Is Cruel Summer Season 2 Coming In May 2023?
Welcome to Cruel Summer, the latest Freeform blockbuster that follows the strange disappearance of the most famous girl in town and the least famous girl’s climbs to the top of the social pyramid. Like many other Freeform series, you’ll be interested from the start and eagerly await the return of Cruel Summer for another season. Here’s everything we know so far about Cruel Summer season 2. Cruel Summer Season 2 Potential Release DateWe won’t have to wait long for Cruel Summer Season 2 to premiere. Cruel Summer Season 2 Expected Cast• The Goldbergs star Sadie Stanley as Megan• Little Fires Everywhere star Lexi Underwood (reported by Hollywood Reporter to have replaced newcomer Eloise Payet) as Isabella• Locke & Key‘s Griffin Gluck as Luke• KaDee Strickland (Private Practice)• Lisa Yamada (All American)• Sean Blakemore (Greenleaf)• Paul Adelstein (True Story)
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May 17, 2023 07:08 UTC
Supreme Court lifts Tucumán election suspension
In a ruling published today, the Supreme Court lifted last week’s precautionary measure suspending elections in Tucumán province. However, the Court cited Manzur’s withdrawal as a candidate as reason enough to lift the suspension. Tucumán then requested that the precautionary measure be lifted. According to today’s ruling, Alfaro refused to drop the amparo, but the Court stated that it would nevertheless lift the suspension. This is not the only re-election bid put on hold by the Supreme Court — last week San Juan’s Governor Sergio Uñac was declared ineligible to run for a third consecutive term.
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May 16, 2023 19:31 UTC
Ecuadorean authorities detain former minister in bribery probe
Ecuadorean authorities have detained a former energy minister amid an investigation into alleged bribery linked to state oil firm Petroecuador, the attorney general’s office said on Monday. An investigation of Xavier Vera, Ecuador’s former minister of mines and energy, began last October following several corruption allegations, including that he arranged jobs at Petroecuador in exchange for bribes. “The attorney general’s office, with the support from (Ecuadorean police) executed an arrest warrant against Xavier V., within an investigation for alleged bribery,” the attorney general’s office wrote in a message via Twitter, referring to Vera. “The former minister has left the country more than once since these processes began. He isn’t running away from the investigation, he isn’t running away from the process,” Vera’s lawyer, Carlos Sanchez, told local television channel Ecuavisa.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
May 16, 2023 12:41 UTC
Polo Obrero begins “federal picketers’ march” to Plaza de Mayo
The Polo Obrero social movement today launched a week of protests demanding work and rejecting poverty and hunger. The protesters are expected to join other movements, culminating in camp-outs and marches in central Buenos Aires on Wednesday and Thursday. Social movements have organized frequent protests against poverty, welfare cuts, and lack of employment recently. On April 5, Polo Obrero organized 128 roadblocks across the country after national statistics showed that poverty was rising despite Argentina’s economy growing. Social leaders say new requirements for beneficiaries to verify their identity are not accessible to some of society’s most vulnerable.
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May 15, 2023 23:08 UTC
Formosa opposition asks Supreme Court to block governor’s reelection
National Deputy Fernando Carbajal filed a petition today to the Supreme Court to ban the potential reelection of incumbent Governor Gildo Insfrán. The move comes in the aftermath of the Court’s recent decision to suspend elections for governor in Tucumán and San Juan last week. He also served twice as vice governor, meaning that he has been in the Formosa government since 1987. On Sunday 21, the Formosa Justicialista Party is scheduled to announce the candidates that will run in the June 25 elections for governor and deputies. It claims that Insfrán’s candidacy causes “serious institutional damage,” and referred to the precedent set in San Juan and Tucumán.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
May 15, 2023 21:49 UTC
Ecuador lawmakers re-elect National Assembly president
Independent lawmaker Virgilio Saquicela was re-elected president of Ecuador’s National Assembly on Sunday, supported by politicians who want an impeachment process against President Guillermo Lasso to advance to a vote for his possible removal. Saquicela, who took over as president of the National Assembly in May last year, has become a principal figure in the process against Lasso, who is accused of embezzlement in an oil transportation contract. The assembly voted to continue with the impeachment process on Tuesday in a session convened by Saquicela with 88 votes in favor out of 116 legislators present. A majority of 96 lawmakers of the 136 present voted to re-elect Saquicela. 92 votes from the 137-member assembly are needed to remove Lasso.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
May 14, 2023 18:35 UTC
Beset by inflation, government raises rates again
The yearly nominal rate for 28-day Liquidity Bills —the rate at which the Central Bank lends money to financial entities— is now 97%. The monthly effective interest rate is 8% — under April’s inflation rate — and 154% annually. The last time the Central Bank raised interest rates was on April 27, when it did so by 1000 basis points following a run against the peso. Friday’s inflation rates surpassed all prior predictions by consulting firms, prompting the economy ministry to respond with a series of working meetings over the course of yesterday. Other measuresYesterday’s meetings also resulted in a packet of measures that the economy ministry announced via a series of press releases.
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May 14, 2023 16:53 UTC
Cheers to a most famous bull!
