Politics

Monday, October 18th 2021 - 10:01 UTC
Lula must appease markets or risk his presidential chance, point out advisors

Brazilian former president Lula da Silva is preparing to “build bridges” with the business community to appease markets and economic agents, given some of his latest statements criticizing policy decisions from the current administration of president Jair Bolsonaro.
Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:57 UTC
PAHO/ECLAC report on Covid-19 exposes the fragility of Latin America's health systems

In n a new joint report released the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) urge the governments of the region to accelerate vaccination processes and improve health systems.
Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:48 UTC
Bolivia's ruling party sets up headquarters in Peru

Just a couple of days after Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones lost support from his Marxist Peru Libre party, which decided not to support his new cabinet, press reports have come out indicating former Bolivian President Evo Morales's Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) has set foot into the country and even has established its headquarters in Cusco.
Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:43 UTC
Poverty on the rise in Brazil

Brazil's poverty indexes are on the rise despite President Jair Bolsonaro's claims that his actions, however controversial from a sanitary viewpoint regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, were always aimed at sustaining the country's economy.
Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:23 UTC
Paraguay has 180 days to repair environmental damages, says UN

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has ruled in Geneva that indigenous people are affected by Paraguayan companies spreading pesticides in areas neighbouring homes, schools, roads and rivers thus affecting the water supply to indigenous peoples, causing “diarrhoea, vomiting, respiratory problems and headaches,” were entitled to reparations.
Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Argentine ambassador unsuccessfully defends Jones-Huala

Argentina's Ambassador to Chile Rafael Bielsa has turned up at a Chilean judicial hearing to defend incarcerated self-proclaimed Mapuche leader Facundo Jones Huala even though the latter has vociferously relinquished his Argentine citizenship.
Monday, October 18th 2021 - 00:10 UTC
Maduro associate extradited from Cape Verde to face criminal charges in Miami; Venezuela claims “kidnapping”

The Venezuelan government walked out of negotiations with the opposition following on the extradition of Colombian businessman Alex Saab from Cape Verde to the United States where he faces trial on money laundering and corruption.
Sunday, October 17th 2021 - 08:46 UTC
“Europe in only strong as it is united”, Merkel reminds EU leaders of the significance of compromise

“Europe is only strong as it is united”, outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during the acceptance speech of the Carlos V European award with which she was presented by King Felipe VI in a ceremony held in Spain.
Sunday, October 17th 2021 - 08:29 UTC
Spain agrees to extradite former Venezuelan treasurer to the US

Spain's Judiciary Friday gave the green light for the extradition to the United States of Venezuelan national Claudia Patricia Díaz Guillén, to account for crimes of money laundering and criminal organization.
Sunday, October 17th 2021 - 08:16 UTC
Bolivia's Constitutional Court rules Áñez presidency was illegal

The swearing-in of Jeanine Áñez as president of Bolivia was unconstitutional. © AFP Jeanine Áñez's swearing-in as president of Bolivia was unconstitutional.