Politics

• Friday, May 14th 2021 - 08:44 UTC

  Colombian Government ready to negotiate but protests must first stop

  

  The Colombian government of President Iván Duque Thursday insisted that the National Unemployment Committee needs to withdraw from the conflicts affecting the country if there is to be any dialogue.

• Friday, May 14th 2021 - 08:36 UTC

  US advises against travel to Israel as violence escalates in conflict

  

  The Government of the United States has advised against travel to Israel after evacuating some 120 Pentagon staff members from the war-torn region, it was announced Thursday.

• Friday, May 14th 2021 - 08:31 UTC

  Bolivia suspends train tests to Chile after truckers protests

  

  The tests to reactivate a cargo rail line that connects the Chilean port of Arica (north) with Viacha, Bolivia (southwest), will be suspended, Bolivian authorities announced this Thursday, after several days of roadblocks by truck drivers against the initiative.

• Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 09:37 UTC

  Datafolha foresees Lula would quash Bolsonaro in 2022 in a presidential runoff

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would defeat the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro by a landslide if they both make it to the second round of next year's elections, a survey by Datafolha released Wednesday showed.

• Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  French President Macron supports Argentina regarding IMF, Paris Club talks

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday expressed his gratitude to his French colleague Emmanuel Macron for the latter's support with regards to debt renegotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Paris Club.

• Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Protesters in Colombia seek global support around football stadiums

  

  Despite calls for a broad, transparent, and inclusive dialogue between protesters and Colombian President Iván Duque, police repression at the hands of the infamous Mobile Anti-Riot Squad (ESMAD) was reported Wednesday evening in Barranquilla.

• Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  Coronavirus restrictions stretched to May 23 in Uruguay

  

  The Government of Uruguay Wednesday decided to extend the restrictive measures currently in force against the coronavirus pandemic until May 23, it was announced.

• Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Argentine Economy Minister brokering presidential meeting with IMF's Georgieva

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Martín Guzmán stepped ahead from President Alberto Fernández's European tour and flew to Rome Wednesday to meet with International Monetary Fund Deputy Director for the Western Hemisphere Julie Kozak.

• Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  NGOs press before OECD to reject Brazil's application over environment issues

  

  Several non-government organizations (NGOs) focused on environmental issues Wednesday launched an accusation against the government of Brazil for violating international treaties and devastating the Amazon.

• Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Pepe Mujica joins campaign against Uruguayan government law

  

  Former Uruguayan President José Pepe Mujica Wednesday launched an appeal to call for a referendum to revoke 135 articles of a government's Law of Urgent Consideration (LUC), which his opponents describe as retrograde.