Stories for 2023

Tuesday, November 28th 2023 - 10:04 UTC
Milei visits rabbi's grave and has lunch with Bill Clinton

Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei Monday visited the tomb of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson in New York as planned but then had lunch with former US President Bill Clinton, which had not been announced. Milei had already visited the religious site before the primary elections in August.
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.
Sunday, November 26th 2023 - 23:28 UTC
Second swap between Israel and Hamas successful

The pro-Palestinian terrorist group Hamas Saturday released another batch of hostages, consisting of 13 Israeli citizens and 4 Thais, in exchange for another 39 prison inmates held by Tel Aviv, matching the 1:3 ratio agreed upon for the duration of the humanitarian truce. The exchanges took longer than expected, it was reported.
Sunday, November 26th 2023 - 23:25 UTC
Peruvian pilots who helped Argentina in 1982 decorated

During a ceremony at the Argentine Embassy in Lima last week, a group of retired Peruvian Air Force (FAP) pilots were awarded the Argentine Air Force's (FAA) Order of Heroes of the Malvinas, in the grade of “Malvinas Medal for Contribution to the War Effort” in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict with the United Kingdom.
Saturday, November 25th 2023 - 10:58 UTC
NGO warns Essequibo question might end up in war between Venezuela and Guyana

Control Ciudadano (Social Watch - CC) Chairwoman Rocío San Miguel said Guyanese President Irfaan Alí's recent statements regarding the military support of several countries to defend the Essequibo amounted to a “very strong warning for Venezuela,” which will hold a referendum on the matter on Dec. 3.
Saturday, November 25th 2023 - 10:50 UTC
Brazilian Football Confederation to take action against hate speech

Following this week's loss to Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in a World Cup qualifying match, Brazilian players of African ethnicity were called “monkeys” on the social network Instagram while Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) President Ednaldo Rodrigues was dubbed an “Indian” due to his native lineage. In this scenario, the CBF announced Friday it would take legal action.