Politics

Monday, May 29th 2023 - 19:50 UTC
General election in Spain in July following the disastrous showing for Socialists in regional voting; Mercosur alert

Spain is set to hold an early general election on July 23, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Monday. The announcement comes after Sanchez Socialist Party suffered serious setbacks to the conservative opposition in regional elections held on Sunday.
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Monday, May 29th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Argentina's race against time: Economy Minister seeks Chinese support to stay afloat

Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa is due in China Tuesday, in a desperate bid to secure much-needed dollars for the government's survival and bolster its chances in the upcoming presidential elections. President Alberto Fernández, who recently announced that he would not seek re-election, has taken a backseat, allowing Massa to spearhead this crucial mission.
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Monday, May 29th 2023 - 10:50 UTC
Venezuelan president lands in Brazil

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who often canceled his appearances at the last minute, arrived Sunday in Brasilia for Tuesday's South American Summit hosted by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The last time Maduro visited the continent's largest country was in 2015 for the presidential inauguration of former President Dilma Rousseff.
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Monday, May 29th 2023 - 10:19 UTC
Bolsonaro has offended all journalists, São Paulo court rules

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro must pay some US$ 10,000 in compensation for “collective moral damage” after having offended journalists while in office, a court of appeals ruled last week on a case filed in 2021 by the Union of Journalists of São Paulo.
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Saturday, May 27th 2023 - 23:10 UTC
Uruguayan Presidential Secretary discharged from hospital

Uruguayan Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado was discharged from a Paysandú hospital Saturday afternoon after being involved in a violent car crash on Friday while on his way to the Anchorena ranch in Colonia to participate in a lunch hosted by President Luis Lacalle Pou.
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Saturday, May 27th 2023 - 10:39 UTC
Argentina lost about 80 MSMEs per week under Alberto Fernández

Argentina lost an average of 80 companies each week in the last three years, according to a private study released in Buenos Aires Friday, which means that when President Alberto Fernández leaves office on Dec. 9, 2023, he will leave behind a country with over 12,000 fewer companies.
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Saturday, May 27th 2023 - 10:31 UTC
Lula's Summit to gather 11 South American leaders in Brasilia

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's “retreat” Summit scheduled for May 30 will gather 11 South American leaders, it was confirmed Friday in Brasilia. The presidents of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela have confirmed their presence. The only absence will be that of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, who has internal legal impediments, it was reported. Instead, Prime Minister Alberto Otárola will be attending.
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Saturday, May 27th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
Lula not to travel to St Petersburg for Putin meeting

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has become a major player in South American diplomacy lately, but he has been forced to decline an invitation from his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin to go to St. Petersburg. “I can't go to Russia now,” Lula said days after a frustrated meeting with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in Hiroshima.
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Saturday, May 27th 2023 - 08:44 UTC
Roger Waters investigated in Germany for incitement to public hatred

German police have launched an investigation into Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters after he appeared on stage in Berlin last week wearing a Nazi-style uniform and firing an imitation machine gun.
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Saturday, May 27th 2023 - 08:31 UTC
Uruguayan Presidential Secretary survives serious car crash

Uruguay's Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado and his driver Carlos Soria were hospitalized in Paysandú Friday after a serious car crash on Route 24 while on their way to the Anchorena ranch for a cabinet lunch called by President Luis Lacalle Pou, it was reported.
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