Politics

Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 14:00 UTC
World leaders praise Gorbachev for making the world safer and giving freedom to millions

United States, United Kingdom, Germany, UN, EU, France, paid homage to the former leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at the age of 91. Praise flowed to the memory of the man who helped achieve a peaceful end to the almost half century Cold War.
Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Nicaraguan regime releases pictures of political prisoners

The Nicaraguan regime of Daniel Ortega has been criticized Wednesday by human rights organizations after pictures of the country's political prisoners were released.
Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 09:57 UTC
Price of gasoline at pumps drops slightly in Uruguay

Uruguayan authorities have announced a UY$ 3 (US$ 0.074) reduction in the price of gasoline at pumps effective Thursday. Energy Minister Omar Paganini also explained the price of supergas (cooking gas) and diesel fuel would remain unchanged.
Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 09:43 UTC
Venezuelan teachers and senior citizens stage yet another protest

A group of pensioners and teachers marched Wednesday again through the streets of Caracas to protest against their meager income and to demand the payment of overdue adjustments and bonuses agreed upon through collective bargaining with President Nicolás Maduro's administration.
Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Bachelet's last report critical of China regarding Uighurs

Former two-time Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Wednesday filed a report on China's “Crimes against humanity” on her last day as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) as she left her office to a standing ovation.
Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 19:15 UTC
LGBTIQ+ political party seeking registration in Venezuela

Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) has received a petition to record the name of the first-ever LGBTIQ+ community party, it was reported in Caracas.
Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 19:09 UTC
New British PM to be appointed at Balmoral Castle

According to a Buckingham Palace announcement released Wednesday, Queen Elizabeth II will for the first time in her historic 70-year reign appoint the new prime minister at Balmoral, in Scotland, due to mobility issues affecting the monarch.
Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 10:15 UTC
Paraguay: Chilavert's conviction upheld

A Paraguayan Criminal Court of Appeals in Asunción Tuesday upheld the one-year suspended jail sentence against former international goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert.
Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Argentine minister Cafiero collects more “ignorant” expletives

Lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, openly replied to Argentine foreign minister Santiago Cafiero, who had called him ignorant after Bolsonaro Jr criticized the judicial situation of Argentine vice-president Cristina Fernandez for whom federal prosecution is requesting twelve years of imprisonment on charges of corruption and benefitting with public works distribution.
Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 09:47 UTC
Republican Governor lands in Taiwan in yet another chafing mission for Beijing

Arizona's Republican Governor Doug Ducey Tuesday landed in Taipei in yet another US delegation trip enraging Beijing over direct ties between sovereign countries and the island the Asian giant deems a rogue province.