Politics

• Friday, February 17th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Machu Picchu reopened after closure for security reasons

  

  Peruvian authorities reopened the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu Wednesday following 25 days of closure as a result of mounting violence since the impeachment of Pedro Castillo Terrones and the ensuing protests demanding President Dina Boluarte's resignation and fresh elections, among other measures.

• Friday, February 17th 2023 - 09:43 UTC

  Nicaragua bans yet another 25 NGOs

  

  The Government of Nicaragua Wednesday banned yet another 25 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) including two from the United States, bringing the total list of such entities to have suffered the same fate under the Daniel Ortega regime to 3,248 since popular unrest broke out in April 2018.

• Friday, February 17th 2023 - 09:06 UTC

  Amount of US contribution to Amazon Fund to be announced shortly

  

  The US administration of President Joseph Biden is to define in the next few weeks its contribution to Brazil's Amazon Fund, according to Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley.

• Friday, February 17th 2023 - 08:05 UTC

  Massa holds meeting with Indian Ambassador in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa Thursday met with India's Ambassador to Buenos Aires Dinesh Bhatia to discuss the South American country's participation in the G-20 economic meeting and move forward in the use of local currencies for bilateral trade.

• Friday, February 17th 2023 - 07:00 UTC

  Falklands: PICTO 21 group told to expect no help from FIG or MLAs

  

  The so-called PICTO 21 group of Argentine visitors to the Falkland Islands looking for an accounting approach with which to measure ”the economic impact of the illegal occupation ... by the British government” will have no assistance from the local Legislative Assembly, it was announced.

• Friday, February 17th 2023 - 06:50 UTC

  Uruguayan plane crashlands in Argentina, both occupants survive

  

  Both occupants of an Uruguayan single-engined Cessna C-208 Caravan Cargo plane that made an emergency landing in the Argentine town of Berisso escaped with just minor injuries, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 21:06 UTC

  Final reminder of the Falkland Islands Status Amendments 2022

  

  In September 2022 the Legislative Assembly approved amendments to the Falkland Islands Status Ordinance 1998. The amended Ordinance narrows the definition of a “qualified person” (which at the moment includes a Commonwealth citizen), limiting the definition to include a British citizen, a British Overseas Territory citizen or a British Overseas citizen.

• Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 11:44 UTC

  Unicef says Brazil has 32mn children and adolescents in poverty

  

  According to the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), 63% of Brazil's boys and girls live in poverty, which is tantamount to around 32 million children and adolescents, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 11:13 UTC

  Rossi sworn in as Argentina's new Cabinet Chief

  

  Former Defense Minister and Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI) head Agustín Rossi were sworn in Wednesday as Argentina's new Cabinet Chief following the resignation of Juan Manzur, who returned to Tucumán provincial politics.

• Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 10:57 UTC

  Former Uruguayan President's Chief Bodyguard convicted

  

  Former Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou's chief bodyguard Alejandro Astesiano has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison after a plea deal with the prosecution who investigated him for corruption in a case involving the issuance of passports to Russian nationals.