Stories for 2023

Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 11:03 UTC
Peru's Congress chooses new 2nd Vice President

Peru's one-house Congress Friday chose Rep. Silvia Monteza Facho of the Cajamarca constituency to replace Digna Calle as Second Vice President, following the latter's decision to leave her post after numerous failures on the part of Parliament to agree on a date to which to move the general elections forward, which is one of the demands of the protests since the Dec. 7 impeachment of Pedro Castillo Terrones. Monteza, of Acción Popular, is to take over from Calle, of Podemos Peru.
Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 10:58 UTC
Half of Brazil's judges have suffered life threats

According to a study undertaken by the Judicial Research Center of the Association of Judges of Brazil in partnership with the Latin American Federation of Judges and the Institute of Social, Political and Economic Research (Ipespe), South America's largest country ranks second only to Bolivia in the number of magistrates whose lives have been threatened, Agencia Brasil reported this week.
Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 10:55 UTC
Lula and Biden agree on the importance of democracy and the environment

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met Friday with his US colleague Joseph Biden at the White House barely over a month after rioters stormed the South American country's capital seeking to promote a coup d'état.
Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 10:51 UTC
Nicaragua releases over 200 political prisoners, sends them to the US

The Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega has released over 200 political prisoners and sent them over to the United States, it was reported in Managua. The beneficiaries of the move, including opposition leaders, priests, and critics of the government, were transferred to the El Chipote prison late Wednesday and boarded a plane in the early hours of Thursday, according to journalist Tifani Roberts, who currently resides in the United States.
Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 09:16 UTC
Charles III Coronation emblem includes the national flowers of the Union members

With three months still for the planned ceremonies on May 6/7, Buckingham Palace has unveiled the official Coronation emblem for King Charles III and the Queen consort.
Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 08:49 UTC
Agustín Rossi picked to succeed Manzur as Argentina's Cabinet Chief

Former Defense Minister and current Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI) Director Agustín Rossi has been chosen to become Argentina's new Cabinet Chief next week due to Juan Manzur's resignation to handle the ruling party's campaign in the province of Tucumán, Casa Rosada sources said Friday.
Friday, February 10th 2023 - 10:45 UTC
Uruguay: Lacalle's popularity wanes after Astesiano and Peña scandals, poll shows

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou's popularity sank deeply in the last few weeks after a series of scandals became public, particularly those involving his chief security officer Alejandro Astesiano and former Environment Minister Adrián Peña's lack of a college degree despite which he used the prefix “Lic.” indicating otherwise.
Friday, February 10th 2023 - 10:21 UTC
Lula lands in Washington for Biden meeting

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva arrived Thursday in the United States for a meeting at the White House with his US colleague Joseph Biden Friday, Agencia Brasil reported.
Friday, February 10th 2023 - 10:18 UTC
Reopening of Argentina's embassy in Bangladesh made official

The reopening of Argentina's embassy in the People's Republic of Bangladesh was published Thursday in the Official Gazette. The diplomatic mission to be reopened in Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital, had been shut down in 1978 but interest from the South American country in the Asian nation resurfaced during the 2022 football World Cup, which was celebrated as if Bangladesh had defeated France in the final.
Friday, February 10th 2023 - 10:07 UTC
Child mortality among Yanomamis 10 times higher than Brazil's national rate

Malnutrition due to lack of natural resources is one of the causes of Yanomami children having a mortality rate tenfold that of the whole of South America's largest country, Agencia Brasil reported Thursday.