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Brazil's Lula says Ukraine leader Zelensky shares blame for war

04-05-2022 21:11 Brazilian presidential front-runner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva tells 'Time' magazine that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin bear equal responsibility for the war in Ukraine.

The crystal balls are getting cloudier

30-04-2022 01:21 Not only Argentina but most other countries have to decide if it would be better for them to cultivate their relations with what could soon be the top superpower, or to assume that the US will recover from its self-inflicted internal woes.

by James Neilson

The West receives a wake-up call

15-04-2022 00:07 Attitudes towards the war being fought in Ukraine have excited those who, not that long ago, were on the defensive because they feared that the West really was a busted flush.

by James Neilson

Moscow shutting down Amnesty, Human Rights Watch in Russia

08-04-2022 23:59 Fifteen organisations have been taken off Russia's registry of international organisations and foreign NGOs due to "violations of the current legislation of the Russian Federation."

Wartime sunflower boom beckons for farmers on Argentina’s pampas plains

06-04-2022 15:21 Argentina is poised for a sunflower boom as farmers recalibrate plans in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

UN rights chief 'horrified' by Bucha killings, Russia denies 'war crimes' claim

04-04-2022 09:00 UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet voices horror at images of dead bodies in the Ukrainian town of Bucha and warns of possible war crimes; Moscow "categorically rejects all allegations."

Russia signals scaling back of Ukraine aims as Biden visits Poland

25-03-2022 17:35 Moscow signals it only wants to seize part of Ukraine; US president describes Putin as a "war criminal" on visit to Poland; Putin paints Russia as victim, comparing Western boycotts to "Nazis in Germany."

Brazil opposed to ejecting Russia from G20, says foreign minister

25-03-2022 14:43 Brazil is "clearly opposed" to barring Russia from the G20, its foreign minister has said.

Biden warns Xi against China backing Russia's war in Ukraine

18-03-2022 21:33 Russian negotiator claims Moscow and Kyiv have brought their positions "as close as possible" on a proposal for Ukraine to become a neutral state.

The battle to keep Russia's Internet free

18-03-2022 11:28 Western powers have seized the possessions of Russian oligarchs and sanctioned banks, but moves to limit access to the Internet are highly divisive.

The new energy crisis could suit Argentina

11-03-2022 11:30 Fossil fuels are back in fashion. Western leaders are now searching frantically for exploitable oil and gas deposits that are beyond Putin’s reach.

by James Neilson

First Ukrainian family fleeing war arrives in Argentina

11-03-2022 11:05 Sources confirm arrival of first family since outbreak of war: a woman with nine-year-old son and his grandmother.

War in Ukraine compounds global food inflation, hunger crisis

08-03-2022 20:50 The world's next food emergency is here as war compounds hunger crisis.

Ukrainian port city evacuation bid again fails as civilian toll grows

06-03-2022 21:17 A civilian disaster is growing in Ukraine as attempts to evacuate residents of besieged port city Mariupol failed for a second consecutive day. 

Russia isolated as UN council votes to probe rights abuses in Ukraine

04-03-2022 22:55 Argentina's government, which chairs UN body, among 32 nations to support call for investigation into alleged human rights violations committed by Russia.

Putin’s propaganda machine undercut by social media blackout

04-03-2022 22:28 Social media companies are better prepared to crack down on Russian propaganda, moving more quickly at the request of multiple governments and the EU.

The savage beasts that dreams engender

04-03-2022 12:38 If he still imagines he can turn those Ukrainians who survive his ferocious onslaught into patriotic Russians, Vladimir Putin is surely mistaken.

by James Neilson

Hundreds of Latin Americans evacuated from Ukraine

04-03-2022 00:54 Several hundred citizens leave war-ravaged nation in emergency operations, as governments across the region pool resources to assist evacuation of nationals.

Overwhelming UN vote makes China’s Ukraine balancing act harder

03-03-2022 13:20 An overwhelming vote by the United Nations on a resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may increase the pressure on China to take a clearer position on the issue. 

One million refugees fled Ukraine in week since Russia's invasion, says UN

02-03-2022 23:59 UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopts resolution that "demands" Russia "immediately" withdraw from Ukraine.