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Thu, 20 Oct 2022 08:01:00 GMT
“BlackRock’s role in a net-zero carbon
The world's largest assets manager BlackRock (with US$10 trillion in assets under management as of January 2022), will not stop investing in oil, natural gas, or coal, told a UK parliamentary committee in written responses to ...

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 07:46:00 GMT
Brazilian First Lady likens Lula to cancer
Brazilian First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro described former President Luiz Iácio Lula Da Silva as the country's "cancer" that needs to be beaten in the Oct. 30 runoffs.

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:45:00 GMT
Lacalle Pou: Argentina's protectionist measures detrimental to Uruguay
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou criticized Argentina's recent economic measures saying they "do not go with the spirit of Mercosur."

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:24:00 GMT
UK and Argentina clash at UN Fourth Committee on Decolonization over Falklands, South Atlantic Islands and self determination
Among the several issues addressed by the UN Fourth Committee was the draft resolution titled “Dissemination of information on decolonization”, contained in Chapter XIII of the Special Committee’s report. The text was app...

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:20:00 GMT
Macri endorses Bullrich for president of Argentina
Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri said he envisioned a country in which PRO Chairwoman would win the 2023 elections, thus sending a message to Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, who also plans to enter the J...

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:07:00 GMT
Free transportation can be arranged for Brazilian voters
Brazilian voters may have access to free public transportation for the Oct. 30 presidential runoff pitting incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro against the former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, Federal Supreme Court (S...

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:54:00 GMT
Nicaraguan gov't outlaws another 58 NGOs
The Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega has canceled the registrations of 58 other NGOs "for being in abandonment and having between 2 and 27 years of non-compliance in accordance with the laws that regulate them,"...

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:46:00 GMT
Chile commemorates 3rd anniversary of social uprising
Chile celebrated Tuesday the third anniversary of the social uprising that catapulted Gabriel Boric Font to the national center stage and eventually become president. The movement also had its martyrs from brutal police repress...

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:41:00 GMT
Mapuche rebels launch warning video in Argentine Patagonia
The Mapuche rebel group Lof Lafken Winkul Mapu Tuesday released a new video urging members of the native community to carry out "more actions" to protect the rewe (space) the native community holds sacred.

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 09:35:00 GMT
Bolsonaro narrows gap with Lula
Brazil's incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro has narrowed the gap between him and former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva to seven percentage points less than two weeks ahead of the Oct. 30 runoffs, according to a survey...



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