Politics

• Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

  Ex head of Falkland Islands Defense Force becomes member OBE

  

  In the New Year Honors 2024 Overseas and International List, among those who became members of the Order of the British Empire, OBE, is a Falkland Islander, who for many years served with the Falkland Islands Defense Force, FIDF, and lately as Commanding Officer of the force.

• Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:23 UTC

  Venezuela supports Argentina's claim to Malvinas

  

  Despite criticizing a judge's decision to hand over to the United States the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter aircraft seized in Buenos Aires, Venezuela's Foreign Ministry also issued Wednesday a declaration insisting that the Malvinas [Falkland] Islands were Argentine.

• Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:20 UTC

  Fewer firearms registered in Brazil in 2023

  

  According to Brazil's National Weapons System (Sinarm), 20,822 new firearms were registered for personal defense in 2023 from 111,044 the previous year, which represented an 82% drop, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:18 UTC

  Argentine authorities arrest three people suspected of terrorism

  

  Argentine authorities arrested three men in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) Wednesday. The suspects were believed to be linked to plans to stage terrorist attacks in the country, it was explained.

• Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 22:45 UTC

  Milei's radical reform suffers first legal setback after court suspends labor chapter

  

  In a significant legal blow to President Javier Milei's ambitious labor reform agenda, a court in Argentina has temporarily suspended the recently enacted labor reform, responding to concerns raised by labor unions. This marks a judicial obstacle for Milei's rapid-fire reformist approach since taking office less than a month ago.

• Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 10:42 UTC

  IMF delegation to visit Buenos Aires for further discussions

  

  Argentina's Cabinet Chief Nicolás Posse and Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo are to meet in Buenos Aires with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday, Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni confirmed Tuesday.

• Tuesday, January 2nd 2024 - 10:34 UTC

  UK, Guyana mocking Venezuela, Maduro warns

  

  In a year-ending interview with Le Monde Diplomatique's Ignacio Ramonet, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said his Guyanese counterpart Irfaan Ali was mocking his country and other regional multilateral organizations who sponsored the St Vincent and the Grenadines understanding whereby the dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo area would not escalate.

• Tuesday, January 2nd 2024 - 10:05 UTC

  Milei traveling to Antarctica this week

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei will be traveling to Antarctica this coming Friday, Jan. 5, alongside Ministers Diana Mondino (Foreign Affairs) and Luis Petri (Defense), it was reported in Buenos Aires. The head of state intends to launch a “pollution control,” according to Casa Rosada sources.

• Sunday, December 31st 2023 - 23:27 UTC

  Bolivian court bans Evo from 2025 candidacy

  

  Bolivia's Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) Friday ruled that indefinite reelection is not a human right and therefore former President Evo Morales was banned from running for office in 2025. Under the TCP's new consideration, such a right can now be legally restricted, which reverses a criterion approved by this same court in 2017.

• Sunday, December 31st 2023 - 23:24 UTC

  Argentina sends note rejecting BRICS entry

  

  The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei this week sent a note announcing that the South American country would not be joining the BRICS group on Jan. 1 as agreed upon with the previous administration of Alberto Fernández.