Stories for December 2023

Saturday, December 23rd 2023 - 09:35 UTC
Former Colombian soldier enters guilty plea in Moïse's murder trial

Former Colombian soldier Mario Antonio Palacios Palacios has pleaded guilty in a US court to the July 7, 2021, assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, becoming the fifth of 11 defendants to do so in Miami.
Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:37 UTC
No general strike yet against Milei's decree, labor leaders announce

Argentina's General Labor Confederation (CGT) announced a demonstration to be staged next Wednesday before the main Courthouse in Buenos Aires to protest against President Javier Milei's reforms through an emergency decree earlier this week.
Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:28 UTC
Argentina makes payment to IMF through CAF loan

Less than two weeks into the term of President Javier Milei, Argentina Thursday made a payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) worth US$ 921 million thanks to a loan from the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), it was reported in Buenos Aires.
Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:20 UTC
Lacalle Pou praises departing Presidential Secretary Delgado

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said Thursday that Álvaro Delgado was a “great management partner” as he left the presidential secretariat to focus on his 2024 bid for the Torre Ejecutiva. He will be replaced by Rodrigo Ferrés
Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:15 UTC
Putin and Maduro highlight importance of multipolar world order

Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela held a telephone conversation Thursday during which they agreed on the need for “a fair multipolar order,” it was reported. They also discussed the territorial dispute with Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo region.
Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:15 UTC
UK Prime Minister committed to defending Falklands' wish to remain British

In his Christmas 2023 Message, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak invites the people of the Falkland Islands to look forward with pride and confidence sure of your determination to shape your own future and remain belonging to the British Family.
Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:03 UTC
Six protesters arrested in Argentine city of Córdoba

At least six people were arrested Thursday by law enforcement officers in the Argentine city of Córdoba after clashes with protesters downtown as they marched against President Javier Milei's decree while other pot-banging demonstrations were staged in Buenos Aires and other cities nationwide such as Mar del Plata, Bariloche, Rosario, Luján, Tandil, Puerto Madryn, and Junín.
Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 09:59 UTC
Brazil: National Zumbi and Black Awareness holiday signed into law

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday signed into law a bill creating the National Day of Zumbi and Black Awareness holiday to be celebrated on Nov. 20, the anniversary of the death of the leader of Quilombo dos Palmares, Agencia Brasil reported.
Thursday, December 21st 2023 - 10:55 UTC
Argentina: Milei announces mega reform emergency package

Argentine President Javier Milei Wednesday announced in a recorded message broadcast at 9 pm -instead of at noon as originally scheduled- an emergency decree containing 366 measures to deregulate the economy, of which he only highlighted 30.
Thursday, December 21st 2023 - 10:54 UTC
Argentina launches South Atlantic operation targetting illegal fishing

Argentina's Joint Maritime Command has deployed the ARA Piedrabuena Oceanic Patrol Vessel (OPV) to combat illegal fishing through Operation Grifon XVI in the country's territorial Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Atlantic amid an increase in clandestine operations by jiggers, most of them of Chinese origin.