Politics

• Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 20:51 UTC

  De Moraes votes to convict Bolsonaro in coup case

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes, who acted as case rapporteur, voted on Tuesday in favor of convicting former President Jair Bolsonaro for masterminding the Jan. 8, 2023, coup attempt through popular riots at the headquarters of all three branches of Government.

• Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 20:21 UTC

  Ruto wants UN to manage orderly transition in Haiti as Kenyan forces pull out

  

  Kenyan President William Ruto warned this week that the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) led by his country in Haiti would end next month and called on the UN to guide a “responsible transition.”

• Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 10:53 UTC

  Milei creates committee to weather post-election crisis

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei will form a new national political committee and has called for dialogue with governors nationwide, following Sunday's crushing defeat against Peronism-Kirchnerism in the province of Buenos Aires' midterm federal elections, Spokesman Manuel Adorni announced on Monday.

• Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 10:02 UTC

  Lula da Silva hosts virtual BRICS Summit

  

  High-ranking leaders of BRICS countries discussed on Monday morning how to expand trade mechanisms between the bloc's nations during a multiple conference hosted by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a move to counter Washington's tariff increase.

• Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 09:57 UTC

  Bolivia: Arce faces paternity lawsuit

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora is facing a paternity lawsuit from a former employee of his administration (a former director of the Mining Administrative Jurisdictional Authority - AJAM), who accused him of abandoning her and her child, born in 2024. The case was filed in Cochabamba for the crime of abandonment of a pregnant woman, which carries a penalty of up to three years in prison.

• Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 09:51 UTC

  Argentine-born woman killed in Jerusalem terrorist attack

  

  Argentine-born Sara Mariela Voloj de Mendelson was among the six people killed by Palestinian terrorists on a Jerusalem bus on her way to work on Monday. Voloj, aged 57, was also the only woman to have died in the incident, which also left 13 people wounded.

• Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 09:45 UTC

  Maduro decrees Xmas season starts Oct. 1

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro once again decreed that Christmas celebrations in his country would begin on October 1, he announced on Monday during his TV show. He argued that the early start to the holiday season is meant to “defend happiness” and has been successful for the economy and culture in previous years.

• Tuesday, September 9th 2025 - 09:00 UTC

  French PM loses confidence vote and must resign

  

  French Prime Minister François Bayrou lost a confidence vote in Parliament on Monday and is set to resign shortly, forcing President Emmanuel Macron to weather a new crisis. “In line with Article 50 of the constitution, the prime minister must submit the resignation to his government,” Assembly Speaker Yael Braun-Pivet announced.

• Monday, September 8th 2025 - 19:15 UTC

  Argentina: Dollar jumps after Sunday's midterm elections in BA province

  

  The results of Sunday's midterm elections in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires pushed the US dollar above the AR$1,400 cap, given the poor performance of President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) and, with it, the resurrection of Peronism-Kirchnerism. In addition, Argentine stock abroad fell sharply, coupled with a spike in the country's risk rating.

• Monday, September 8th 2025 - 18:46 UTC

  Trump welcomes new ambassadors from Uruguay and Paraguay

  

  US President Donald Trump welcomed new ambassadors to Washington DC from ten countries, including those from Uruguay and Paraguay.