Stories for December 30th 2022

Friday, December 30th 2022 - 20:20 UTC
Peru's Supreme Court upholds Castillo's 18-month pre-trial detention

Peru's Supreme Court Thursday upheld a ruling ordering former President Pedro Castillo Terrones held under pre-trial detention for 18 months after he was arrested following his decision to dissolve Congress and rule by decree, which led to his impeachment.
Friday, December 30th 2022 - 19:44 UTC
Brazil lifts entry ban: Maduro may attend Lula's inauguration

Brazilian authorities have lifted the restrictions banning Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other high-ranking officials since 2019 from entering the country so that they can attend Sunday's inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, it was published Friday in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette).
Friday, December 30th 2022 - 19:34 UTC
Heavy rains kill seven people in São Paulo state, one still missing

At least seven people have been killed in one week in the Brazilian state of São Paulo due to heavy rains, Agencia Brasil reported Friday. Five of the victims belonged to the same family in the city of Araraquara.
Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:51 UTC
Uruguay, a failed Mercosur summit and China's long shadow

Presidential summit meetings of the Mercosur alliance were usually sedate comfortable affairs until Uruguay decided to “open up to the world” under its pro-business President Luis Lacalle Pou.
Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Brazil in mourning over Pelé's death

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro decreed three days of national mourning following the death of football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento -Pelé- Thursday at the age of 82, while preparations are underway for his burial next Tuesday, one day after President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is sworn in.
Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:49 UTC
Uruguayan President's approval drops amid scandals

The approval ratings of Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou fell ten percentage points in two months, hitting an all-time low of 39% since he took office, according to a report from pollsters Equipos Consultores released Thursday.
Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:09 UTC
Buffalo in New York State emerges from “once in a generation storm”

.The US city of Buffalo, upstate New York in Eire County emerged on Thursday out of several feet of snow. Buffalo was the epicenter of a major deadly freezing storm that swept across the United States and Canada killing some sixty people of which 37 in Eire County, according to official Mark Poloncarz.
Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Venezuelan opposition leader Guaidó experiment coming to an end as US interests change

The United States-sponsored experiment with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido is coming to an end. Lawmakers who supported his “interim government” are close to officially dissolve it with a vote on the move now postponed until the new year.
Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:01 UTC
Marina Silva, an active environmentalist and defender of the Amazon is back in Lula da Silva's cabinet

Marina Silva, an active environmentalist, has been appointed Brazil's next environment minister by president elect Lula da Silva. Ms Silva held a similar post in Lula's first government in 2003, but following strong differences stepped down and formed her own political party.
Friday, December 30th 2022 - 09:57 UTC
Argentina wheat exports at their lowest, but record year for fertilizer consumption

Bad and good news from Argentina. Wheat exports are expected to hit their lowest point in eight years because of climate effects, especially La Niña ravaging the country’s crops for the third consecutive reason, points out the Rosario Grains Exchange (BCR)