Politics

Friday, December 30th 2022 - 19:44 UTC
Brazil lifts entry ban: Maduro may attend Lula's inauguration

Brazilian authorities have lifted the restrictions banning Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and other high-ranking officials since 2019 from entering the country so that they can attend Sunday's inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, it was published Friday in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette).
Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:51 UTC
Uruguay, a failed Mercosur summit and China's long shadow

Presidential summit meetings of the Mercosur alliance were usually sedate comfortable affairs until Uruguay decided to “open up to the world” under its pro-business President Luis Lacalle Pou.
Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Brazil in mourning over Pelé's death

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro decreed three days of national mourning following the death of football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento -Pelé- Thursday at the age of 82, while preparations are underway for his burial next Tuesday, one day after President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is sworn in.
Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:49 UTC
Uruguayan President's approval drops amid scandals

The approval ratings of Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou fell ten percentage points in two months, hitting an all-time low of 39% since he took office, according to a report from pollsters Equipos Consultores released Thursday.
Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Venezuelan opposition leader Guaidó experiment coming to an end as US interests change

The United States-sponsored experiment with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido is coming to an end. Lawmakers who supported his “interim government” are close to officially dissolve it with a vote on the move now postponed until the new year.
Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:01 UTC
Marina Silva, an active environmentalist and defender of the Amazon is back in Lula da Silva's cabinet

Marina Silva, an active environmentalist, has been appointed Brazil's next environment minister by president elect Lula da Silva. Ms Silva held a similar post in Lula's first government in 2003, but following strong differences stepped down and formed her own political party.
Friday, December 30th 2022 - 01:12 UTC
Bolsonaro followers arrested in coup d'état probe

At least eight raids were carried out Thursday and four followers of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro were arrested for their alleged involvement in a plot to prevent President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from taking office this coming Sunday.
Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 19:37 UTC
Brazil: Lula releases final list of future ministers

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Thursday announced the last 16 names of the people who will join his cabinet after his Jan. 1 inauguration. Lula's third term in office will include a total of 37 ministries.
Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:52 UTC
Uruguayan Senate passes social security reform on to Lower House

Uruguay's Senate Wednesday approved each article in particular of the social security reform bill, which will now go to the Lower House for further deliberation.
Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Brazilian investigators find Bolsonaro committed incitement to crime

Brazil's Federal Police (PF) has found evidence proving that President Jair Bolsonaro might have committed the crime of spreading false information about the Covid-19 pandemic when he linked the use of vaccines to the development of the AIDS virus