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Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:54:00 GMT
Falklands/Malvinas: Red Cross presents final report after six Argentine soldiers are identified
The International Committee of the Red Cross presented on Monday, in Geneva, its final report on forensic work to identify the remains of Argentine soldiers in the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:54:00 GMT
Uruguay calls Nicaraguan elections “illegitimate” – Argentina does not want to interfere
Uruguay's Foreign Ministry Monday said the electoral process in Nicaragua which led to a new five-year term for the incumbent President Daniel Ortega and his Vice President wife Rosario Murillo lacked “legitimacy.”

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:49:00 GMT
Ortega reelected in Nicaragua with 75.92% of the votes
After 97.74% of the votes had been counted, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega secured his reelection for another five years in office with a 75.92% support amid notorious abstention and world criticism. Turnout was 65.23%.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:25:00 GMT
Biden's administration wants vaccination to proceed despite Court's order
US Government officials of Joseph Biden's administration Monday insisted the presidential vaccination mandate should remain in force despite a federal court's issuance of a stay against it last Saturday.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:22:00 GMT
Colombian President says his country and Israel are sister nations
Colombian President Iván Duque Monday said his country and Israel were “sister nations” that share principles of defence of democracy and private initiative.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:15:00 GMT
US Deputy Secretary of State visits Uruguay meets with ministers
United States Deputy Secretary of State, Wendy Sherman who arrived in Uruguay on Sunday and leaves met on Monday with Foreign and Economy ministers, in Montevideo, as part of a South American visit that also includes Peru.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:11:00 GMT
South Georgia invites comments on its five-year framework for managing the territory
South Georgia’s government (GSGSSI) recently published ‘Protect, Sustain, Inspire’ (PSI), their five-year framework for managing the territory over the next few years. They are now developing a system of milestones and su...

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 09:10:00 GMT
A UK-EU trade war?
By Gwynne Dyer – International treaties are serious business. A lot of time and effort goes into negotiating them and they become part of international law. It’s very rare for a politician to say, only a couple of years aft...

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 08:44:00 GMT
Antarctica cruise season 2021/22 launched in Ushuaia with National Geographic vessels
Argentine Minister of Tourism Matias Lammens and Tierra del Fuego governor Gustavo Melella officially opened the 2021/22 cruise season this Monday, in Ushuaia, with the arrival of “National Geographic Endurance”, which tomo...

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 08:11:00 GMT
Falklands' Representative marks century of Remembrance with Speaker of Commons
The Falkland Islands Representative, Richard Hyslop, joined the Speaker of the UK House of Commons at the planting of the first-ever ‘Constituency Garden of Remembrance’ in London.



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