Politics

• Wednesday, January 10th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

  Argentine Coast Guard strengthens anti-drug trafficking forces in Rosario

  

  A past river patrol boat from the Argentine Coast Guard was deployed from the port of Posadas in the northern province of Misiones to the Paraná River shores of Rosario in the province of Santa Fe to join the local anti-drug trafficking efforts, it was reported. The move was ordered by Security Minister Patricia Bullrich, it was explained.

• Wednesday, January 10th 2024 - 10:28 UTC

  Milei holds talks with German and Canadian heads of gov't

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei Tuesday held successive telephone conversations with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to deepen his government's international outreach. Also participating in the conversations was Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino.

• Tuesday, January 9th 2024 - 11:45 UTC

  Lula wants exemplary punishments for those involved in Jan. 8 riots

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Monday that pardoning the coup plotters who staged the Jan. 8, 2023, uprising against the headquarters of all three branches of government in Brasilia would sound like impunity, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, January 9th 2024 - 11:40 UTC

  State of Emergency decreed in Ecuador amid simultaneous prison riots

  

  Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa Monday decreed a state of emergency after riots erupted in at least six prisons nationwide, with inmates taking guards hostage and starting fires by burning mattresses. The measure allows the Armed Forces to intervene in support of law enforcement agencies.

• Tuesday, January 9th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

  Argentine FM to meet with Chinese ambassador amiid growing tension

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino is to meet on Thursday or Friday with Chinese Ambassador Wang Wei to discuss a US$ 6.5 billion currency swap brokered by former Economy Minister Sergio Massa last year, among other topics.

• Tuesday, January 9th 2024 - 10:42 UTC

  Extent of ransomware attack in Paraguay downplayed

  

  Paraguayan authorities Monday downplayed the importance of the ransomware attack by the Black Hunt group against the Armed Forces' computer systems that reportedly took place Sunday and argued there was no such breach.

• Monday, January 8th 2024 - 12:59 UTC

  Back from Antarctica, Milei calls opponents “useful idiots” and defends 30% inflation

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei returned this weekend to the mainland after touring the Marambio and Esperanza Bases in Antarctica, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, January 8th 2024 - 12:50 UTC

  Milei praises Minister Caputo and says 30% monthly inflation would be ”a great achievement”

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei praised Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo for his management of the country's inflation for December 2023 and said that if it reached 30% it would be “a great number” because previous estimates spoke of 45%.

• Monday, January 8th 2024 - 12:26 UTC

  Ransomware attack hits Paraguayan Armed Forces?

  

  Paraguay's General Directorate of Information and Communication Technologies of the Armed Forces Sunday issued a bulletin alerting all units of a ransomware infection that allegedly hit its computer systems, it was reported in Asunción.

• Monday, January 8th 2024 - 12:18 UTC

  Lula insists Bolsonaro masterminded the Jan. 8, 2023, uprising

  

  One day before the first anniversary of the Jan. 8, 2023, riots in Brasilia, when the headquarters of all three branches of government were stormed by anti-government groups, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Sunday insisted his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro was behind it all.