ecuador last week declared three-month health emergencies because of outbreaks of bird flu after a wave of cases led to tens of millions of poultry being slaughtered in Europe and the United States.

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 08:00:00 GMT
Rishi Sunak’s daunting challenge, standing up to far right extremists
By Chris Patten - The United Kingdom’s new prime minister has inherited a mountain of economic problems, including runaway inflation and a shrinking GDP. To fix his predecessors’ blunders and avoid a humiliating electoral d...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 23:21:00 GMT
South Korea no match for Brazil at Qatar 2022
Five-time champions Brazil Monday advanced to the quarterfinals of the Qatar 2022 football World Cup with a 4-1 rout of South Korea giving Uruguay some comfort that had they not been eliminated earlier they would have most like...

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 20:08:00 GMT
Argentine President denounces somber deals between judges, media, and Macrist officials
Argentine President Alberto Fernández sent a message through the national broadcast network announcing he would be instructing the Justice Ministry and the representative of the Executive Branch within the Council of the Magis...



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