Politics

• Monday, August 14th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Falklands: Financial Secretary resigns; by election candidates have until 22 August for nomination papers

  

  The Falkland Islands Financial Secretary Tracey Prior has handed in her resignation, reports the Penguin News. Her resignation is due to personal reasons, confirmed FIG to when contacted by the paper on Wednesday. This is to enable her to spend more time with her young family, and recruitment for her role will be underway in due course said FIG Head of Communications Sally Heathman.

• Monday, August 14th 2023 - 09:42 UTC

  Chilean president and government ratings continue to slide

  

  Chile's Cadem pollster revealed that the approval rating of President Gabriel Boric has continued to slide and now stands at 28%, while disapproval of his government is up another two points and has reached 66%.

• Monday, August 14th 2023 - 09:00 UTC

  14 August is Falklands Day, commemorates first sighting of the Islands in 1592

  

  14 August is Falklands Day and commemorates the first sighting of the Falkland Islands on that day in 1592 by the English navigator and explorer, John Davis, on board his 120-ton vessel 'Desire'.  Davis (1550-1605) was one of the principal navigators under Queen Elizabeth I.  

• Sunday, August 13th 2023 - 19:53 UTC

  Slain candidate's party picks successor for Ecuador's elections

  

  Ecuador's Movimiento Construye of slain presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio announced Saturday that his former running mate Andrea González Náder will pick up his baton for the Aug. 20 elections. Villavicencio, 59, was shot dead on Aug. 9 as he was leaving a rally in Quito after receiving threats from drug traffickers.

• Sunday, August 13th 2023 - 19:47 UTC

  Peruvian prosecutor files new charges against Castillo

  

  Peru's Public Prosecutor's Office has filed new charges against former President Pedro Castillo Terrones for the alleged crimes of abuse of authority and passive bribery, among others, it was reported in Lima during the weekend.

• Sunday, August 13th 2023 - 10:37 UTC

  Argentina holding primary elections leading up to Dec. 10 Casa Rosada changeover

  

  A total of 27 tickets have been competing since 8 am local time Sunday in Argentina's Open, Mandatory, and Simultaneous Primary (PASO) elections to decide who may run on Oct. 22 for the Casa Rosada's 2023-2027 term.

• Saturday, August 12th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

  Chile's Social Development Minister resigns amid scandal

  

  Giorgio Jackson, of President Gabriel Boric Fnt's Democratic Revolution (RD) party, Friday turned in his resignation as Social Development Minister following his involvement in a corruption scandal splashing several cabinet members and even the head of state, it was reported in Santiago.

• Saturday, August 12th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Legionella forces the removal of UK asylum seekers from Bibby Stockholm barge

  

  Frustration for 10 Downing Street migrant policy. The United Kingdom was forced to remove migrants from the barge where they were being held after Legionella bacteria was found in the water supply, the government said on Friday.

• Saturday, August 12th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

  Brazilian gov't launches third version of PAC

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government announced federal funds in the amount of R$ 371 billion (US$ 75.62 billion) over four years for the creation of roads, railways, ports, and airports in what is known as the New Growth Acceleration Plan (New PAC), which is a re-edition of an initiative undertaken during his second term in office and in the early stages of the Dilma Rousseff administration.

• Friday, August 11th 2023 - 12:36 UTC

  FBI's help requested in Ecuadorian candidate's murder probe

  

  Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso Thursday asked the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to support his country in the investigation of Wednesday's murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, it was reported in Quito. An FBI team is due in Ecuador shortly, Lasso said.