Politics

Friday, April 26th 2024 - 20:59 UTC
Thousands of layoffs feared in Argentina next month

Argentine SMEs fear a wave of sackings in the coming days due to President Javier Milei's policies which may have been somewhat successful at curbing inflation but at a cost. The Industriales Pymes Argentinos (IPA) chamber released a report saying that some 17,000 jobs had been lost since Milei took office on Dec. 10, 2023, and further suspensions and layoffs appear on May's radar.
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Friday, April 26th 2024 - 19:34 UTC
US sanctions: Cubana flights to Buenos Aires lifted after refueling is denied

As President Javier Milei's Argentina deepens its allegiance to the United States, Cuba's flag carrier Cubana lifted this week its regular service between Buenos Aires and Havana after fuel suppliers announced they would no longer be serving a company blacklisted from Washington in what seems like an encore of what happened to the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter flying under the Venezuelan flag following a spell with Iran's Mahan Air.
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Friday, April 26th 2024 - 17:09 UTC
Alberto Fernández responds sternly to Milei's accusations: “My dog doesn't advise me”

Former Argentine President Alberto Fernández answered libertarian President Javier Milei, following remarks made by Milei during a speech at Fundación Libertad where he referred to Fernández as a “puppet”. Fernández's response, laden with irony and defiance, underscored his “commitment” to rational decision-making and dismissed allegations of being influenced by external forces.
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Friday, April 26th 2024 - 15:41 UTC
Violence against news teams on the rise in Brazilian Amazon

Brazil's National Federation of Journalists (Fenaj) found that there have been 230 cases of violence against press freedom in the nine states of the Legal Amazon in the last ten years, Agencia Brasil reported. According to a study released this week, the State of Pará accounts for the largest number of violent acts against newspeople in the Amazon, with 89 cases recorded in a decade, followed by Amazonas (38), Mato Grosso (31) and Rondônia (20). The murder of English journalist Dom Phillips and indigenist Bruno Pereira in 2022 stands out among these events.
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Friday, April 26th 2024 - 15:08 UTC
Colombian Army kills 15 rebels after failing peace talks

Colombia's Army this week gunned down 15 rebels from the EMC guerrillas, a dissident group from the old FARC operating in the department of Cauca that refuses to enter peace talks with Bogotá. “War is war,” President Gustavo Petro argued after the latest military update, meaning that these things happen when one of the parties leaves the negotiating table. Another 12 rogue fighters were wounded, it was reported.
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Friday, April 26th 2024 - 10:40 UTC
Falklands: temporary suspension of Permanent Residence Permit applications

The Falkland Islands Customs and Immigration Service informed that the annual quota for applications has now been met for all Permanent Residence Permit applications (PRP).
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Friday, April 26th 2024 - 09:46 UTC
Early dawn Falkland Islands commemorate ANZAC Day

Anzac Day, April 25 is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders “who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations” and “the contribution and suffering of all those who have served”.
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Friday, April 26th 2024 - 05:31 UTC
Falklands honors and celebrates Zimbabwe Day with deminer families

One of the more than sixty different nationalities that make up the Falkland Islands community and have chosen to call the Islands is Zimbabwe, from the heart of Africa, and accordingly, the Falklands ever so grateful distinguished them at their national day at Government House.
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Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 22:24 UTC
CFK announces her return to the limelight since leaving office

Just one day after being labeled a “political corpse,” former Argentine President (2008-2015) Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) announced her return into the limelight this coming Saturday when she will attend the opening of a gymnasium in the town of Quilmes on the outskirts of Buenos Aires which will be named after her late husband and also former head of State (2003-2008) Néstor Kirchner.
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Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 19:34 UTC
Haiti: Henry resigns; transitional council sworn in

A transitional council has finally been sworn in in violence-torn Haiti after the final resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry was received Thursday in a letter from Los Angeles, California, leaving Economy and Finance Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert in charge while a successor is named.
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