MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 27th 2023
-
Monday, November 27th 2023 - 10:18 UTC
Milei off to US for talks with IMF, WB, and Biden's administration
Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei left Sunday evening for the United States to meet with officials from the Joseph Biden administration and creditor organizations such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB), it was reported in Buenos Aires
-
Monday, November 27th 2023 - 09:02 UTC
Uruguayan congressman takes leave of absence amid harassment allegations
Uruguayan Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) Congressman Gustavo Olmos was reported to have incurred in sexual and labor harassment, according to a complaint filed against him by his substitute Martina Casás, it was reported Sunday in Montevideo.
-
Monday, November 27th 2023 - 08:40 UTC
Scioli to remain Argentina's Ambassador to Brazil under Milei?
Argentina's Ambassador to Brasilia Daniel Scioli might stay on his job after Javier Milei's Dec. 10 presidential inauguration, it was rumored this weekend in Buenos Aires.
-
Monday, November 27th 2023 - 08:32 UTC
Mondino brings letter from Milei to Lula
Argentina's future top diplomat Diana Mondino met Sunday in Brasilia with Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and Ambassador Daniel Scioli to hand over a personal letter from Javier Milei inviting President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to his Dec. 10 inauguration in Buenos Aires.
-
Monday, November 27th 2023 - 08:07 UTC
Brazilian drug gang goes global, The Economist reports
According to an article in The Economist last week, Brazil's largest drug gang now has links throughout Europe. The First Capital Command (PCC), a gang officially born after a deadly football match between prison inmates in São Paulo in August 1993, has grown to some 40,000 life members and another 60,000 “contractors,” which would make it one of the world's largest criminal groups.
