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Montevideo, November 25th 2024 - 15:46 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 08:09 UTC

    Adrianzén Olaya sworn in as Peru's new Prime Minister

    Adrianzén Olaya resigned as Justice Minister in 2015 to avoid impeachment

    Gustavo Lino Adrianzén Olaya was sworn in Wednesday as Peru's new Prime Minister (technically chairman of the Council of Ministers) following Alberto Otárola Peñaranda's resignation on Tuesday amid an influence-peddling scandal involving the hiring of a woman he called “my love” at the Defense Ministry.

  • Wednesday, March 6th 2024 - 22:55 UTC

    María Corina Machado hits back at Lula da Silva's criticism: “Me crying, President Lula?”

    “Me crying, President Lula? Are you saying that because I'm a woman? You don't know me. I am fighting to assert the right of millions of Venezuelans who voted for me,” said Machado.

    María Corina Machado, the opposition candidate elected in Venezuela's October primary elections, has responded strongly to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's recent comments indirectly criticizing her candidacy.

  • Wednesday, March 6th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentina: Milei pledges to lower taxes soon

    Milei also pointed out that State expenditures were cut down 30% in January and another 36% last month

    Argentine President Javier Milei said Tuesday at the Expoagro 2024 rural event in the city of San Nicolás in the province of Buenos Aires that “by improving the fiscal numbers, the door would be opened for us to start lowering taxes.”

  • Wednesday, March 6th 2024 - 10:42 UTC

    Boric gives thumbs down to Israel's presence at aerospace event

    Boric's government gave no official reason for its decision

    Chile's Government of President Gabriel Boric Font has given the thumbs down to the presence of Israeli companies at the 2024 edition of the traditional aerospace FIDAE event, which was announced in Santiago on Tuesday. A statement from the Defense Ministry read that the measure was adopted “by decision of the Chilean government” with no further explanations as to the reasons for it, although it is speculated that it is in reprisal of Israel's military deployment in Gaza.

  • Wednesday, March 6th 2024 - 10:18 UTC

    Peru's Prime Minister resigns amid influence-peddling scandal

    Otárola thanked President Boluarte for her confidence during the 440 days he remained in office

    Alberto Otárola Peñaranda has turned in his resignation as chairman of the Council of Ministers, a position also referred to as that of the “Prime Minister,” after a scandal involving one irregular hiring went public, it was reported in Lima on Tuesday.

  • Wednesday, March 6th 2024 - 10:09 UTC

    US: Trump v. Biden rematch virtually set after Super Tuesday's results

    Biden is under flak for his age while Trump faces numerous legal actions against him en route to November

    According to projections following Tuesday's results in the primary elections of both major parties in the United States, a rematch of the 2020 contest between Donald Trump and Joseph Biden will take place in November this year.

  • Tuesday, March 5th 2024 - 10:58 UTC

    Argentina shuts down Telam news service

    Press guilds dubbed the government's decision an attack against freedom of expression

    Argentina's state-run news service Télam came to an end Monday when 700 of its workers received emails telling them they should not show up for work because they had been placed on leave while the outlet's website shows a sign reading it is “under reconstruction.” President Javier Milei had announced on March 1 that one of his spending cuts would involve closing what he dubbed “a nest of Kirchnerite propaganda.”

  • Tuesday, March 5th 2024 - 10:41 UTC

    Brazil: Services sector driving prices upward, BCB President warns

    The BCB will pursue the inflation target to the letter but the market still expects it to be higher, Campos Neto pointed out

    Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) President Roberto Campos Neto said on Monday that inflation in South America's largest country was taking a turn in a “benign” direction, Agencia Brasil reported. In his view, the services sector requires the most attention because it has “started to put a bit of pressure” on prices.

  • Tuesday, March 5th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

    Uruguay: FA contenders launch presidential bids

    Orsi is singled out by most polls as the favorite to run for president this year on behalf of the leftwing FA

    The two main contenders for the primaries of Uruguay's opposition Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) have launched their bids to succeed Luis Lacalle Pou at the Executive Tower. To do this, frontrunner Yamandú Orsi resigned as mayor (governor) of Canelones while Carolina Cosse is on leave as mayor of Montevideo until July 8.

  • Tuesday, March 5th 2024 - 10:26 UTC

    Lula and Georgieva hold a “good conversation”

    Lula insisted that the IMF needs to be “more representative of today's world”

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday suggested International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva should move on with the reform of the credit agency, among other issues they discussed during their “good conversation” in Brasilia where they also reviewed “social inclusion” and the “Poverty in the world” project.