South America

News from South America

MercoPress South Atlantic News Agency

  • “Stop making politics with Malvinas”, yelled a crowd against Tierra del Fuego officials
    on November 21, 2024

    “Stop making politics with Malvinas,” openly complained municipal staff from the city of Ushuaia, capital of Tierra del Fuego, who were obliged to attend a conference on the “Malvinas” issue, and allegedly had to stand for political comments from national Senator Maria Eugenia Dure.

  • Paraguay's ruling party to tackle corruption within its ranks
    on November 21, 2024

    Paraguay's ruling National Republican Association (ANR) -also known as the Colorado Party- Wednesday approved a series of amendments to its internal code of ethics to target potential candidates linked to money laundering. Other initiatives included the possibility of online membership.

  • The Gibraltar Chapter of Abraham Accords launched by Picardo and Sir Liam Fox
    on November 21, 2024

    The Gibraltar Chapter of the Abraham Accords Group was launched last week at the Rock, when Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo KC MP, welcomed Sir Liam Fox, Chairman of the Abraham Accords. Sir Liam was previously UK Secretary of State for International Trade from 2016 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Defense from 2010 to 2011. to No 6 Convent Place.

  • Argentina gets IDB and WB loans
    on November 21, 2024

    Argentina's Libertarian Government has been granted loans from the World Bank (WB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) worth around US$ 4 billion, the Economy Ministry in Buenos Aires announced Wednesday. "The IDB and the World Bank approve financing for more than 4 billion dollars for projects in our country," the ministry said in a statement.

  • Guyana oil output breaking all oil exploration and production records
    on November 21, 2024

    The impoverished South American country of Guyana is emerging as a major international oil producer and exporter. The former British colony is expected to become not only South America’s top oil producer but a key driver of world petroleum supply growth. The country has also become one of the fastest growing economies in the region, according to the World […]

  • Argentina is Italy's point of reference in Latin America
    on November 21, 2024

    Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said during his trip to Buenos Aires where she had dinner Tuesday with President Javier Milei and met again one-on-one at Casa Rosada on Wednesday that "Argentina is our point of reference in Latin America."

  • Chubut court releases Punta Tombo Massacre perpetrator on parole
    on November 21, 2024

    Chubut agribusinessman Ricardo La Regina was handed down a three-year sentence by a three-judge court in the city of Rawson for the 2021 killing of a colony of Magellanic penguins in the Punta Tombo reservation.

  • Falklands, Three Peaks Challenge 12 mile competition 7 December
    on November 20, 2024

    The Falkland Islands 3 Peaks Challenge is an annual 12-mile (20km) endurance race, held in the hills due West of the capital Stanley, scheduled for Saturday 7 December.

  • Blinken recognizes González Urrutia as Venezuelan President-elect
    on November 20, 2024

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that his country was recognizing opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia as the winner of the July 28 elections in Venezuela despite announcements -albeit with little credibility- by authorities in Caracas that the incumbent Nicolás Maduro had prevailed. González Urrutia, who ran on behalf of the […]

  • Milei meets with IMF Manager in Rio
    on November 20, 2024

    Argentine President Javier Milei met Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro on the sidelines of the G20 Summit with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva to negotiate a new disbursement from the credit agency to boost the South American country's coffers. Also participating in the meeting were Ministers Gerardo Werthein (Foreign […]