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Politics

  • Monday, October 7th 2024 - 10:20 UTC

    Brazilian Air Force flight from Lebanon lands in São Paulo

    The aircraft was to take off back to Beirut with a new crew to bring donations and airlift back the second batch of evacuees

    A Brazilian Air Force (FAB) aircraft landed at the São Paulo Air Base in Guarulhos at 10.25 am on Sunday carrying 229 Brazilian nationals who had been evacuated from war-torn Lebanon, in addition to 3 pets, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Monday, October 7th 2024 - 10:17 UTC

    Lula says “fake news” reigns supreme in Brazil's municipal elections

    Some candidacies “have no commitment other than to provoke, to tell lies,” Lula insisted

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted this weekend that “fake news” had been widely used as a campaign tool ahead of Sunday's municipal elections nationwide. “We are seeing a great amount of 'fake news', a great number of lies, of provocations,” Lula stressed. “Now there are candidacies that have no commitment other than to provoke, to tell lies,” he also pointed out when casting his vote in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in Greater Sao Paulo, where he developed his trade union and political career since the 1970s.

  • Monday, October 7th 2024 - 09:56 UTC

    Argentine province sends successful business mission to Paraguay

    “Paraguay's possibilities are unlimited,” Llaryora said

    Argentine businessmen participated actively last week in the Córdoba Day in Asunción event, a gathering bringing people from Argentina's second-largest territory to explore opportunities in the neighboring country. Paraguay's Industry and Commerce Ministry seized the occasion to present would-be investors with a plethora of options in one of the region's fastest-growing economies.

  • Monday, October 7th 2024 - 09:24 UTC

    Falklands MPA toured by MoD Director of Overseas Bases

    Watching a Typhoon fighter next to infantry defenses (Pic BFSAI)

    During a five-day visit, the UK Ministry of Defense Director Overseas Bases, Dr Sam Griffiths, toured the force elements deployed in the BFSAI (British Forces South Atlantic Islands) area of operations and gained an insight to the joint force operation at the Mount Pleasant Complex, MPC.

  • Monday, October 7th 2024 - 09:12 UTC

    UK ambassador to Paraguay visits Falklands, meets Governor and MLAs

    Ambassador Navai enjoying tea at Government House with Governor Blake

    Falkland Islands received the visit of the current British ambassador to Paraguay. During his brief visit, Ambassador Ramin Navai, met with the Governor of the Falklands, Alison Blake CMG, and also with members of the Legislative Assembly.

  • Monday, October 7th 2024 - 09:06 UTC

    Brazil's municipal elections: Rio Mayor reelected Sunday; others will have to wait for runoff

    Paes was reelected Sunday but Sao Paulo will have to wait until the Oct. 27 runoff

    Eduardo Paes has been reelected for a fourth time as mayor of Rio de Janeiro in what was regarded as a major electoral blow from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro. With 93.66% of the votes counted, the 54-year-old Paes had collected 60.26% support. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) candidate was mayor of Rio during back-to-back terms (2009-2017) and returned in 2020. Paes dedicated his victory to President Lula and Rio de Janeiro State Governor Cláudio Castro. “As of today, conflicts are over,” he said.

  • Monday, October 7th 2024 - 08:53 UTC

    Bolivia unloads fuel in Arica where classes are suspended after hydrocarbons smelled in water

    No link has been corroborated between the unloading of fuel for Bolivia and the smelling presence of hydrocarbons in Arica's water

    The Chilean port of Arica saw 236,000 barrels of fuel unloaded for Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) while the city prepares for two days with no on-site classes as the local drinking water has been deemed unfit for human consumption given its hydrocarbon odor.

  • Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 20:46 UTC

    Falklands and Gibraltar confident in UK's commitment to self determination and peoples wishes

    Joseph Garcia, Gibraltar's Deputy Principal Minister

    The recent deal between UK and the Republic of Mauritius on sovereignty over the Chagos archipelago, and the future of their people, has triggered the aspirations of nationalist groups in Spain and mainly in Argentina, claiming sovereignty over Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands.

  • Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Survey finds Orsi ahead in voting intention to become Uruguay's next president

    In every scenario, Orsi seems to be on his way to becoming Lacalle Pou's successor next year

    According to a Usina de Percepción Ciudadana survey released this week in Montevideo, opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi of the Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) would defeat Álvaro Delgado of the ruling Multicolor coalition by 6 percentage points. In case of a runoff, Orsi is expected to garner 50% of the vote, the study found between September 27 and 30 from a sample of 500 people.

  • Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 10:57 UTC

    Paraguay adopting Summer time, probably for good

    Adopting GMT-3 all year round should help “simplify many things,” Peña argued

    Pursuant to Decree 1264 dated Feb. 24, 2014, Paraguay is to return to Time Zone GMT-3 on the first Sunday of October each year. But this time around the change might become permanent, as President Santiago Peña said Friday he had no problem signing into law the newly passed bill by Congress for the so-called daylight saving time to become effective. “We do not find any reason not to do so,” the head of state pointed out.