Politics

Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 11:24 UTC
Senate passes emergency food bill in Argentina

Argentina's Senate Wednesday passed the food emergency bill submitted by the opposition parties as protests mount against the inflationary policies carried out by the administration of President Mauricio Macri, who is yet to sign the draft into law and has hinted he would do so without exerting his veto powers.
Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 10:43 UTC
Argentine veteran decries planned Cordoba-Mt Pleasant flight

Former Argentine Army conscript Edgardo Esteban Wednesday claimed LATAM Brasil's planned Sao Paulo-Mount Pleasant passenger flight with a stop in the Argentine city of Córdoba serves only the interests of the Falkland islanders.
Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 10:12 UTC
Uruguay avoids recession, but the economy is stagnant

The Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU) released the report of the country's quarterly economic situation, which reports that the Uruguayan economy grew by only 0.1% year-on-year and 0.3% in the second quarter of the year, compared to the first three months of the year, when it registered a 0.1% drop.
Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 02:23 UTC
Piñera critical of opposition, clergy during Chile's National Holiday

Chile's President Sebastián Piñera criticised opposition leaders and members of the clergy alike Wednesday after the religious ceremony marking the country's National Holiday.
Wednesday, September 18th 2019 - 17:07 UTC
Trump appoints hostage crisis expert as successor to Bolton

US President Donald Trump Wednesday chose Robert C. O'Brien to replace the disgraced John Bolton as the new National Security Adviser, a position which does not require Senate confirmation.
Wednesday, September 18th 2019 - 13:56 UTC
Spanish King calls for new elections Nov. 10 after no deal with political leaders

After a meeting Tuesday with Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and other political leaders, Spain's King Philip VI realised no negotiated solution was available to form a government and chose to call for general elections to be held November 10, it was announced. Spain is the fourth-largest economy in the euro currency zone.
Wednesday, September 18th 2019 - 10:15 UTC
Brazil’s ex president Temer admits that Rousseff's impeachment was a “coup”

Brazil former president, Michel Temer, described for the first time the dismissal of his predecessor Dilma Rousseff as a “coup”, as the left marks the political trial that removed the ex-president of the Workers Party from power.
Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 10:55 UTC
Bolsonaro leaves hospital to continue recovery at home; he will not retake office yet

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro left hospital on Monday eight days after another operation on his stomach following his stabbing at a campaign rally last year.
Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 10:52 UTC
Maduro government in talks with a splintered group from Guaido's opposition

Venezuela's government said on Monday it was evaluating sending some of its lawmakers back to the opposition-controlled National Assembly, which President Nicolas Maduro has called an illegal institution, as part of new talks with one opposition faction.
Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Image of Virgin of Lujan taken to Falklands during the war to be returned at ceremony blessed by the Pope

An image of Argentina's saint patron, the Virgin of Lujan, which was carried to the Falklands during the 1982 conflict, and remained unaccounted for during years, will be returned by the United Kingdom. In retribution, the Argentine military bishop will hand a replica of the image to the head of British military chaplains in a ceremony to take place next month in the Vatican with Pope Francis blessing the images.