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Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:58:00 GMT
Argentina will not jeopardize growth, president says
President Alberto Fernández Friday said his country will not accept any imposition which may put growth at risk when negotiating with foreign creditors. The Argentine head of state made those remarks from a stage in front of C...

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:33:00 GMT
Falklands' Government requests Argentina for compassionate charter flight to Chile
The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) confirmed on Friday that in effect it has held conversations with the UK government about the possibility of putting on a charter flight for South American members of our community to visit...

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:20:00 GMT
Brazil 12 month inflation in November at an eighteen year record of 10,74%
Brazil's November inflation reached the highest in eighteen years, 10,74%, almost three times this year's central bank target (3,75%), but the rising trend seems to be flattening, according to the national stats office.

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:15:00 GMT
Argentina's toothfish tagging cruise between 37 and 56 degrees South Atlantic
Argentina's Fisheries Research and Development Institute, INIDEP, reports that last week the vessel Argennova XIV, concluded a project for the tagging of toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides), in the South Atlantic.

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:10:00 GMT
Argimón takes over in Uruguay as Lacalle travels to Qatar
Uruguayan Vice President Beatriz Argimón is in charge of the country's Executive Branch since Friday at 6.30 pm when President Luis Lacalle Pou transferred the powers of his office at Montevideo's Carrasco international airpor...

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:06:00 GMT
Colombian servicemen admit to "false positive" killings
A group of Colombian servicemen charged with the so-called "false positives" during the fight against guerrillas before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) court Friday acknowledged their involvement in the murder of 247 p...

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:00:00 GMT
Pope Francis defends the resigned archbishop of Paris, victim of "injustice"
The "sins of the flesh are not the most serious" said Pope Francis this week in reference to the recent resignation of the Archbishop of Paris. However, he condemned the "injustice" of the resignation of Michel Aupetit, because...

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:53:00 GMT
British court now says Assange may be extradited to the US
A British court has ruled in favor of extraditing Julian Assange to the United States after finding the founder of WikiLeaks will be treated fairly while facing espionage charges for divulging classified documents.

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:12:00 GMT
“All Human, All Equal”, Falklands Government advocates Human Rights Day
The Falkland Islands Government remembers Human Rights Day with the following statement, "Today, Friday 10 December, is the United Nations Human Rights Day, which was established in 1950 to draw the attention of ‘the peoples ...

Sat, 11 Dec 2021 08:00:00 GMT
Former Moscow correspondent reflects on the end of USSR thirty years ago
By James Rodgers (*) – The Soviet anthem hailed the socialist union that it celebrated as “indestructible”. Yet 30 years ago this week, the then Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, together with the leaders of Ukraine and B...



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