Politics

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Truckers support Bolsonaro, block many roads all across Brazil

  

  Brazilian lorry drivers were placing their vehicles to block the country's main roads in the sign of protest as well as in support of President Jair Bolsonaro after Tuesday's speeches during the Independence Day celebrations.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 09:24 UTC

  Ecuador and IMF reach agreement for disbursement of frozen US$ 6bn funds

  

  Ecuador and the International Monetary Fund, IMF, finally reached a technical agreement involving 6 billion US dollars, according to the country's economy minister Simon Cueva. The accord must still be approved by the IMF governing board but will unblock “international funds”, which have been frozen for months.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Leading dissident arrested following a letter calling on UN official to check human rights in Cuba

  

  Cuban opponent and Sarajov Human Rights Prize from the European Parliament, Guillermo Fariñas was picked up by security forces on Wednesday at his home in the city of Santa Clara, with no information of the reason for his arrest or where he is being held.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Maduro's front man to be extradited to the United States; Venezuela complains of an arbitrary ruling

  

  The Constitutional Tribunal from Cape Verde ruled this week that Colombian businessman Alex Saab considered a front man for Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro can be extradited to the United States, where he faces charges of corruption and money laundering.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Mapuche community to enclose ancestral lands and claim right to decide who goes through exclusive club in the area

  

  Members of a Mapuche community have announced Wednesday they would control who goes through a piece of land they claim to be their own.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  STF Chief Justice vows to defend Brazil's highest court against any attack

  

  Brazil's Federal Superior Court (STF) Chief Justice Luiz Fux Wednesday replied to President Jair Bolsonaro's comments from Tuesday's Independence Day celebrations saying that disrespecting the Judiciary's decisions were a crime of responsibility that must be analyzed by Congress.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 08:25 UTC

  Haiti Government releases draft of new Constitution

  

  Haiti's provisional Government Wednesday released a draft of a new Constitution through which the country will try to recover from the political instability left by the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguay brokers one-on-one free trade deal with China hoping it will not affect Mercosur

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday announced his country had begun negotiations with China to reach a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which has been regarded as the beginning of the end of Mercosur.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Bolsonaro speaks against STF Judge De Moraes during Brazil's Independence Day celebrations

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro insisted on his verbal onslaught against the Federal Supreme Court (STF) during Tuesday's politically motivated celebrations of National Independence Day.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Opposition also stage demonstrations against Bolsonaro in Brazil: law scholars say President should be impeached

  

  Brazilian opposition supporters convened Tuesday to stage their rallies across at least some 160 cities nationwide and express their dislike for President's Jair Bolsonaro's Independence Day celebrations in Brasilia and Sao Paulo.