Politics

Saturday, March 30th 2024 - 11:33 UTC
Datafloha: About 55% of Brazilians think Bolsonaro tried to stage a coup d'état

According to a Datafolha survey released Friday by Folha de S.Paulo, 55% of Brazilians believe former President Jair Bolsonaro wanted to stage a coup d'état whereas 39% of those interviewed thought the retired Army captain never had such intentions. In addition, 7% of respondents were unable to answer that question.
Saturday, March 30th 2024 - 11:24 UTC
No diplomatic rift between Argentina and Mexico despite verbal clash between Milei and AMLO

Foreign Ministries Diana Mondino of Argentina and Alicia Bárcena of Mexico held a telephone conversation Friday during which they concurred that the recent exchange of epithets between Presidents Javier Milei and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) did not jeopardize the two countries' diplomatic relations, which they agreed to label as “solid.” Bárcena and Mondino thus made it clear that neither nation intended to escalate the dispute.
Saturday, March 30th 2024 - 11:14 UTC
Over-the-counter dietary supplement kills at least 5 in Japan

At a time when the spread of dengue fever in South America -particularly in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay- led the region to seek the Japanese-developed Qdenga vaccine from the Takeda laboratories to tackle the disease, the case of at least five dead and over 100 hospitalized in the Asian insular nation after taking cholesterol-lowering red yeast rice dietary supplements did not go unnoticed.
Saturday, March 30th 2024 - 09:58 UTC
Unusual criticism from Lula da Silva and Petro on Venezuela's presidential race controversy

Renowned South American political figures Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, and Gustavo Petro, head of state of Colombia, have taken an unusual stance against Venezuela's government, criticizing its refusal to allow opposition candidate Corina Yoris to register for the upcoming presidential elections.
Saturday, March 30th 2024 - 06:23 UTC
UK defense capabilities of the Falklands, following the Danish F16s deal for Argentina

Army Technology, a business service agency located in London that focuses on the technologies required by military personnel and companies working in this important field, has offered a piece on the UK defense capabilities of the Falkland Islands following the agreement between Denmark and Argentina for the sale of a squadron of F16 fighters to Buenos Aires.
Friday, March 29th 2024 - 10:53 UTC
FTA deal between EU and Mercosur needs to start from scratch, says Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron told a business forum in São Paulo that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the South American Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union (EU) needed to be ”renegotiated from scratch,” Agencia Brasil reported.
Friday, March 29th 2024 - 10:43 UTC
Petro and AMLO describe Milei in not-quite-friendly words

After derogatory remarks against them from Argentina's Javier Milei, Presidents Gustavo Petro of Colombia and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) of Mexico also had their say Thursday.
Thursday, March 28th 2024 - 19:32 UTC
Brazil's newest sub christened before Lula and Macron

Presidents Emmanuel Macron of France and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil Thursday visited the Itaguaí Naval Complex, the facilities in the State of Rio de Janeiro where the Tonelero (S-42) submarine -a joint undertaking between the two countries- was christened by First Lady Rosângela Lula da Silva.
Thursday, March 28th 2024 - 11:59 UTC
Colombia expels Argentina's diplomatic mission over Milei statements against Petro

Gustavo Petro ordered all of Argentina's diplomatic staff in Colombia expelled after derogatory remarks against him by fellow President Javier Milei during an interview with CNN. The Libertarian leader called him a “murderer, terrorist,” given his past as a M-19 guerrilla fighter. Colombia also withdrew its Ambassador from Buenos Aires.
Thursday, March 28th 2024 - 11:53 UTC
“Democracy returned to Argentina thanks to Margaret Thatcher,” Argentine historian said

”You really want to know why democracy returned to Argentina, (1983), it's hard to say, and you need guts to say it, but all of us Argentines must know it, and accept it, democracy returned to Argentina thanks to Margaret Thatcher, and the Malvinas adventure defeat...”