Politics

Monday, October 25th 2021 - 09:19 UTC
Cuban July protester gets 10-year jail sentence

A Cuban court has sentenced Roberto Pérez Fonseca to 10 years imprisonment for allegedly attacking police officers “with stones and bottles,” during the July 11-12 nationwide demonstrations, it was reported Saturday.
Monday, October 25th 2021 - 08:54 UTC
Colombian forces arrest most wanted drug trafficker Otoniel

Colombian authorities have arrested Dairo Antonio Úsuga David in a military operation on the El Yoki hill, located in the San Pablo de Necoclí village (Antioquia), it was reported during the weekend.
Monday, October 25th 2021 - 08:45 UTC
Old landmines kill six in Senegal

Six people were killed in Senegal by an old landmine in the Casamance region, the local mayor said Saturday. President Macky Sall offered his condolences to the families of the victims in a statement posted on Twitter. A spokesperson for the education minister, also said two of the victims had been primary school age.
Monday, October 25th 2021 - 08:39 UTC
Unprecedented consensus in Chile against newspaper article marking 75th anniversary of Göring's death

Chile's Jewish community, Germany's Embassy in Santiago and the entire country's political spectrum Sunday agreed to condemn an article carried by the large-circulation daily El Mercurio reviewing the life of convicted Nazi leader Hermann Göring.
Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Brazilian financial markets get shaky after Bolsonaro insists on increasing social spending

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Friday insisted he would not take any adventurous steps as he expressed his full support for Economy Minister Paulo Guedes amidst a rocking financial market.
Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:34 UTC
Brazil's Guedes pushing for higher interest rates to contain inflation

Brazilian orthodox Economy minister Paulo Guedes has not resigned and has no intention of resigning despite the fact he will have to live with the exceptional expenditure of some 45bn Reais, as part of the Auxilio Brazil support program for vulnerable families and president Jair Bolsonaro's 2022 reelection plan.
Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:32 UTC
In Tierra del Fuego, 39% of the population are below the poverty line

Some 39% of the population from the province of Tierra del Fuego are below the poverty line according to the latest numbers from the first half of this year and released by the Argentine official stats office, Indec.
Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Falkland Islands trade with the European Union and Rules of Origin

The Falkland Islands government has released the following, ”Falkland Islands are not deemed part of the European Single Market. However, under the current OAD, the Islands have:
Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:16 UTC
Argentina's national gov't sets guidelines for dealing with Mapuche conflict locally

Argentina's Security Minister Aníbal Fernández Friday said people who believed the Mapuche conflict was to be solved the way General Julio Roca did in the late 1800s were wrong.
Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:13 UTC
Blinken says the US has plans to curb Amazon deforestation

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Thursday announced while on an official trip to Colombia that his country would launch a regional pact to reduce deforestation throughout the Amazon