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Tue, 03 May 2022 20:18:00 GMT
Paraguay turns down Venezuelan oil – climate change "an absurdity"
Paraguay is making a statement as its stances on certain issues are being raised above circumstantial conditions that would advise against holding on no matter what to one's convictions.

Tue, 03 May 2022 20:00:00 GMT
Climate change has NZ sinking - floods to become routine events
Climate change is taking its toll as the sea keeps crawling onto New Zealand's sinking coastline, halving the time authorities thought they had to take action, according to an NZ SeaRise study released earlier this week.

Tue, 03 May 2022 19:53:00 GMT
SCOTUS plan to overturn abortion-legalizing ruling disclosed
A newspaper report has leaked a substantial majority of judges on the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) were planning to vote in favor of overturning the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling whereby abortion became legal in the country.

Tue, 03 May 2022 19:45:00 GMT
Bachelet envoy at odds with Colombian Gov't over FARC massacre
The Government of Colombia said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' envoy had everything mixed up regarding the responsibilities of the State in the Bojayá massacre perpetrated by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colom...

Tue, 03 May 2022 14:54:00 GMT
Lula's advisors insist on unified currency for Latin America
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and his economic team would push for a unified regional currency like the Euro to end South America's inclination to the US dollar should he win the Oct. 2 elections over th...

Tue, 03 May 2022 13:12:00 GMT
Argentine Ministry posted an image of a British vessel on ARA General Belgrano's sinking memorial in Falklands War
Last Monday was the 40th anniversary of the sinking of the ship ARA General Belgrano, one of the flagships of the Argentine Navy after being hit by torpedoes from the British submarine Conqueror during the Falklands War. As par...

Tue, 03 May 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Argentina's Economy Minister in President Fernández's Achilles tendon
As Argentina's inflation continues to grow with no end in sight and the news is that guidelines agreed upon with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) already need to be reviewed because they were based on a CPI that is no long...

Tue, 03 May 2022 09:48:00 GMT
Brazil once again sidelined from G7 Summit
As host Germany announced the guest countries for this year's G7 Summit, Brazil was once again left out of the list for the third consecutive time, while South Africa, India, Indonesia, and Senegal are to be welcome, it was ann...

Tue, 03 May 2022 09:42:00 GMT
Brazil in the crossfire of the Falklands/Malvinas war
Brazil apparently was quite active during the Falklands War, and mounted a network to "search and collect information" on its neighbor (and historic competitor) Argentina, keeping a close eye on the military actions in the Sout...

Tue, 03 May 2022 09:34:00 GMT
Sheffield honors
The city of Sheffield has come together to mark the 40th Anniversary of HMS Sheffield's sinking during the Falklands conflict. HMS Sheffield was struck by an Argentine missile on 4 May 1982 before sinking six days later on 10 M...



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