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Politics

  • Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

    Stockholm will try to lift Turkey's objection to Sweden's NATO membership

    Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said abandoning decades of political neutrality was a direct result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

    NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has said that Sweden and Finland's applications to join the alliance will be fast-tracked. Explaining the decision behind her country's intention to become a member, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said abandoning decades of political neutrality was a direct result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

  • Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

    Colombians “undecided” are the third strongest 'party' for 29 May presidential election

    Gustavo Petro, former mayor of Bogotá has a national vote intention of 36,64%

    With less than two weeks to the first round, 29 May, of the Colombian presidency election, the undecided voters have become decisive for the outcome according to the latest opinion poll by T&SE, Technology and Electoral Services, with data collected between 23 April and 8 May, interviewing 8,000 people across the country.

  • Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

    Macron picks France's Prime Minister

    The French president had said he wanted a woman with left-wing and environmental credentials to lead the government

    French President Emmanuel Macron Monday announced he had picked Elisabeth Borne as the country's new Prime Minister following Jean Castex's resignation.

  • Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

    ELN announces ceasefire so that Colombians may vote in peace

    “A peace process with the ELN is the best opportunity to address priority issues,” the rebel group said

    Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas Monday announced they would enforce a ceasefire during the upcoming presidential elections, in what has been perceived as a step towards peace talks with the future administration.

  • Monday, May 16th 2022 - 20:34 UTC

    Separate shootings rock US during the weekend

    “We've seen enough of this,” Gov. Hochul said.

    The United States was shaken this past weekend by various shooting sprees nationwide. On Saturday, ten people were killed in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and three others were injured and on Sunday similar events in California and Texas, have left at least three more people dead.

  • Monday, May 16th 2022 - 18:10 UTC

    Bolsonaro insists Argentina and Chile might end up like Cuba

    Bolsonaro also stress all ministers had “carte blanche” to do whatever they saw best for the population

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday insisted on social media that he feared Argentina and Chile were following the paths of Venezuela and Cuba because although Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez were already dead, the “consequences of communism” remained.

  • Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

    Uruguay is Paraguay's gateway to the world, both Presidents agree

    Abdo awarded Lacalle the highest distinction possible

    Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez Sunday stressed his country needed Uruguay's help to secure a sovereign presence to have a way out to the sea so that its exports can reach the world and that Montevideo “has always been a port of exit.”

  • Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

    Milei: “I will not apologize for having a penis”

    “I don't have to feel ashamed of being a man, white, blond with light blue eyes,” he added

    Argentine Congressman Javier Milei Saturday announced that if he is elected President next year one of his first measures would be to suppress the Ministry of Women (officially known as “Ministry of Women, Gender, and Diversity”).

  • Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

    Shaky weekend as Santiago mourned slain reporter

    “Francisca did not leave us. They killed her,” wrote Señal 3, the outlet she worked for

    Riots rocked the Chilean capital city of Santiago as protesters demanded justice for slain reporter Francisca Sandoval, who died recently after being fatally shot while covering the May 1 Labor Day demonstrations.

  • Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

    Murdered Paraguayan Prosecutor laid to rest

    Former Judge Francisco Pecci said drug traffickers murdered my son “for doing his job well”

    Paraguayan anti-drug and organized crime Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, who was murdered in cold blood last week while honeymooning in an exclusive beach resort in Colombia, was laid to rest at Asunción's Recoleta Cemetery Sunday.