Politics

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Messi's native town not a safe place to live

  

  By Mordechai Taji – Rosario Central, a traditional football club in the city where Lionel Messi was born on June 24, 1987, has had trouble getting ready for the upcoming Professional League tournament starting this weekend when many players refused to relocate citing growing insecurity.

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  Brazil records highest number of deaths of trans people in the world

  

  In 2022, 131 trans and transvestite people were murdered all across Brazil, making it the country with the most deaths of people of this community for the 14th consecutive year, Agencia Brasil reported. In addition to the 131 killings, other 20 people took their own lives due to discrimination and prejudice.

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 10:16 UTC

  Cartes and Velázquez have ties to Hezbollah, US gov't says

  

  Former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes and current Vice President Hugo Velázquez have ties to the terrorist group Hezbollah, US Ambassador to Asunción Marc Ostfield said Thursday during a press conference.

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

  Petrobras has a new CEO; company shares drop awaiting fuels prices policy

  

  Former Senator and energy consultant, Jean Paul Prates is Brazil's oil giant Petrobras new Chief Executive, marking a clear difference from the previous administration rapidly reflected in the Sao Paulo stock exchange where company shares dropped more than 3% on Thursday

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Argentine President to meet with German Chancellor

  

  Alberto Fernández will have a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Saturday. The European leader is on a South American tour which also includes Chile and Brazil.

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 09:57 UTC

  Evo declared “persona non grata” by Peru's Congress

  

  Peru's Congress Thursday declared former Bolivian President Evo Morales “persona non grata” by 74 votes in favor, 40 against, and 4 abstentions, for his alleged meddling in internal affairs.

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

  Presidents Lula and Macron discuss democracy and the environment

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Thursday discussed the future of democracy and the current environmental crisis over the telephone with his French colleague Emmanuel Macron in a conversation that lasted more than one hour, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 18:33 UTC

  Massa signs deal with FAO chief Qu Dongyu

  

  Argentina's Superminister of Economy and Production Sergio Massa signed an agreement with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Director General Qu Dongyu during the latter's trip to Buenos Aires for the VII Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) Summit.

• Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 18:06 UTC

  Díaz-Canel visits Maduro on his way back home from Celac Summit

  

  Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Thursday said his meeting the day before with his Venezuelan colleague Nicolás Maduro was highly successful. Díaz-Canel made a stop on his way back from the VII Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) Summit in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

  Peru: Boluarte asks for multinational endorsement to early elections

  

  Peruvian President Dina Boluarte Wednesday asked the international community to endorse the holding of early elections in Peru, which she had already entrusted Congress with devising. She also said every possible solution should be within constitutional boundaries.