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Tue, 24 May 2022 08:55:00 GMT
Ukraine war: Poland wants Norway to share windfall gains from oil and gas sales
Norway which is western Europe’s largest oil and gas producer, and also has one of the largest sovereign funds in the world, should share the huge profits it has made from oil and gas exports since the Russian invasion of Ukr...

Mon, 23 May 2022 23:54:00 GMT
Lacalle Pou with a green message in London: Uruguay “is among the strongest democracies in the world”
By Graham Bound for MercoPress (London) – Only on the most serene of news-days might a visit to the United Kingdom by the President of Uruguay make headlines in the country’s newspapers and broadcast bulletins. For a little...

Mon, 23 May 2022 22:43:00 GMT
Alberto Fernández eyes Antarctica for May 25 celebration
Argentine President Alberto Fernández has announced he would spend the May 25 National Holiday at a school in the Esperanza Base in Antarctica, weather permitting. The move would allow him to skip the traditional religious ser...

Mon, 23 May 2022 22:39:00 GMT
Boric enacts minimum-wage increase bill for Chileans
Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Monday signed into law a minimum wage hike so that "no one is left behind."

Mon, 23 May 2022 22:37:00 GMT
Nearly 34,000 arrested under El Salvador's state of emergency
Around 34,000 people have been placed under arrest thanks to the state of emergency in force in El Salvador since March 27, it was reported Monday as Congress is set to agree on yet another extension of the measure. Human right...

Mon, 23 May 2022 22:34:00 GMT
Argentina launches website to boost "nature" tourism
Argentina's Ministry of Tourism has launched a new website called "La Ruta Natural" (The Natural Route) to promote domestic trips to the various attractions nationwide.

Mon, 23 May 2022 20:48:00 GMT
Lacalle Pou met with Boris Johnson at Downing Street: find out what they talked about
During his official visit to the United Kingdom, Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou visited British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who welcomed him at the door of Downing Street. The meeting lasted approximately one hour.

Mon, 23 May 2022 10:55:00 GMT
Argentine officials question city status awarded to Stanley, Falklands capital
Argentine Foreign Minister and the head of the Malvinas, South Atlantic Islands and Antarctica Office strongly questioned the Queen's decision to award city status to the capital of the Falkland Islands.

Mon, 23 May 2022 10:54:00 GMT
Colombian candidates round up presidential campaign
Candidates in Colombia have rounded up their campaigns over the weekend, ahead of the May 29 Presidential elections in which leftwing hopeful Gustavo Petro is expected to win, according to most polls.

Mon, 23 May 2022 10:33:00 GMT
Interpol chief under investigation for alleged torture complicity against two UK citizens
Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi, from the United Arab Emirate Ministry of Interior was voted as head of Interpol in November 2021, but has now been accused of complicity in the torture of two British men, and French authorities have open...



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