Politics

Thursday, July 22nd 2021 - 07:42 UTC
A majority of Argentines, 51%, favor an opposition alternative for midterm elections

Only hours before the different Argentine political parties must register their candidates for the PASO primaries – simultaneous and mandatory – on 12 September, ahead of the midterm election on 14 November, a local public opinion poll has released interesting data on the different leaders and hopefuls, having covered the whole Argentine territory.
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:44 UTC
Brazil: Lula says “stupid” Bolsonaro shall not win 2022 elections

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2011) Tuesday asked current President Jair Bolsonaro to stop being “stupid” and forecast the latter shall not be reelected in October 2022.
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:18 UTC
Ex Bolivian imprisoned president requests to present her case of UN human rights chief Bachelet

Former Bolivian interim president Jeanine Añez has requested a formal audience with the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, in a letter which she made public on Tuesday in social networks.
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:15 UTC
Argentina to start issuing gender-neutral ID cards to non-binary people

Argentine President Alberto Fernández has signed the decree and is to announce Wednesday morning the issuance of the first gender-neutral ID cards.
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Peru's President-elect outlines plans which include people from every political background

Peru's President-elect Pedro Castillo Tuesday sought to calm down a shaken country just one day after being declared the winner.
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Demonstrators back to the streets of Colombia on Independence Day to push for reforms

Colombian demonstrators took once again Tuesday to the streets of the country's biggest cities such as Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla, Cartagena and Manizales to step up their demands against the Government of Iván Duque during the Independence Day holiday.
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Three more suspects arrested in connection with killing of Haiti's President Moïse

Three additional suspects have been arrested Tuesday in connection with July 7's assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse which plunged the country into a political crisis.
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 08:11 UTC
Indian-made vaccines still not cleared for shipment to Paraguay

India's laboratory Bharat Biotech is still waiting for clearance on the part of the Asian country's Government for the shipment of the 2 million doses of anticoronavirus vaccines purchased by Paraguay, it was reported Tuesday.
Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina and Brazil commemorate when they agreed to make Latin America a region free of nuclear arms

Argentina and Brazil commemorated on Monday the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials, which was signed on 18 July 1991, with the exclusive purpose of the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Castillo to be Peru's next president after all

Peru's National Electoral Jury (JNE) Monday declared leftist Pedro Castillo has won June 6's presidential runoff by 44,263 votes (50.12%) over the conservative Keiko Fujimori.