Politics

Thursday, October 10th 2024 - 07:58 UTC
Falklands firefighters invitation, “Come down this Saturday”

Falklands Fire and Rescue Service is having its day with a 'Have a Go' this Saturday, October 12th: it starts at 1000 and ends at 1400 at the Fire station.
Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian nun chosen for UNHCR award

Sister Rosita Milesi, a Brazilian nun, lawyer, social worker, and movement builder who has championed the rights and dignity of displaced people for nearly 40 years, has been granted the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award, the United Nations announced in Geneva Wednesday. Besides Milesi, four other women were named regional winners.
Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 10:53 UTC
De Moraes allows X back in Brazil

Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Tuesday ordered the social network X reinstated in South America's largest country after banning it for failing to comply with national laws and subsequent court decisions, Agencia Brasil reported.
Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 10:14 UTC
Chile needs to address insecurity at medical facilities

Chile's Interior Minister Carolina Tohá admitted Tuesday that her country needed to review its security policies, particularly regarding healthcare facilities, where several incidents have been recorded. According to the National Confederation of Municipal Health Officials (Confusam), there were 7,184 aggressions against healthcare staff nationwide last year, and these figures are on the rise now.
Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 09:13 UTC
YPF to relocate Vaca Muerta HQs to Buenos Aires

Argentina's state-run oil company YPF announced Tuesday that it would be opening an operations center in its tower in the exclusive Puerto Madero district in Buenos Aires to run Vaca Muerta. The move is expected to cut costs by 30% and save up to US$ 1.5 billion a year.
Wednesday, October 9th 2024 - 08:32 UTC
Brazilian Senate gives nod to future BCB CEO

Brazil's Federal Senate Tuesday greenlighted by 66 votes to 5 the appointment of Gabriel Galípolo as the next Central Bank (BCB) CEO to succeed Roberto Campos Neto, who stems from former President Jair Bolsonaro's administration and whose term ends Dec. 31.
Tuesday, October 8th 2024 - 22:56 UTC
Colombia: Petro under probe over campaign finances

Colombian electoral authorities announced Tuesday that they were launching an inquiry against President Gustavo Petro for allegedly overstepping campaign financing caps in 2022 en route to the Casa de Nariño. The head of state replied -once again- that a coup d'état was boiling up.
Tuesday, October 8th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Peronist Party in search of a new (or old) leader

After former President Alberto Fernández was forced to resign as chairman of the Peronist Party given the domestic violence and corruption scandals in which he is involved, the vacancy opened up a new front that may well decide the future of Argentine politics in the years to come. While former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner intends to fill the void, La Rioja Governor Ricardo Quintela came forward as a new option.
Tuesday, October 8th 2024 - 10:03 UTC
Argentine VP meets with Spanish Senate Speaker in Madrid

Argentine Vice President Victoria Villarruel met Monday in Madrid with her Senate Speaker colleague Pedro Rollán on the opening day of her first trip abroad since her inauguration last year.
Tuesday, October 8th 2024 - 09:32 UTC
Uruguayan gov't says Israel entitled to self-defense

Uruguayan Foreign Ministry Omar Paganini Monday underlined Israel's right to self-defense on the first anniversary of the Hamas raids in which over 1,000 people were killed and over 200 taken hostage to the Gaza Strip, thus triggering Tel Aviv's full-scale military response. Montevideo's top diplomat also expressed his concern given the number of civilian casualties and forced displacements while urging all parties to de-escalate the conflict.