Stories for July 2024

Monday, July 1st 2024 - 10:54 UTC
Milei not attending Mercosur Summit to dodge Lula faceoff

Argentine President Javier Milei will not be traveling to Asunción for the upcoming Mercosur Summit in the Paraguayan capital on July 8 in a move to avoid meeting face-to-face with his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whom he dubbed a “corrupt Communist” during his campaign last year and who insists an apology is in order. Last week the Argentine leader claimed there was nothing to be sorry for and that he would not go back on telling the truth. Foreign Minister Diana Mondino will represent Milei at the regional bloc's gathering.
Monday, July 1st 2024 - 10:42 UTC
Team Falklands and President Milei eclectic foreign policy

Team Falklands, which recently visited the Caribbean, United States, and United Nations in New York and Canada felt they came across a new attitude towards peoples' right to self-determination, mostly privately, which anyhow did not prevent overwhelming support for Argentina's colonial claim over the Falkland Islands at the C24 meeting, or a repeat of such situation at the Organization of American States, OAS, annual assembly, held in Paraguay.
Monday, July 1st 2024 - 10:30 UTC
Bolivian President denies self-coup allegations

Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora asked former head of state Evo Morales Ayma not to be gullible enough to believe the self-coup narrative allegedly promoted by fascist rightwing groups and insisted that what happened on June 26 was a failed attempt to overthrow him by force.
Monday, July 1st 2024 - 09:50 UTC
Delgado's surprising VP choice: Valeria Ripoll, former Communist Party member

In a surprising move following the internal elections, Álvaro Delgado of the ruling center-right wing Partido Nacional announced Valeria Ripoll as his vice-presidential candidate. Ripoll, who has a notable background in union activism and a past affiliation with the Uruguayan Communist Party (PCU), is expected to attract votes from outside the traditional party base. Delgado's choice was not universally welcomed within the party, sparking discontent among supporters of other pre-candidates. Nevertheless, Delgado's team believes Ripoll's inclusion will enhance the ticket's appeal and strengthen the party's outreach efforts.
Monday, July 1st 2024 - 09:43 UTC
Lacalle leaves Presidential residency

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou left the traditional Suárez Y Reyes residency and moved into an apartment in Montevideo's exclusive Carrasco area citing proximity to where his ex-wife Lorena Ponce de León and the couple's children live.
Monday, July 1st 2024 - 09:35 UTC
CFK: The Libertarians' zero deficit is a fabrication

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2007-2015 / CFK) said during an interview on the internet streaming channel Gelatina outside mainstream media that the Liberal administration's “fiscal surplus is increasingly trumped up.”
Monday, July 1st 2024 - 09:32 UTC
French far-right party on the brink of forming gov't

French President Emmanuel Macron called on all non-rightwing supporters to rally against the Rassemblement National party of Marine LePen winning Sunday's snap first-round parliamentary elections. In any case, the head of state announced he would not be resigning. These political events unfold just days before the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Monday, July 1st 2024 - 08:44 UTC
Lord Ahmad, “The UK has no doubt about Falkland Islanders right to self determination”

Lord Ahmad, UK Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, Commonwealth, and United Nations, addressed the 54th regular session of the OAS general assembly in Asunción, Paraguay.
Monday, July 1st 2024 - 04:01 UTC
Subzero temperatures recorded in southern Brazil

Areas in southern Brazil recorded subzero temperatures Sunday as a strong and broad mass of polar air hit the States of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, Agencia Brasil reported citing data from the National Meteorological Institute (Inmet) as well as from Epagri/Ciram, an agency of the Santa Catarina state government.