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Politics

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Falklands: international observers praise electoral process and civil liberties

    The observers' approach was a “passive task,” explained observer mission chief Alun Davies of Wales. (Pic CPA-UK)

    For the first time, an international team of observers was present in the Falkland Islands during—and prior to—the general election held on December 11, to monitor the entire electoral process. The delegation consisted of seven members from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association of the British Islands and Mediterranean Region (CPA-BIMR), including parliamentarians, electoral analysts and staff from the CPA UK branch.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:18 UTC

    Bolivian Supreme Court CJ mugged while on vacation in Brazil

    “Crime has no borders,” Saucedo insisted

    Bolivia's Supreme Court (TSJ) Chief Justice Romer Saucedo and his family were robbed on Dec. 6 while vacationing in Guarujá, on the coast of São Paulo, Brazil, it was reported this weekend in La Paz.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:14 UTC

    Two dead in Rhode Island university shooting

    Tretta had survived being shot in the abdomen during a 2019 mass shooting at Saugus High School in California

    A shooting on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday left at least two people dead and eight seriously injured, reigniting national fears over gun violence at educational institutions.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:10 UTC

    Surgery recommended for Bolsonaro after ultrasound

    Bolsonaro's lawyers will seek clearance to have the former President transferred to a hospital for the procedures

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been recommended for surgery after an ultrasound conducted on Sunday confirmed he was suffering from two inguinal hernias, his defense team announced.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 09:17 UTC

    Argentine Air Traffic Controllers announce strikes

    Air traffic controllers need between two and three jobs to make ends meet

    The Association of Technicians and Employees of Aeronautical Protection and Security (aTEPSA), the union representing Argentine air traffic controllers, has announced a schedule of national strikes set to disrupt both domestic and international flights in the coming days, following the breakdown of negotiations with the Argentine Air Navigation Company (EANA).

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 09:08 UTC

    Peru grants US troops access next year

    Jerí met with a delegation from the FBI and US security experts in Lima

    Peruvian authorities have officially greenlighted the entry of United States military personnel for the entirety of 2026 to conduct joint training, support, and security assistance exercises with local armed and police forces, it was announced this weekend in Lima.

  • Saturday, December 13th 2025 - 09:43 UTC

    Falkland Islands’ newly elected lawmakers sworn in after landmark election

    The 2025 election resulted in an almost complete renewal of the Assembly, reflecting strong voter dissatisfaction with the outgoing legislature, particularly in Stanley. Photo: Government House

    The newly elected members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly (MLAs) were formally sworn in on Friday during a ceremony at Government House, marking the start of a new four-year legislative term following a highly disruptive general election.

  • Saturday, December 13th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

    Chile headed for pivotal runoff elections

    Political analysts widely view the election as a contest between extremes

    Chileans head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president in a high-stakes runoff that pits the governing leftist coalition against the hard-right opposition. The election is highly polarized and will determine the direction of the country amid growing concerns over security, migration, and economic stagnation.

  • Saturday, December 13th 2025 - 09:31 UTC

    Alckmin says France wants to delay EU-Mercosur FTA

    The world will need to replace aviation kerosene with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), Alckmin also reckoned

    Brazil's Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, stated on Friday that France was attempting to delay the signing of the long-negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).

  • Saturday, December 13th 2025 - 09:19 UTC

    Five-month preemptive arrest for former Bolivian President Arce

    “We haven't left, we're here, we're innocent,” Arce insisted as he was transferred to prison (Pic REUTERS)

    Former Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora has been placed under preemptive arrest at the San Pedro detention facility in La Paz for five months, pending a corruption inquiry regarding the mismanagement of funds intended for indigenous projects when he served as Economy Minister under Evo Morales (2006-2019).