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Stories for 2023

  • Tuesday, July 11th 2023 - 09:30 UTC

    Case against Bolsonaro might be reopened following STF ruling

    Mendes' decision was based on the fact that former Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello has special jurisdiction and cannot be tried by a court lower than the STF

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Gilmar Mendes decided to undo the shelving of a lawsuit against former President Jair Bolsonaro, Agencia Brasil reported Monday.

  • Tuesday, July 11th 2023 - 09:27 UTC

    Pablo Escobar's house museum demolished after all

    The demolition was carried out to avoid the so-called “narcotours” praising the notorious criminal

    Colombian authorities Monday demolished legendary drug lord Pablo Escobar's House-Museum in Medellín, in a move to bring the so-called “narcotours” to an end.

  • Tuesday, July 11th 2023 - 09:16 UTC

    Water crisis: Uruguay accepts Argentina's help

    Lacalle insisted Argentina's help “adds up” but is “insignificant” in terms of volumes of drinking water consumed normally in Montevideo

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday said his country would be accepting Argentina's help to mitigate the water crisis but added that the amount of drinking water offered was nowhere near the needs to match the volumes consumed normally in Montevideo.

  • Tuesday, July 11th 2023 - 08:46 UTC

    Bolivian traveler dies in Argentine roadblock

    Doctors at the Abra Pampa hospital were unable to revive Flórez Gómez

    A 66-year-old Bolivian tourist died Sunday in the Argentine province of Jujuy when the bus she was riding was held by a roadblock and she could not receive proper and timely medical attention after fainting, it was reported Monday.

  • Tuesday, July 11th 2023 - 08:29 UTC

    LatAm lures record foreign direct investment in 2022

    Brazil accounted for 40.7% of the FDI

    According to a report from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released Monday, Latin America and the Caribbean attracted a record volume of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2022 with US$ 224.58 billion injected, which represented a 55.2% increase from 2021.

  • Tuesday, July 11th 2023 - 08:12 UTC

    Peruvian president involved in plagiarism scandal

    Boluarte co-authored the book in question with six other people (Pic Infobae)

    Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Has been accused of having plagiarized a book she included as her own work in her resume in 2007 when applying for a job in the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status, it was reported in Lima.

  • Monday, July 10th 2023 - 22:03 UTC

    Sweden in NATO, if Turkey joins the European Union, Erdogan insists

    Membership talks between the bloc and Ankara began in 2005, but were put on hold indefinitely in 2016, after years of democratic backsliding, human rights abuses and provocations under Erdogan.

    Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday added European Union membership o the list of demands he wants fulfilled in exchange for finally backing Stockholm's accession to NATO.

  • Monday, July 10th 2023 - 19:17 UTC

    Falklands launches tender for replacement of port facility FIPASS

    FIPASS, the obsolete port terminal from the Falklands, which government and the private sector want to renew (Pic FIG)

    FIG today launched a tender for the provision of a new port facility for the Falkland Islands. The tender process was approved by Executive Council in February 2023, and today’s launch follows months of work with professional advisers and engagement with existing port users to refine the specification and provide both FIG and prospective tendering companies with a robust and complete model of what the Falklands needs from its port facility, looking decades into the future.

  • Monday, July 10th 2023 - 19:04 UTC

    US/UK relations “solid rock,” president Biden tells PM Sunak

    Mr Biden said he “couldn't be meeting a closer friend and a greater ally”. Mr Sunak hailed the UK and the US as “two of the firmest allies” in Nato.

    US President Joe Biden has described relations with the UK as “rock solid” during talks in London with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Mr. Biden said he “couldn't be meeting a closer friend and a greater ally”. Mr. Sunak hailed the UK and the US as “two of the firmest allies” in NATO.

  • Monday, July 10th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

    Petro and Lula discuss Amazon crisis

    One of the greatest challenges facing the Amazon countries is the strengthening of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, Lula and Petro agreed

    Presidents Gustavo Petro of Colombia and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil convened Saturday at the so-called Leticia Summit in the capital of southern Colombia's Amazonas department to discuss the deterioration of the Amazon rainforest and share experiences on the issue.