MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 24th 2024
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Tuesday, December 24th 2024 - 10:50 UTC
Colombia and Mexico to be represented at Maduro's new inauguration
Authorities in Bogotá and Mexico City admitted this week that their governments will be represented in Caracas on Jan. 10 when President Nicolás Maduro takes his oath of office for a new six-year term (2025-2031)for which he was chosen in the controversial July 28 elections which the opposition also claims to have won.
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Tuesday, December 24th 2024 - 10:31 UTC
Uruguay's BCU ups basic interest rate
Uruguay's Central Bank (BCU) Monetary Policy Committee decided Monday to raise the TPM benchmark interest rate from 8.5% to 8.75% in a move to make inflation and expectations “meet” at 4.5% annually over the last 24 months. It was the first twitch to the TPM since April when it was cut from from 9%.
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Tuesday, December 24th 2024 - 10:23 UTC
Chile apologizes for military helicopter flying into Argentine airspace
Chilean authorities admitted Monday that a military helicopter had flown into Argentine airspace last Friday in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz. Foreign Minister Alberto van Klaveren described the incident as “a mistake” and insisted that the case had been handled through the proper diplomatic channels. Argentina sent a consultation note on this matter, to which “a response has been given,” he explained.
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Tuesday, December 24th 2024 - 10:16 UTC
Uruguay: Topolansky says she will not recant
Former Uruguayan VicePresident and First Lady Lucía Topolansky Monday sent a letter to a group of relatives of people who disappeared during the military dictatorship saying she would not backtrack on saying that some witnesses had lied during the trials of those who committed these atrocities.
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Tuesday, December 24th 2024 - 10:12 UTC
Lula issues Christmas pardon but not for sex or antidemocratic offenders
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva issued a pardon favoring terminally ill prison inmates as well as at-risk pregnant women or those with HIV but fell short of benefitting those who committed crimes that were either heinous - such as torture, terrorism, racism, money laundering, concealment of assets - or against democracy, it was announced Monday in a special edition of the Diário Oficial da Uniao (Official Gazette).
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