Politics

Monday, September 26th 2022 - 10:14 UTC
ARA Libertad held off Buenos Aires due to port workers' strike

Argentina Navy's training vessel ARA Libertad (Q2) was held off Buenos Aires for several hours after a 5-month trip due to a union strike by port workers.
Monday, September 26th 2022 - 10:12 UTC
Mexico/US border migrants' record arrests; mostly from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua

New figures from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), indicate that 2.15 million migrants were detained at the US/Mexico border over the past year, a 24% increase, but with a drastic change in the origin of the new migrants, since the fastest growing number are from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.
Monday, September 26th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Chile appoints interim Joint Chief of Staff

Chile's Defense Minister Maya Fernández is to appear before Congress Tuesday to brief lawmakers on the scandal involving the leak of confidential emails among high-ranking military officers.
Saturday, September 24th 2022 - 10:43 UTC
CFK links her corruption trial to the murder attempt against her

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Friday told the court judging her for alleged corruption in the awarding of public bids to build roads while she was President (2008-15), that the case under treatment was linked to her assassination attempt earlier this month.
Saturday, September 24th 2022 - 10:08 UTC
Uruguayan President still highly approved of, but...

Halfway through his presidency, Uruguayan leader Luis Lacalle Pou continues to have a 47% approval rating, according to a survey by pollsters Equipos Consultores released Friday in Montevideo
Saturday, September 24th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Bolsonaro reminds voters next president will have 2 STF vacancies to fill

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday pledged to appoint anti-abortion judges in case he wins next month's elections for which opposition candidate Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva is reportedly the favorite, according to all polls.
Saturday, September 24th 2022 - 09:29 UTC
Argentina limits door-to-door purchases abroad

Argentina's Federal Administration of Public Revenues (AFIP) tax bureau has lowered the cap from US$ 3,000 to US$ 1,000 on door-to-door online purchases effective Sept. 23, in a move to curb foreign currency expenditures that drain the Central Bank's reserves.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 19:20 UTC
Residents in Russian-held territories vote between staying Russian or going back under Kyiv

Residents in the eastern Ukrainian republics of Donetsk and Lugansk in the Donbas regions and in other parts of Russian-controlled territories began voting Friday in a referendum with which Moscow seeks to legitimize the military deployment in the area since February.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 19:13 UTC
Chile's top general resigns over intel leak

Chilean General Guillermo Paiva Hernández has resigned as head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (EMCO) following the leaking of classified information to the press which went viral Thursday
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 18:12 UTC
Uruguayan authorities tackle arsenic in drinking water

Uruguayan authorities are reviewing their options to tackle the presence of arsenic in faucet water in various towns nationwide, it was reported this week.