Politics

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 20:50 UTC

  Lula vows to halt garimpo on Indigenous lands

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Tuesday pledged to halt all illegal gold mining -locally known as garimpo- at Indigenous reserves in the country's northeast if he is elected back into office in October.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 20:44 UTC

  Bolsonaro downplays Armed Forces Viagra scandal

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday downplayed the importance of the alleged scandal regarding the purchase of 35,000 pills of Viagra, a medication used to treat erectile dysfunction.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 20:40 UTC

  Warrant issued for preventive arrest of Peruvian President nephews

  

  A Lima judge has ordered the preventive arrest for 36 months of two nephews of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones as well as of his former aide Bruno Pacheco for their alleged involvement in cases of corruption, it was reported.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 20:30 UTC

  Terrorist who killed British MP gets life in jail

  

  A London Court Wednesday handed down a life imprisonment sentence on convicted terrorist Ali Harbi Ali for the Oct. 16, 2021, murder of British Conservative MP Sir David Amess.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  “Argentina never created conditions for Falkland Islanders to become Argentine citizens”, lawmaker Milei

  

  “Malvinas sovereignty negotiations are going to be very long. it's a complicated issue”, and although a territorial claim, “Argentina never created the conditions for Falkland Islanders to want to become Argentine citizens”, said Javier Milei, an Argentine member of the Lower House who was the sensation of last October's midterm election

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Abdo enacts law eliminating fuel subsidies to Paraguayan brand fuels

  

  Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez Tuesday signed into law the suppression of subsidies to the price of fuel at pumps which helped the state-run Petróleos Paraguayos SA (Petropar) against all competitors.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Sea mines and stranded crews in Black Sea ports, with 100 merchant ships blocked

  

  Sea mines and stranded crews in Black Sea ports is another consequence of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Both Turkey and Romania navies have reported neutralizing sea mines, or rather anchor mines, since they do not float on the surface but rather just beneath it with an anchor supporting the floating device.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Brazil moves towards permanent joint police force with Paraguay

  

  Brazil and Paraguay have agreed to bolster their efforts against organized crime after Justice and Public Security Minister Anderson Torres visited his colleagues in Asunciuón Tuesday.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Latin America’s New Pink Tide? Or three brands of “Left” regimes

  

  By Jorge G. Castañeda (*) – Like the wave of leftist victories in the early 2000s following Hugo Chávez’s rise to power in Venezuela (1999-2013), the success of left-wing leaders across Latin America in recent years has been interpreted as a broader political paradigm shift. But these leaders’ substantive differences are more significant than their similarities.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 04:31 UTC

  NY Lt. Gov. resigns due to involvement in campaign finance scheme

  

  Brian Benjamin Tuesday evening resigned his position of Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York, after he was indicted for allegedly attempting to trade a state grant for campaign contributions.