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Tue, 19 Apr 2022 09:55:00 GMTArgentine President says "time to help Venezuela"
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday stressed all countries needed to resume full diplomatic ties with Venezuela, which cannot survive on its own.
Tue, 19 Apr 2022 09:49:00 GMT
Uruguay/Brazil waterway project studies submitted for financial qualification
Brazil's minister of Infrastructure, Marcelo Sampaio, received last week the studies referred to the concession of the Lagoa Merim Waterway in the state of Rio Grande do Sul bordering with Uruguay.
Tue, 19 Apr 2022 09:41:00 GMT
Nicaragua to close down yet another 25 NGOs
The Government of Nicaragua has once again mooted the closure of 25 NGOs, local authorities announced Monday. The National Assembly (Parliament) included the new initiative in the agenda for this Wednesday.
Mon, 18 Apr 2022 10:07:00 GMT
Malvinas and joint condemnation of Russia, the trade off that never was at the EuroLat assembly
Last week the European-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly, EuroLat, met in Buenos Aires, hosted by Argentina, and the final declaration included as normally happens in this kind of meetings compromises agreed beforehand.
Mon, 18 Apr 2022 09:40:00 GMT
Ecuadorian President lands in BA for River Plate tour
Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso landed in Buenos Aires Sunday for his first official visit to the River Plate. He plans to meet Presidents Alberto Fernández of Argentina Monday and Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay Tuesday.
Mon, 18 Apr 2022 08:46:00 GMT
Chemical castration an option for rapists of minors, says Peru's President
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones Saturday announced he was eyeing the use of mandatory chemical castration for rapists of minors, adolescents, and women in a move to curb the increasing number of such crimes. The init...
Mon, 18 Apr 2022 08:37:00 GMT
Argentina has too many pensioners, according to an IMF report
A recent report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has underlined the fact that Argentina has a larger proportion of citizens earning pensions when compared to other countries in the world.
Mon, 18 Apr 2022 08:33:00 GMT
Former Peruvian president hospitalized yet again
Peru's prisons bureau Sunday reported former President Alberto Fujimori had been hospitalized as a precaution due to a blood pressure issue amid a recurrent heart condition.
Sat, 16 Apr 2022 10:08:00 GMT
Uruguayan tourism full steam ahead during Easter Week
Some 114,000 have crossed from Uruguay over to Argentina for Tourism Week, a lay holiday version of Easter Week between April 11 and 17. According to local media, 95,000 of them were Uruguayan nationals, followed by 11,000 Arge...
Sat, 16 Apr 2022 10:00:00 GMT
Inflation in LatAm highest in 15 years, IMF says
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), inflation in Latin America's leading economies has reached its highest levels in 15 years. The finance agency Friday reported that these results were the consequence of the â€...