Politics

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  Fernández: Argentina has achieved the “lowest unemployment in decades”

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday released a recorded Labor Day message in which he praised his administration for achieving “the lowest unemployment in decades.” There are also “many provinces having full employment,” he added.

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 09:50 UTC

  Illegal miners gunned down in Yanomami Territory

  

  Brazil's Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change confirmed the death of four miners inside the Yanomami Indigenous Land late on Sunday, April 30, Agencia Brasil reported. They had reacted to a raid by the Federal Highway Police (PRF) and the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama). According to the ministry, during the action, large-caliber weapons were seized.

• Monday, May 1st 2023 - 10:44 UTC

  Colorado Party's Peña wins Paraguayan elections

  

  Santiago Peña of the ruling National Republican Association (ANR), also known as the Colorado Party, won Sunday's elections in Paraguay and will become the South American country's new president on Aug. 15, it was reported in Asunción. Turnout stood at 63.11% despite voting being mandatory.

• Monday, May 1st 2023 - 10:17 UTC

  Falklands Veteran urges PM Sunak to declassify documents of the bombing of Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram

  

  Falklands war Veteran and hero Simon Weston has urged PM Rishi Sunak to declassify documents about the attack that left him disfigured and killed 56 British servicemen. According to a piece published in the Daily Express, Justin Stoneman recalls that when Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram were bombed in 1982 by Argentine jets, it was one of the deadliest days for UK forces since the Second World War.

• Monday, May 1st 2023 - 09:59 UTC

  Venezuela wants to rescue migrants stranded in border between Chile and Peru

  

  Venezuela's Foreign Ministry started talks with its Chilean and Peruvian counterparts to coordinate flights whereby migrants stranded on the border between these two countries can be flown back to Caracas, it was reported.

• Monday, May 1st 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Turkish secret service guns down ISIS leader

  

  Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sunday announced that his country's secret service -known as MIT- had “neutralized” ISIS leader Abu al Husein al Qurashi, in an operation in Syria.

• Monday, May 1st 2023 - 09:50 UTC

  Shooting leaves at least 10 dead in Ecuador

  

  According to the Office of Ecuador's Attorney General, at least ten people were killed and two others were injured in an attack on Saturday evening in Guayaquil.

• Sunday, April 30th 2023 - 18:14 UTC

  Uruguayans flock to Argentina due to the convenient exchange rate

  

  Uruguayan drivers stayed in line for up to 7 kilometers Saturday trying to cross to Argentina for the long Labor Day weekend to capitalize on the favorable exchange rate, it was reported.

• Sunday, April 30th 2023 - 12:08 UTC

  Paraguay chooses new President

  

  Since 7 am local time Sunday (GMT -4), around 4.78 million Paraguayans started voting for the new President, who will take over from Mario Abdo Benítez on Aug. 15, it was reported in Asunción. As per Paraguayan law, there is no runoff, so whoever gets the most votes Sunday, even by the slightest of differences, will be declared the winner.

• Sunday, April 30th 2023 - 10:34 UTC

  DeSantis may remain Fla. Gov. during presidential campaign

  

  The US State of Florida Friday passed an amendment to the current election law which would allow Republican Governor Ron DeSantis to remain in office while running for President next year. As per the previous Florida law, anyone running for another office needed to step down from their current position. The new bill creates an exception for state officials running for President or Vice President.