Politics

Friday, November 4th 2022 - 10:32 UTC
Boric launches bill to change Chile's pension system

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font has submitted before Congress a bill to end the pension fund administrators system created under dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Friday, November 4th 2022 - 10:22 UTC
Venezuela announces return to Andean Community of Nations

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Thursday announced his administration's plan to rejoin the Andean Community of Nations (CAN), a subject he had discussed earlier this week with his Colombian colleague Gustavo Petro.
Friday, November 4th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Uruguay's advantages for technology development “to attract talent,” Lacalle said

Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday underscored during an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) event in Punta del Este his country's advantages for investments to keep flowing in.
Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 20:41 UTC
At least 53 arrested in violence-torn Ecuador

At least 53 people have been arrested in Ecuador following a wave of drug trafficking attacks Tuesday in the coastal cities of Guayaquil, Durán, and Esmeraldas.
Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 20:37 UTC
Road blockades still active in seven Brazilian States

Brazil's Highway Police reported early Thursday that there were at least 73 roadblocks active in 7 States nationwide, despite President Jair Bolsonaro's message to his followers that the people's right to wander was not to be affected.
Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 10:58 UTC
Bolsonaro followers call for military intervention with cries of “civil resistance” and raised hands

Supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro protested on Wednesday in front of Army barracks in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro to demand military chiefs to prevent the inauguration of the president elected last Sunday in the general elections, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, through a coup d'état.
Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 10:55 UTC
CFK gradually moving back onto center stage

Argentine Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Wednesday met with YPF CEO Pablo González and Chevron executives Clay Neff and Bruce Niemeyer at her Congress office.
Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 10:54 UTC
Bolsonaro urges his followers to clear the roads

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday said he supported the protests but asked his followers to move “elsewhere” because roadblocks did not “seem to me to be part of legitimate demonstrations.”
Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 10:54 UTC
Argentine President says releasing RF leaders covers up the obvious

Argentine President Alberto Fernández lashed out at the Higher Court judges who ordered the release of the four Revolución Federal (RF) rebels who had been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK).
Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 10:53 UTC
Prince Andrew won't be travelling to the Falklands with Princess Anne this month

Prince Andrew may be feeling “riled and upset” following a recent decision, which prevents him from accompanying his sister Princess Anne during her visit to the Falkland Islands, according to a report in the Daily Mail, quoting royal author and journalist Phil Dampier.