Politics

• Wednesday, September 20th 2023 - 08:17 UTC

  Tories handing out cost of living winter support for millions of low income British households

  

  Millions of low-income British households will receive the next installment of cost-of-living payments between 31 October and 19 November. Eight million people on means-tested benefits, such as Universal Credit, will receive £300 directly, without the need to make a claim. It is the second of three installments that will eventually total £900.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2023 - 08:05 UTC

  Tension between Argentina and Paraguay on the rise

  

  Tension between Argentina and Paraguay is on the rise after Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa argued that his country had paid for the construction of the Yacyretá Dam between the 1980s and 1990s and was still owed “billions of dollars” for it.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2023 - 07:25 UTC

  Falklands celebrates Chilean independence with local community

  

  Falklands' Government House hosted a big reception on the evening of Monday 18 September, to congratulate and celebrate with the Chilean community their country's National Day.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Argentine President asks UN Chief to insist of UK on Islands issue

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández asked United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres to “renew the good offices efforts” with the United Kingdom regarding the Malvinas/Falklands question, it was reported in New York.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 09:44 UTC

  Paraguayan forensic psychologist causes uproar with swastika tattoo

  

  The swastika tattoo on the forearm of Paraguayan Forensic Psychologist Juan Vicente Martínez Miranda failed to go unnoticed during a TV interview and sparked an uproar Monday in the South American country since the specialist works for the national Judiciary.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 09:38 UTC

  Advisor to Uruguay's Interior Minister resigns amid sex scandal

  

  An advisor to Uruguay's Interior Minister Luis Alberto Heber Monday turned in his resignation amid a sexual harassment scandal that rocked Montevideo's political circles.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 08:19 UTC

  Grim future ahead for CFK

  

  Chaco Governor Jorge Milton Capitanich's failure in his reelection bid has triggered a series of setbacks for Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, whose aura is beginning to wane, marking the end of Kirchnerism as the main line within Peronism.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 08:09 UTC

  Does Chaco's result herald the demise of Kirchnerism?

  

  Last Sunday's results in the gubernatorial elections in the Argentine province of Chaco seem to be heralding new winds of change, as the demise of Peronism and its most recent version -Kirchnerism- appear to be on their way out, according to political analysts in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

  Washington's help called for in Paraná Waterway crisis

  

  With too much negotiating and no solution on the radar, the US-Paraguayan Chamber of Commerce (Usapacc) has asked President Joseph Biden's administration to get involved in the brokering of an answer to Argentina's decision to charge tolls to barges sailing through the Paraná River Waterway.

• Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

  Relatives of Argentine squad fallen during Falklands War return from humanitarian trip

  

  Relatives of Argentine combatants of the Alacran squad fallen in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict returned Saturday after visiting the graves of their loved ones following the Second Humanitarian Project Plan (PPH2) agreed with the United Kingdom and the International Committee of the Red Cross work which gave proper names to what was previously labeled under the generic “soldiers known only to God.”