Politics

Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:49 UTC
Former Brazil President Lula Da Silva acquitted in yet another corruption case

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was acquitted due to lack of evidence Monday in one of the corruption cases for which he was being tried, it was announced.
Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Bolsonaro lashes out at Brazil media giant Globo for its “journalists who do not help at all” regarding covid-19

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Monday lashed out at national media giant Globo for its stance on covid-19, which differs completely from what the Government calls “an early treatment,” a cocktail made up of controversial drugs such as chloroquine.
Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:41 UTC
Argentina and Mexico recall ambassadors to Nicaragua out of concern for human rights violations

The Governments of Mexico and Argentina Monday recalled their respective ambassadors in Managua, where Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is undertaking a dubious campaign towards his reelection by having his political challengers arrested.
Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 08:38 UTC
Returning US “war powers” from the White House to Congress stalled in Senate

Republican Senators are delaying an upper House committee's vote on the repeal of the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force, (AUMF), the so-called wide-ranging war powers that allowed the war in Iraq, and other military actions.
Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Scholarships for Falklands' alumni to continue their graduate and postgraduate studies in Argentina

Argentina has launched a program of scholarships for Falkland Islands' students, who “have the full right to access the Argentine national education system”, announced Daniel Filmus, head of the Malvinas and Antarctica Department, and Jaime Perczyk chairman of the Ministry of Education University Policies.
Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Argentine freezes meat prices, exports to resume next week but not of all cuts

Argentine Minister of Productive Development Matías Kulfas Sunday admitted the administration of President Alberto Fernández plans to both ban exports of the beef cuts most coveted by local consumers and freeze domestic prices until late this year.
Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:09 UTC
Piñera sets July 4 as opening day for Chile's Constitutional Convention

Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Sunday announced the new constituent assembly is scheduled to open sessions on July 4,
Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Brazilian opposition rallies nationwide seeking Bolsonaro's resignation and more vaccines

Scores of Brazilians took to the streets at different cities nationwide Sunday to express themselves against President Jair Bolsonaro handling the coronavirus pandemic and asking for his resignation.
Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:01 UTC
Ecuadorean President Lasso travels to US for surgery but will stay in command

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso Sunday flew to Miami to undergo spinal cord surgery, after which he is expected to spend several days in rehabilitation.
Monday, June 21st 2021 - 08:53 UTC
Anvisa green-lights sale of 480 tons of medical oxygen to Paraguay

Paraguay's Foreign Ministry Sunday confirmed Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) had agreed to allow the sale of 480 tons of oxygen for medical purposes.