Politics

Monday, July 12th 2021 - 08:49 UTC
Magallanes with first elected governor wants to freeze or relocate concessions for news salmon farms

Next Thursday Magallanes Region will be living a historic event, for the first time an elected governor will be taking office in Punta Arenas. Until now it was the central government, Santiago that appointed the official, but since the political and social reforms that emerged from the 2019/20 upheavals including the current assembly to draft a new constitution, things have changed in Chile particularly exposing the fragility of the so-called “Chilean model”. And in Magallanes, an issue outstands, salmon farming in maritime spaces.
Monday, July 12th 2021 - 08:23 UTC
Brazil: São Paulo's elderly unable to cope with inflation, study shows

More than 50% of São Paulo's senior citizens interviewed during a survey have admitted they could not make ends meet.
Monday, July 12th 2021 - 08:05 UTC
Haiti's Senate appoints interim president and fuels domestic disputes

Haiti's Senate has appointed Speaker Joseph Lambert as interim president following the assassination of Jovenel Moïse and denied Acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph was in charge of the country, despite endorsement from the United States and the United Nations.
Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 09:47 UTC
Argentina slowly allows for return of more nationals stranded abroad

After rumours of all kinds, it was announced Friday that Argentina would gradually increase the number of travellers who may come back to the country through the Ezeiza international airport in Buenos Aires.
Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 09:15 UTC
Argentine Economy Minister wants common tax on multinational companies higher than 15%

Argentina's Economy Minister Martín Guzmán Friday requested that a global tax to be applied to multinational companies was higher than the 15% put forward by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 08:31 UTC
Fernández hosts Argentine Independence Day ceremony at historic Tucumán house amid protests

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday headed the celebrations marking the 205th anniversary of the country's Declaration of Independence. From the historic house in the Argentine province of Tucumán, where dignitaries of the provinces signed the declaration in 1816, Fernández said Argentines were “close to the tomorrow we want,” in a message posted on social media.
Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 08:25 UTC
Bolsonaro calls judge opposing printed ballots “an idiot”

One day after saying he could not care less -but with a harsher vocabulary- about the Senatorial Committee (CPI) investigating his management of the coronavirus pandemic, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Justice Luís Roberto Barroso “an idiot.”
Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 08:11 UTC
Rural producers stage protest against Argentine government policies

A massive demonstration by Argentine rural producers convened Friday in the town of San Nicolás de Los Arroyos in the province of Buenos Aires to celebrate Independence Day and express their disapproval of the policies undertaken by the administration of President Alberto Fernández.
Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 08:00 UTC
Paraguayan President off to Miami, his sister in law among the Champlain Tower dead

Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez Friday announced he would be traveling to Miami in the United States after the bodies of close relatives of his wife were retrieved from the ruins of the Surfside Champlain Towers which collapsed in June.
Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 07:53 UTC
Fourth case of Delta variant in Brazilian state of Paraná concerns Paraguayan authorities

Paraguayan authorities Friday voiced their concern over the appearance of four cases of the coronavirus Delta variant in the Brazilian neighboring State of Parana due to the daily crossing of people through the Friendship Bridge linking Foz do Iguazu with Ciudad del Este.