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Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:57:00 GMT
Uruguay does not sign joint declaration at Mercosur Summit
Uruguay stood out for its dissenting stance at the 59th Summit of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) Friday after President Luis Lacalle Pou refused to sign a joint declaration.

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:44:00 GMT
President wants Buenos Aires to no longer be capital of Argentina
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday said he was entertaining the idea that the country's capital should not be Buenos Aires, thus resurfacing a controversy from 1853-1860 which then-President Raúl Alfonsín also soug...

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:40:00 GMT
Police report says Bolsonaro did spread fake news regarding voting system
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was said to have had a “clear purpose” of misleading voters regarding the integrity of the country's electoral system during a Livestream on social media earlier this year, according to a p...

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:39:00 GMT
Falklands flagged Sir David Attenborough reaches Rothera Station in Antarctica
Britain’s new polar research vessel, Falklands' flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough, has travelled to Antarctica on its maiden voyage, with its first call on Friday at Rothera Research Station – the UK’s largest Antarctic ...

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:38:00 GMT
Bloomberg's pessimistic outlook of Chile's once shinning future
For decades, Chileans watched from afar as their South American neighbors grappled with galloping inflation, financial crashes, and extreme political swings, destabilizing forces that compelled the wealthy to send hundreds of b...

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:22:00 GMT
Argentina creates Joint Maritime Command to patrol national waters
Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana announced the creation of the Joint Maritime Command, which will be in charge of the permanent patrolling and monitoring of the Argentine sea.

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:20:00 GMT
Paraguay insists civil servants must wear clothes made of traditional fabric
The Government of Paraguay has issued a decree whereby civil servants are encouraged to wear clothing made of the ancestral ao po'i fabric on Fridays to promote and protect the country's heritage.

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:11:00 GMT
Peru's president under investigation for corruption
Peru's President Pedro Castillo is once again under the spotlight after the Attorney General said his Office was already investigating press allegations that businesswoman Karelim López had paid the head of state offered to he...

Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:02:00 GMT
Global Debt Reaches a Record US$226 Trillion
By Vitor Gaspar, Apulo Medas, and Roberto Perrelli (*) – In 2020, we observed the largest one-year debt surge since World War II, with global debt rising to US$ 226 trillion as the world was hit by a global health crisis and ...

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 21:20:00 GMT
Picture of canvas swimming pool to contain oil spill in Argentina goes viral
The picture of a canvas swimming pool designed for the backyard of a modest income family has been used by oil pipeline operators Oldelval to contain a crude spill of over 3 million liters in Argentine Patagonia has gone viral.



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