Politics

Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:11 UTC
A backward Church or an ideologically combative and confused Pope?

By Gwynne Dyer – Javier Milei, who is very likely to be elected president of Argentina in the October election, is fairly frank in his view of Pope Francis, a fellow Argentine. He calls Francis “a Communist turd” and “the representative of the Evil One on Earth”. Even for a ranter like Milei, who ranks very high on the Trump scale of invective, that’s rare praise.
Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
Chancellor Olaf Scholz attempts some German humor

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz released a photo of himself wearing an eye patch on Monday after he fell while jogging. Scholz, an avid jogger, sustained bruises and grazes to the right side of his face.
Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 09:40 UTC
Peru: Shining Path attack results in 6 people killed

Four Peruvian troops and two members of the Shining Path terrorist group were killed in a gunfight in the department of Ayacucho where a law enforcement patrol was performing “territorial control actions,” it was reported from Lima by the Joint Command of the Armed Forces. Remnants of the Maoist rebel group once focused on overthrowing the government have turned to drug trafficking.
Monday, September 4th 2023 - 11:35 UTC
Argentina: Leftwing terrorism victims' event sparks reaction from human rights groups

Human rights organizations in Argentina Sunday expressed their rejection of Libertarian Congresswoman and Vice-Presidential candidate Victoria Villarruel offering a “tribute” on Monday to the victims of terrorism in the 1970s at the Buenos Aires City Legislature.
Monday, September 4th 2023 - 07:38 UTC
Brexit tariffs, not the EU’s Malvinas blunder, are the real issue worrying Falkland Islanders

Boris Johnson’s deal made no provision for exports from the UK overseas territories

By Teslyn Barkman (*) – In July, a joint communiqué signed in Brussels by 60 European Union and Latin American nations referred to the Falkland Islands as the “Islas Malvinas” despite last-minute attempts by UK foreign secretary James Cleverly to persuade them to drop the reference.
Monday, September 4th 2023 - 07:17 UTC
Sky Airlines announces return to Uruguay

Uruguayan Tourism Minister Tabaré Viera welcomed the return of budget carrier Sky Airlines to the country, connecting Montevideo's Carrasco International Airport with Santiago (Chile), Lima (Peru), Salvador, and Florianópolis (Brazil) with direct services, starting in 2024.
Saturday, September 2nd 2023 - 10:55 UTC
Guatemalan President-elect says there is a coup in the making

Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo de León Friday said there was “a coup d'état in progress” in his country, with many organizations wanting to “break the constitutional order and violate democracy” by attacking him and his Semilla Movement party.
Saturday, September 2nd 2023 - 10:22 UTC
Brazil: Lula to undergo femur surgery

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva explained Friday that he will be undergoing surgery later this month to correct his femur problems.
Saturday, September 2nd 2023 - 10:00 UTC
UN reports nearly 2,500 people killed in Haiti this year

Around 2,500 people have died in Haiti this year while 1,000 have been injured and nearly 970 have been kidnapped, according to a statement from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released this week.
Friday, September 1st 2023 - 10:35 UTC
Argentina's PASO elections: Milei's victory narrower than thought

Libertarian contender Javier Milei's victory in the Aug. 13 Mandatory, Open, and Simultaneous Primary (PASO) elections in Argentina was not as appalling as it seemed, it was reported Thursday in Buenos Aires after the final vote count was released.