Politics

• Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 09:47 UTC

  UN delegate busy fighting corruption in Asunción

  

  The regional representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for the Andean Region and the Southern Cone (Undoc), Candice Welsch, has had a busy agenda in Asunción. She held separate meetings with US Ambassador Marc Ostfield and also with the Paraguayan Secretariat for the Prevention of Money Laundering (Seprelad). In both encounters, corruption and money laundering were the main topics.

• Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 09:42 UTC

  PM Rishi Sunak has created four new departments in the areas of Energy Science, Trade and Culture

  

  To ensure the whole of the UK government is geared up to deliver for the British people, the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, with the approval of His Majesty The King, has created four new departments.
  The changes will ensure the right skills and teams are focused on the Prime Minister’s five promises: to halve inflation, grow the economy, reduce debt, cut waiting lists and stop the boats

• Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 23:46 UTC

  Crisis in Uruguayan Police after Lacalle Pou dismissed the entire leadership amid corruption cases

  

  The removal of the police leadership by order of the President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, generated the biggest crisis in this force so far in this government. The head of state replaced the National Police Director, Diego Fernández, and the Executive Subdirector of Police, Jorge Berriel, it was reported late Tuesday.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 19:55 UTC

  British business sizes up global trade wins as Malaysia and Chile join Indo-Pacific bloc

  

  Malaysia and Chile have officially joined the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), meaning British businesses will get better access and lower tariffs in the Malaysian and Chilean markets when the UK joins the dynamic trade bloc.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 17:25 UTC

  Brazilian minister denies single currency: no death sentence for the Real

  

  Argentina and Brazil are looking at ways to stimulate bilateral trade and investments but not eliminate their own currencies, according to Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, who played down the idea of a single shared currency between the two Mercosur partners.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 15:57 UTC

  The Falkland Islands take over Presidency of the UK Overseas Territories Association

  

  Today, at the AGM of UK Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA), the Falkland Islands were elected to the Presidency of UKOTA, replacing the Turks and Caicos Islands who held the Presidency for the last year.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 09:49 UTC

  Montevideo safer for cruise passengers

  

  Around 100,000 passengers have been reported to have visited Montevideo so far this season on some 60 cruise ships, according to local authorities. Montevideo Police Chief Mario D'Elia said that the so-called “Blue Summer” operation in the Uruguayan capital's Old City has been going as planned.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 09:45 UTC

  UN warns 4.3 million girls at risk of genital mutilation

  

  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Tuesday warned that some 4.3 million girls worldwide were at risk of being subjected to a Female Genital Mutilation procedure and insisted that eliminating such a practice should be likened to other goals mankind needs to attain by 2030.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 08:20 UTC

  Argentina: Manzur resigning as Cabinet Chief next week

  

  Argentine's Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur is to leave his post sometime next week, President Alberto Fernàndez announced during an event in Tafí Viejo, in the province of Tucumán, where Manzur is Governor, albeit on unpaid leave.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 08:06 UTC

  Online child porn more sophisticated, researchers at Brazilian NGO warn

  

  A Brazilian non-government organization (NGO) Tuesday said it had documented over 111,000 cybercrimes against children in 2022, Agencia Brasil reported. The announcement was made on the occasion of the Feb. 7 Safe Internet Day, which was celebrated for the 15th time in the South American country and 20th globally.