Politics

Sunday, December 24th 2023 - 13:35 UTC
Arrest of former Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani ordered

A court in the Salvadoran city of San Francisco Gotera has issued a warrant for the arrest of former president Alfredo Cristiani (1989-1994) and some former lawmakers for their alleged involvement in the 1981 El Mozote massacre in which around 1,000 peasants were killed during the civil war (1980-1992).
Saturday, December 23rd 2023 - 10:23 UTC
Milei calls for extraordinary sessions of Congress

Argentine President Javier Milei issued a decree on Friday calling for extraordinary sessions of Congress between Dec. 26, 2023, and Jan. 31, 2024, to deal with urgent matters. The head of state said earlier this week that “the crisis requires immediate action.” According to the Constitution, during the legislative recess (from Dec. 1 to the last day of February), Congress can only deal with issues specified in the presidential decree calling for extraordinary sessions.
Saturday, December 23rd 2023 - 10:02 UTC
Paraguayan president says he is inspired by Bukele

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña confirmed in an international interview with CNN that he was inspired by his El Salvador colleague Nayib Bukele when launching Operation Veneratio this week, a move to dismantle virtual ownership by the notorious Rotela Clan drug gang of the Tacumbú Penitentiary in Asunción.
Saturday, December 23rd 2023 - 09:58 UTC
Child labor in Brazil goes up under Bolsonaro

According to a study released this week by the statistics bureau IBGE, child labor went up in Brazil between 2019 and 2022 under then-President Jair Bolsonaro, Agencia Brasil reported.
Saturday, December 23rd 2023 - 09:44 UTC
Brazilian Air Force flight to repatriate people from Gaza takes off

A Brazilian Air Force (FAB) KC-30 aircraft (the military version of the Airbus 330-200 passenger airliner), took off from Rio de Janeiro's Galeão Airport to bring back another batch group of nationals of the South American country who lived in the Gaza Strip, Agencia Brasil reported.
Saturday, December 23rd 2023 - 09:35 UTC
Former Colombian soldier enters guilty plea in Moïse's murder trial

Former Colombian soldier Mario Antonio Palacios Palacios has pleaded guilty in a US court to the July 7, 2021, assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, becoming the fifth of 11 defendants to do so in Miami.
Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:37 UTC
No general strike yet against Milei's decree, labor leaders announce

Argentina's General Labor Confederation (CGT) announced a demonstration to be staged next Wednesday before the main Courthouse in Buenos Aires to protest against President Javier Milei's reforms through an emergency decree earlier this week.
Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:20 UTC
Lacalle Pou praises departing Presidential Secretary Delgado

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said Thursday that Álvaro Delgado was a “great management partner” as he left the presidential secretariat to focus on his 2024 bid for the Torre Ejecutiva. He will be replaced by Rodrigo Ferrés
Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:15 UTC
Putin and Maduro highlight importance of multipolar world order

Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela held a telephone conversation Thursday during which they agreed on the need for “a fair multipolar order,” it was reported. They also discussed the territorial dispute with Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo region.
Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:15 UTC
UK Prime Minister committed to defending Falklands' wish to remain British

In his Christmas 2023 Message, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak invites the people of the Falkland Islands to look forward with pride and confidence sure of your determination to shape your own future and remain belonging to the British Family.