A businessman, he detected the benefits of introducing a pedigree Shorthorn bull, also known as Durham. It is characterized by its short horns, blocky conformation, and color, which ranges from red, red with white markings and white, to roan – a mixture of red and white hairs. As the fifth generation of cattle producers, today the Dawneys run a family farming business, proudly and passionately upholding a 120-year tradition as Shorthorn cattle herders. Nearby is a monument to John Miller and his bull Tarquino. Cheers, then, to this most famous bull!
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
May 13, 2023 22:54 UTC
Zelenskiy asks pope to back Kyiv peace plan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked Pope Francis on Saturday to back Kyiv’s peace plan, and the pope indicated the Vatican would help in the repatriation of Ukrainian children taken by Russians. Earlier on Saturday, Zelenskiy met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who promised full military and financial backing for Ukraine and reiterated support for its EU membership bid. “We must make every effort to return them home,” Zelenskiy said in a Tweet afterwards, saying he had discussed it with the pope. Zelenskiy also said he asked the pope to “join” Kyiv’s 10-point peace plan. Zelenskiy flew to Rome on an Italian government plane that was escorted over Italian airspace by fighter jets.
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May 13, 2023 17:55 UTC
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon falls 68% in April
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest fell 68% in April from the previous year, preliminary government data showed today, a positive reading for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as it represents the first major drop under his watch. Lula won last year’s election pledging to end deforestation after years of surging destruction under his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro, but has faced continued challenges since taking office as environmental agency Ibama grapples with lack of staff. Official data from space research agency Inpe showed that 328.71 square kilometers (126.92 square miles) were cleared in the Brazilian Amazon last month, below the historical average of 455.75 square kilometers for the month. That interrupted two consecutive months of higher deforestation, with land clearing so far this year now down 40.4% to 1,173 square kilometers. “There are several factors, and the change in government might indeed be one of them,” said Daniel Silva, a conservation specialist at WWF-Brasil.
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May 13, 2023 05:13 UTC
Argentina gets “nod” from US to increase lithium trade fivefold
The Economy Ministry led by Sergio Massa views this meeting as a US “nod” to improving trade relations with Argentina. However, subsidies will go to vehicle manufacturing that uses resources from the US, or any country they have free trade agreements with. While Argentina currently has only 2 operational lithium production projects, there are 6 others under construction. The last critical minerals report by the Wilson Center, a top US think tank, projected that in five years Argentina could top Chile in lithium production. After the presentation, Ávila was asked about Argentina’s mining legal framework, tax incentives, and community liaisons.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
May 12, 2023 19:00 UTC
Brazil's crusading justice Moraes ratchets up fight with tech giants
The head of Brazil’s electoral authority, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, delivered a stern warning to the world’s top tech companies on Wednesday, saying he would not let them undermine Brazil’s democracy. Moraes’ comments – which included the assertion that global tech giants “believe no jurisdiction in the world can oversee them” – reflect growing global debates about whether the firms are doing enough to police their platforms. They will be held accountable, to guarantee the voter’s freedom to vote,” Moraes told judges and public servants studying electoral law, without naming any specific firms. Brazil is among countries taking a global lead in pressuring tech giants to crack down harder on users it sees as spreading disinformation. Global tech firms have campaigned against the bill, arguing it would open the door to censorship.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
May 12, 2023 15:41 UTC
Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline construction reaches final stages
One of the final stages in the construction of the Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline will take place on Friday 12: the last welding of the more than 50,000 pipes used for the infrastructure work. The gas pipeline will then become one single piece running from Tratayén, in Neuquén, to Salliqueló, in the south of Buenos Aires province. The last welding work was scheduled for May 15, but will in fact take place sooner, on this Friday 12. A project that construction sources say could have taken two years will in fact be finished in less than twelve months. Looking ahead, the gas pipeline is waiting for two compression plants to start functioning.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
May 11, 2023 18:58 UTC
Bolivian leader open to using yuan for trade, touting 'trend'
Bolivian President Luis Arce expressed openness to the use of the Chinese yuan for international trade during a press conference on Wednesday, citing similar moves by Argentina and Brazil to tap the Asian currency for transactions with China. International trade transactions tend to be priced in U.S. dollars, especially for major commodity markets like energy and grains, going back decades. “The two largest economies in the region are already trading in yuan in agreements with China, and that is going to be the trend in the region,” Arce said, adding that Bolivia could not afford to stay on the sidelines. Earlier in the year, China and Brazil moved to reduce the dominance of the greenback by signing a deal to set up yuan clearing arrangements that can facilitate bilateral trade. “In Latin America, we have always had a great influence from the United States… but today many countries have more foreign trade with China.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
May 11, 2023 13:28 UTC
Haddad tells Yellen Brazil "worried" for Argentina's economy
“We are worried because this situation may affect the political destiny of Argentina,” Haddad told U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in a meeting on the sidelines of a Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers meeting in Niigata, Japan. Haddad said Brazil was keeping a close eye on Argentina, where the current drought could reduce exports by 20%, mindful of previous far-right political shifts elsewhere in Latin America. Speaking with reporters after the meeting, Haddad said he raised the issue with Yellen because Argentina needed the assistance of the International Monetary Fund. The United States is the largest shareholder in the global lender. He said Brazil was also keen to expand trade with the United States and said more trade integration was needed in the Americas.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
May 11, 2023 13:16 UTC