Politics

Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 09:51 UTC
Operation Veneratio leaves 12 dead at Asunción jailhouse

One law enforcement officer and 11 inmates were killed Monday during the so-called Operation Veneratio at Asunción's Tacumbú Prison through which the administration of President Santiago Peña put an end to unthinkable privileges granted to incarcerated drug lord Armando Javier Rotela and his gang, which virtually ran the place.
Monday, December 18th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
New attempt to reform Chile's Constitution fails

Chile voted 55.45 % against the new Constitution and thus the one passed in the early 1980s under former dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte will remain in force, it was reported Sunday in Santiago.
Monday, December 18th 2023 - 10:58 UTC
Unprecedented storm: Roof collapses in Bahía Blanca killing 13

At least 13 people were reported dead in the city port of Bahía Blanca some 690 kilometers south of the Argentine capital and three others elsewhere in the province of Buenos Aires after Sunday's storms. Parts of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA), where one victim was reported, and other provinces were left without electricity for hours.
Monday, December 18th 2023 - 10:41 UTC
Brazilian diplomacy manages to cool tensions between Venezuela and Guyana

In what is considered a success for Brazilian diplomacy, Venezuela and Guyana pledged in a joint statement last Thursday, not to resort to force to settle a long-standing dispute over contested land and adjoining sea in an oil and gas-rich region known as the Essequibo.
Monday, December 18th 2023 - 10:33 UTC
Milei booed at Boca Juniors elections for supporting Macri

Argentine President Javier Milei was jeered and called names Sunday when he cast his vote for Andrés Ibarra for president of Club Atlético Boca Juniors at the iconic Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires before leaving for the storm-hit Bahía Blanca.
Monday, December 18th 2023 - 09:56 UTC
Clearing the way for Guatemala elected president to take office in January

Guatemala the Central American country long linked to political instability and extreme violence in solving many of its domestic conflicts, is again a hotspot in the region since an elected president, who should be taking office in mid-January, has been facing growing supposedly 'legal' impediments to his legitimate right, supported by an overwhelming majority of voters who surprised the “political establishment”.
Sunday, December 17th 2023 - 16:26 UTC
Vatican corruption: Pope's ex chief of staff, Cardinal Becciu sentenced to jail for embezzlement

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the pope's former chief of staff was found guilty of several counts of embezzlement and was sentenced to more than five years in jail. He is the highest-ranking Vatican official to face a trial in the Vatican's criminal court.
Sunday, December 17th 2023 - 15:59 UTC
Argentina appoints a new Malvinas Secretary, an academic with vast experience in maritime issues

Argentine foreign minister, Diana Mondino has named Paola Di Chiaro, an academic with a political science background, involved with domestic maritime think tank issues, and linked to German Christian Democrat foundation Konrad Adenauer, as the new head of the Malvinas Islands Secretariat.
Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:25 UTC
Argentine hostage mistakenly killed by Israeli forces

According to Buenos Aires media, one of the Hamas hostages Israel mistakenly killed had Argentine roots.
Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:18 UTC
Uruguayan president postpones Antarctica trip due to bad weather

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou's trip to Antarctica has been postponed due to bad weather, Defense Minister Javier García announced Friday in Montevideo.