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Sat, 19 Mar 2022 10:20:00 GMT
Bolsonaro's popularity coming around ahead of presidential elections
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro sees his chances of reelection in October improve after a drop in unemployment announced Friday helped him narrow the gap against the former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 10:10:00 GMT
Chile: Boric signs environmental agreement Piñera had discarded
Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Friday signed the so-called Escazú environmental agreement, which his predecessor Sebastián Piñera discarded at the last minute after having sponsored it. “We have changed course,” Bo...

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 10:07:00 GMT
Uruguay seeks to exonerate VAT on popular meat cut, announced Lacalle Pou
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said on Friday that the Executive Branch will send to the Legislative a bill to exonerate VAT on asado de tira, a popular meat cut, as the Ukraine war takes its toll on the cost of food worl...

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 09:52:00 GMT
IACHR concerned over Court decision to reinstate Fujimori's pardon in Peru
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Friday said it was "concerned" following Thursday's decision by Peru's Constitutional Court to uphold a pardon to former president Alberto Fujimori, who is about to be relea...

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 09:44:00 GMT
Brazilian judge bans Telegram app nationwide
Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Friday ordered the smart telephone application Telegram banned nationwide, claiming it did not help authorities fight the so-called spread of "fake news."

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 09:40:00 GMT
Argentine President announces measures to curb inflation
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday announced through a recorded message from the Olivos Residence the creation of a "stabilization fund." The head of state's words came on the day he had promised the fight against in...

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 21:27:00 GMT
30 years later, Israeli community in Buenos Aires pays tribute to those killed in embassy bombing
Hezbollah was once again singled out as the organization behind the 1992 bombing of Israel's Embassy in Buenos Aires, a crime for which, after 30 years, nobody has ever been held accountable.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:38:00 GMT
Office of Medellín's Mayor launches masturbation-awareness campaign
The Office of the Mayor of the Colombian city of Medellín has launched a most unusual campaign on social media to rid masturbation from the moral prejudices surrounding it.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:35:00 GMT
Truckers relax measures but remain on strike over fuel price in Paraguay
Paraguayan lorry drivers have vowed to ease down their road-blocking measures after they were promised a reduction in the price of fuel.

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:31:00 GMT
Livent to increase lithium output in the Argentine province of Catamarca
Business developer Elon Musk's Tesla has been eyeing Argentine lithium for its battery-powered cars, due to which suppliers intend to double down output at Catamarca, it was reported.



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