Politics

• Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:24 UTC

  Argentina: No major changes in provincial elections, but LLA growing slowly

  

  The Governors of the Argentine provinces of Salta, Jujuy, Chaco, and San Luis were consolidating their grip on the local legislatures following Sunday's elections. However, President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA), a relatively new political formation, was making significant progress in some districts amid poor turnout. A key index of the country's political reshaping is expected at next Sunday's elections in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA).

• Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

  Given Paraguay's trade deficit with China, opportunities such as UAE sought

  

  Paraguay trade experts warned this weekend, citing official data from the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP) that 37.6% of the country's imports in the first quarter of 2025 stemmed from China, where very little is placed: 0.3% of sales abroad, as a result of Asunción's stance towards Taiwan, which prevents any direct trade with Beijing.

• Sunday, May 11th 2025 - 23:50 UTC

  Former Uruguayan President José Mujica misses municipal election day due to health concerns

  

  Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica, a global icon of humility and leftist politics, did not participate in Sunday’s municipal elections due to serious health issues. The 88-year-old former leader, known for his austere lifestyle and philosophical reflections, remained at his rural home west of Montevideo.

• Saturday, May 10th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Brazil's STF reaches majority to convict Congresswoman Zambelli

  

  Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) has a majority vote to sentence Congresswoman Carla Zambelli to 10 years in prison for hacking the National Council of Justice's (CNJ) electronic system in 2023. Case rapporteur Alexandre De Moraes, along with Justices Flávio Dino and Cristiano Zanin, have voted in favor of conviction, while Luiz Fux and Cármen Lúcia -completing the Court's First Panel- have yet to cast their opinions.

• Saturday, May 10th 2025 - 10:24 UTC

  At least 11 Ecuadorean troops killed in fight against illegal mining

  

  At least 11 Ecuadorean troops were killed Friday in an ambush during an operation against illegal gold mining in the Alto Punino sector of the Amazon, near the Colombian border in Napo and Orellana provinces.

• Saturday, May 10th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

  Milei describes his planned stage show at the Berlin Wall

  

  During his appearance at the streaming show of die-hard Libertarian Daniel Parisini -known on social networks as Fat Dan (Gordo Dan)- Argentine President Javier Milei suggested staging a “Trial of Capitalism” by the Berlin Wall, with proceeds benefiting the Garrahan Pediatrics Hospital in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, May 10th 2025 - 08:56 UTC

  Milei files criminal complaints against three newspeople

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei filed criminal complaints against journalists Carlos Pagni, Viviana Canosa, and Ari Lijalad for alleged slander and libel. The cases have been assigned to Federal Judges Daniel Rafecas (Pagni and Lijalad) and Sebastián Ramos (Canosa).

• Saturday, May 10th 2025 - 08:08 UTC

  Falklands, new engineering support for HMS Forth and MPC

  

  In the windswept South Atlantic, the Naval Engineering Falkland Islands (NEFI) team has consistently been an important supporting element of the Royal Navy’s regional operations, mainly with HMS Forth stationed at MPC. Marking a major change in their organizational structure, the former NEFI team has become part of Forward Support Unit (FSU) Archimedes.

• Saturday, May 10th 2025 - 07:58 UTC

  Brazil eyes railroad to Chancay to facilitate trade with China

  

  Brazilian and Chinese authorities are evaluating the construction of a railroad to the Chancay mega-port in Peru through Acre, near Bolivia, to Bahia on the Atlantic coast, which would reduce the maritime trade distance to Asia by approximately 10,000 kilometers while easing reliance on the congested port of Santos, Planning Minister Simone Tebet explained.

• Friday, May 9th 2025 - 20:38 UTC

  US servicepeople with gender dysphoria ordered to start voluntary discharge

  

  The US Department of Defense, following a Supreme Court ruling earlier this week, has initiated the removal of approximately 1,000 openly transgender service members from the military, effective immediately, pursuant to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's instructions.