Stories for September 2023

Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:10 UTC
Haitians want PM to step down due to crisis with Dominican Republic

Scores of Haitians demanded Sunday the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry following Dominican President Luis Abinader's decision to close all borders between the only two countries sharing the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, it was reported in Port-au-Prince.
Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:03 UTC
Lula's team still working on an appointment with Zelensky

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has reportedly offered his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky two slots on his agenda for a bilateral meeting on the sides of this week's 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
Monday, September 18th 2023 - 09:53 UTC
Peru: Boluarte's gov't targets freedom of the press

Journalist guilds in Peru have expressed their concern about restrictions on freedom the government of President Dina Boluarte is planning to exert through changes to the Penal Code to hold demonstrators and reporters criminally accountable, it was reported in Lima.
Sunday, September 17th 2023 - 08:09 UTC
“The Falklands problem is not the Islanders or the English, but us Argentines,” points out Cisneros

The Falklands/Malvinas will eventually be returned to Argentina but that is going to be a long, long road, forecasted Andres Cisneros a retired Argentine diplomat expert in the Falklands/Malvinas dispute and deputy foreign minister with Guido Di Tella in the nineties.
Sunday, September 17th 2023 - 08:04 UTC
Against all odds Milei team insists Falkland Islanders rights must be respected, “they are Argentine citizens”

“I reiterate it, I repeat it and I reaffirm it, the Islanders living in the Falklands/Malvinas will have their rights respected if Milei becomes Argentine president,” emphasized Diana Mondino underlining her statements in an interview with The Telegraph which was considered highly controversial and criticized in Argentina by politicians and the media.
Saturday, September 16th 2023 - 11:23 UTC
Malvinas Council rejects Libertarian candidate's statement on Falklanders' rights

Argentina's Malvinas Council issued a statement condemning the stance of presidential candidate Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) party regarding the “self-determination” of the Falkland Islanders and insisted that “the pretended reference of the islanders as a third party to the dispute is a central component of the British diplomatic strategy.”
Saturday, September 16th 2023 - 10:51 UTC
Milei's interview with Tucker Carlson reaches record audiences

With over 300 million screenings in 24 hours, Argentine Libertarian Congressman and presidential candidate Javier Milei's interview with controversial US journalist Tucker Carlson has become the most-viewed video on X, Elon Musk's social platform formerly known as Twitter, it was reported Friday.
Saturday, September 16th 2023 - 10:40 UTC
Chilean President denounces deadly threats

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Friday said he had received deadly threats from an ultra-rightwing group that threw pamphlets outside his parents' home in the city of Punta Arenas, some 3,000 kilometers south of Santiago.
Saturday, September 16th 2023 - 10:04 UTC
Dominican Republic closes all borders with Haiti for as long as necessary

Dominican Republic authorities closed all land, air, and sea borders with Haiti over a dispute stemming from the construction of a canal in Haitian territory that affects the flow of water from a river shared by both countries.
Saturday, September 16th 2023 - 09:54 UTC
Fernández thanks G77+China for supporting Argentina's claim over Falkland/Malvinas

Argentine President Alberto Fernández warned Friday in Cuba that there is still “a dominant world and a dominated world” while calling all countries attending the G77+China Summit in Havana to “put an end to it forever.”