Stories for 2024

Monday, October 28th 2024 - 21:21 UTC
Noboa hopes Colombia will help Ecuador through the energy crisis

Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa asked neighboring Colombia for help getting through the electricity crisis with power cuts dating back to Sept. 23 affecting households up to 14 hours a day, it was reported Sunday. The head of state admitted his popularity was waning ahead of the Feb. 9, 2025, elections.
Monday, October 28th 2024 - 16:27 UTC
Falklands gains cross-party support during first Parliamentary drop-in sessions

The Falkland Islands Government Office (FIGO) held its first-ever drop-in sessions at the UK Parliament last week, hosting over 30 MPs and Peers across two days. The sessions, held on October 22nd and 23rd, aimed to familiarize cross-party Parliamentarians, particularly newly elected members, with key issues concerning the Falkland Islands, including unregulated fishing, the region's strategic importance, and Islanders' right to self-determination.
Monday, October 28th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Uruguay’s Presidential race heads to runoff as Orsi's Frente Amplio leads first round

Uruguay’s leftist Frente Amplio (FA) secured the top position in the first round of the presidential election. Yamandú Orsi, the FA candidate and former mayor of Canelones, led the race with 43.4% of the vote, propelled by support from former president José “Pepe” Mujica. However, he fell short of the majority threshold needed to avoid a runoff, and a second round is now scheduled for November 24. Orsi’s opponent in the runoff will be Álvaro Delgado, the National Party (PN) candidate, who garnered 27.2% of the vote and leads a coalition of center-right and right-wing parties that include the Colorado Party and Cabildo Abierto.
Monday, October 28th 2024 - 10:10 UTC
Local elections: Boric's ruling party loses ground after Monsalve scandal

The recent sex scandal involving former Interior Undersecretary Manuel Monsalve took its toll Sunday on the ruling coalition of President Gabriel Boric Font during the first round of municipal elections in which the opposition UDI, RN, and Evópoli emerged as the strongest rightwing forces nationwide with victories in 121 communes. Boric's allies prevailed in 111 and the Republicans of former presidential candidate José Antonio Kast in 8, including a surprising one in Puente Alto. All in all, Chile Vamos became the strongest political force nationwide.
Monday, October 28th 2024 - 09:51 UTC
Lula's candidate defeated in Sao Paulo mayoral runoff

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's candidate Guilherme Boulos failed to win Sunday's runoff to become Mayor of São Paulo, where Ricardo Nunes was reelected in perhaps the most relevant decision of the day, in which allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro prevailed in almost half of the State capitals where a second round was needed. Nunes took over as mayor of the city of São Paulo after the death of Bruno Covas (PSDB), who died of cancer in 2021.
Monday, October 28th 2024 - 09:11 UTC
CFK poised to become Peronist Party Chairwoman

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) will be appointed chairwoman of the Justicialist (Peronist) Party (PJ) after La Rioja Governor Ricardo Quintela failed to produce the required number of endorsing signatures leaving the two-time head of state as the sole contender.
Monday, October 28th 2024 - 08:48 UTC
Cicero's case rekindles debate on euthanasia and assisted suicide in Brazil

The case of Brazilian poet and composer António Cicero, who died through euthanasia last week in Switzerland, has rekindled the debate in South America's largest country on whether such a practice should be legalized, Agencia Brasil reported Sunday.
Monday, October 28th 2024 - 08:11 UTC
Commonwealth leaders concur it is time to discuss slavery reparations

Commonwealth leaders agreed during a Heads of Government meeting in Samoa Friday that it was time to discuss reparations from the United Kingdom for its role in the transatlantic slave trade. ”The time has come for a meaningful, truthful, and respectful conversation towards forging a common future based on equity,” the leaders said in a statement.
Monday, October 28th 2024 - 07:45 UTC
Argentine mayor says hitmen chased him while in Paraguay

Atilio Basualdo, the Mayor of the Argentine city of Las Lomitas in the province of Formosa said Sunday that hitmen had tried to kill him while visiting neighboring Asunción in Paraguay on Saturday afternoon. He also hinted Formosa's Peronist Governor Gildo Insfran could have been involved.
Sunday, October 27th 2024 - 22:25 UTC
Bolivia: Evo Morales survives alleged assassination attempt, accuses President Arce

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales was the target of gunfire on Sunday as his convoy traveled through Chapare, a coca-growing region where Morales has long held significant influence. Morales emerged unscathed but accused President Luis Arce of orchestrating the attack, an accusation Arce swiftly denied, pledging “an immediate and thorough investigation.”