Politics

• Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 10:32 UTC

  Torres and Arévalo to clash in Guatemalan runoff

  

  Former First Lady Sandra Torres will take on Congressman Bernardo Arévalo in the Aug. 20 presential runoff in Guatemala following Sunday's elections, according to preliminary data from the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE).

• Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 09:03 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina strengthen alliance

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday said that his country and Argentina have adopted almost 100 actions to “give substance” to joint development between South America's two largest economies, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 08:37 UTC

  Uruguay's Colman becomes new Speaker of Parlasur

  

  Uruguay's Mario Colman Monday became the new Speaker of Mercosur's Parliament (Parlasur), it was reported in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 08:25 UTC

  Mercosur/EU trade accord: Lula describes EU amendments as 'unacceptable”, but will continue talks

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva reiterated his support for the signing of the agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur but expressed his dissatisfaction with the additional terms proposed by the European bloc, calling them “unacceptable.”

• Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 05:06 UTC

  Uruguay's Parliament marks 50th anniversary of civic-military Dictatorship

  

  On a cold and foggy night, the Parliament of Uruguay held a commemorative session on Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of the civic-military dictatorship that took place in the country from 1973 to 1985.

• Monday, June 26th 2023 - 15:52 UTC

  Harold Briley, 1931 to 2023

  

  Tributes have been pouring in for Harold Briley, who passed away in the small hours of 26 June 2023, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with cancer, which he bore bravely.

• Monday, June 26th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

  UK reply to Argentina at OAS, “no dialogue on sovereignty unless the Falkland Islanders wish it”

  

  British Foreign Minister for the Americas and the Caribbean, David Rutley MP gave a statement, on 23 June, to the Organization of America States in response to the Argentine Government's draft declaration on the Falkland Islands:

• Monday, June 26th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

  Falklands Veteran and SAMA cofounder honored with the British Empire Medal

  

  A Falklands War veteran has been awarded a British Empire Medal for his voluntary work to help his fellow veterans. Denzil Connick, 66, from Blackwood, was honored in King Charles III’s first-ever Birthday Honors list.

• Monday, June 26th 2023 - 10:22 UTC

  Bomb threat ruled out in KLM flight arriving in Quito

  

  Ecuadorian police Sunday ruled out a bomb threat on a KLM flight arriving in Quito from Amsterdam, it was reported.

• Monday, June 26th 2023 - 10:04 UTC

  US troops deployed in Peru for joint exercises

  

  Some 87 US Marines are being deployed for the 16-day joint Bilateral Jungle Operations Exchange with the local Navy at the Iquitos Base, it was reported in Lima.