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Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:22:00 GMT
Duncan downplays comments on Foradori, but damage to Falklands' 2016 Joint Statement has been done
Ex Foreign Office minister for the Americas, Alan Duncan has said that former Argentine deputy foreign minister Carlos Foradori was a formidable negotiator, despite having written in a book on his memoirs that his counterpart i...

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:56:00 GMT
Merely 7% of Peruvians believe new constitution a priority
According to a survey published Wednesday by Lima's El Comercio, only 7% of Peruvians believed a new Constitution was among the people's priorities.

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:54:00 GMT
Russia raises eyebrows at Sweden, Finland possibly joining NATO
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (2008-2012) said Thursday that his country could not sit down and watch if Finland and Sweden were to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and hinted a nuclear-free Baltic ...

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:51:00 GMT
Paraná-Paraguay Waterway Agency finally has a board of directors
Argentine President Alberto Fernández has appointed the members of the Ente Nacional de Vía Navegable Paraguay-Paraná (Paraguay-Paraná Waterway National Agency), the body which oversees operations of the Paraguay-Paraná wa...

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:49:00 GMT
Moderna files for FDA approval to pedratric covid-19 vax
Drug developers Moderna Thursday filed for clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to extend the use of their COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 6 months to 5 years, it was announced.

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 10:58:00 GMT
Argentina: Milei would never run alongside lukewarm doves who rejected him
Argentine Libertarian Deputy Javier Milei replied that Kirchnerism is back “because of the failure of the model of the lukewarm doves” of Juntos por el Cambio.

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 10:55:00 GMT
Argentina: Alberto Fernández and CFK to run separately in 2023?
Rumors are mounting in Buenos Aires that President Alberto Fernández will seek reelection on a ticket of his own while Vice President (and former President) Cristina Fernández de Kirchner would attempt to return to Casa Rosad...

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 10:50:00 GMT
Latin America in a “pre-explosive” situation, democracy is not delivering, Latin Barometer
Latin America is going through a critical “pre-explosive” moment with traditional democracy in decadence, “one out of two Latin Americans want someone to solve their problems, even ignoring the law”

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 10:41:00 GMT
Lacalle Pou played rugby with Uruguayan and Argentinean prisoners and accidentally hit a police chief
This week, the president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, participated in a sporting event involving people deprived of liberty, more specifically a rugby match between prisoners from Argentina and Uruguay.

Thu, 28 Apr 2022 10:15:00 GMT
Depression grows 40% in Brazil during COVID-19 pandemic
A recent study has shown a 40% increase in cases of depression among Brazilians amid restrictions stemming from sanitary measures adopted to fight the spread of COVID-19, it was reported Wednesday.



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