Politics

Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 19:33 UTC
Uruguay: Senate agreed in general to social security reform

Uruguay's Senate Tuesday issued a broad approval to the social security reform bill, leaving the details to be reviewed Wednesday, it was reported in Montevideo.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 19:04 UTC
Bolsonaro to skip Lula's inauguration?

Contradicting press reports are piling up in Brasilia as to the future of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes office on Jan. 1.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 18:09 UTC
Benedict XVI seriously ill

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is “very ill” and Pope Francis has asked for prayers for his predecessor, it was reported Wednesday in Vatican City.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 10:57 UTC
CFK insists there is a proscription on her running for office

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) insisted there was “neither resignation nor self-exclusion” on her part because “here there is proscription,” which is why she claimed she would not be running for any office in 2023.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 10:05 UTC
US Supreme Court appeals to 1944 law to expel asylum seekers at border

The United States Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a pandemic-era health measure used to limit immigration will say in place indefinitely. The restriction, known as Title 42, has been used by officials to expel asylum seekers. In all, it has been deployed some 2.5 million times and turned away many more at the border.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Putin bans sale of oil to countries that abide the US$ 60 cap on Russian crude

President Vladimir Putin announced Russia was banning the supply of Russian oil and oil products to countries that impose a price cap, allowing deliveries to those nations only on the basis of a special permission from the Kremlin leader.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 08:38 UTC
Tebet to head Brazil's future Planning Ministry

Former Presidential candidate and Senator Simone Tebet, who endorsed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the Oct. 30 runoff against the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, has reportedly accepted to become Brazil's next Planning Ministry, according to press reports published Tuesday in Brasilia. The official announcement is to be made Wednesday.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 08:29 UTC
Massa among world's top economy personalities of 2022, says Folha

Argentina's Sergio Massa has been named among the 10 most influential people of the year in the economic and financial world by the leading Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo. The list also includes Elon Musk, Jerome Powell, Bernard Arnault, and Christine Lagarde.
Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 19:41 UTC
No casualties in private boat fire off Buenos Aires

All three occupants of a boat that caught fire Tuesday morning off Buenos Aires were rescued alive and in good condition, the Argentine Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval Argentina - PNA) reported.
Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 19:24 UTC
Brazil makes large payments to international organizations

Brazil has paid off “almost all” of its debts with international bodies such as the United Nations (UN) and the International Labor Organization (ILO), the South American country's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.