Politics

• Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 08:00 UTC

  Brazil/China peace plan, rejected by Kiev, considered a chance by Russia

  

  Brazil has positioned itself as neutral in the Ukraine war, refusing to join sanctions or provide military aid to Kiev, while proposing a peace initiative in cooperation with China. The joint Brazil/China peace plan or at least to end hostilities, has been defined by Ukrainian president Zelensky as “destructive”.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2024 - 14:09 UTC

  French nationals advised not to travel to Venezuela

  

  French citizens have been urged to avoid all travel to Venezuela whenever possible after the arrest of three US nationals, two Spaniards and one Czech national said to be plotting to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro with the endorsement of the CIA.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2024 - 14:09 UTC

  Falkland Islands hold first Liberal Democrat fringe meeting at Brighton Conference

  

  The Falkland Islands Government held their first fringe meeting at the Liberal Democrat Conference in Brighton on September 15. Members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly (MLA), Mark Pollard and Leona Roberts, joined a panel with Liberal Democrat Peers, The Lord Purvis of Tweed and Baroness Smith of Newnham, to discuss the topic “The Falkland Islands: Self-determination in the 21st Century.”

• Tuesday, September 17th 2024 - 12:50 UTC

  Noboa wants foreign military bases back in Ecuador but needs Constitutional reform for that

  

  Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa has submitted before the Constitutional Court (CC) a projected amendment whereby foreign military bases might be admitted in the South American country. “The present request seeks that this magistracy carries out the prior control at a first moment of the project of partial reform to the Constitution that is presented, and that, through an opinion, pronounces itself regarding the way by which it should be processed,” read the document signed by the head of state.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Sturzenegger underlines new conditions for Aerolíneas Argentinas strikes

  

  Argentine Deregulation Minister Federico Sturzenegger recalled that, as per President Javier Milei's Decree 831/24, the aviation industry had become a basic service and therefore the right to unrestricted strikes grounding all flights would no longer be possible. Sturzenegger made those remarks through his X account after last week's labor measure affecting over 37,000 travelers nationwide when Aerolíneas Argentinas pilots and crewmembers demanded wage updates to keep up with the country's rampant inflation.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2024 - 10:29 UTC

  EU monitoring arrest in Venezuela of two Spaniards and one Czech national

  

  The arrest by the Venezuelan regime of President Nicolás Maduro of two Spanish and one Czech national accused of planning alongside three US citizens to kill the head of state sparked a reaction from the European Union Monday, which condemned these events and said it was monitoring the case closely.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2024 - 10:27 UTC

  São Paulo mayoral candidate hits rival with a chair during TV debate

  

  São Paulo's Democratic Socialist Party (PSDB) mayoral candidate José Luiz Datena hit his rival Pablo Marçal of the Partido Renovador Laborista (PRTB) with a chair Sunday during a campaign debate with video footage of the incident going viral. The attacker was carried off the stage and the victim needed medical help.

• Monday, September 16th 2024 - 14:51 UTC

  Brazil gripped by “climate terrorism,” says Minister Silva

  

  South America's largest country is going through a wave of 21st Century “terrorism” which capitalizes on the high temperatures and low humidity to set large areas on fire damaging people's health, biodiversity and destroying forests, Climate Change Minister Marina Silva sqaid Sunday, Agencia Brasil reported. The official referred to this phenomenon as “climate terrorism.”

• Monday, September 16th 2024 - 10:01 UTC

  Milei launches “zero deficit” budget bill for 2025

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei appeared before Congress Sunday to submit the 2025 budget bill foreseeing an exchange rate of AR$ 1,207 against the US dollar and annual inflation reaching 18.3% after a projected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth.

• Monday, September 16th 2024 - 08:39 UTC

  Six arrested in Venezuela said to plan Maduro's murder

  

  Venezuelan authorities arrested three Americans, two Spaniards, and one Czech national allegedly involved in a plot to kill President Nicolás Maduro, Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello announced on nationwide TV this weekend saying the suspects belonged to a mission arranged by the CIA to overthrow the Bolivarian government. Cabello also showed footage of the guns seized from the would-be perpetrators.