Politics

Friday, December 5th 2025 - 09:23 UTC
Gibraltar: Picardo steps down for 2 weeks due to eye surgery

Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo was admitted to a hospital in Jerez on Thursday for a detached retina and will be incapacitated for 14 days, forcing the delay of key government events, including the long-awaited McGrail Inquiry report.
Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 22:27 UTC
Sexual exploitation of children on the rise in Chile

Chilean Public Prosecutor's Office found that the sexual exploitation of children in the South American country was a “growing structural problem” between 2022 and 2024, with female adolescents aged 14-17 disproportionately targeted, prompting authorities to call for stronger state intervention to enforce the Lanzarote Convention.
Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 12:03 UTC
Martín Menem re-elected as Speaker of Argentina's Lower House

The Argentine House of Deputies swore in 127 new legislators on Wednesday in a session that concluded with the reelection of Martín Menem as Speaker. The occasion wss attended by President Javier Milei as the ruling La Libertad Avanza (LLA) became the largest minority bloc. LLA secured 95 seats after Entre Ríos' Francisco Moechio changed sides.
Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 11:20 UTC
Argentine judge rules in favor of extraditing 5 defendants convicted in Brazil's coup d'état case

Buenos Aires Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas ruled Wednesday to extradite five Brazilian nationals who were convicted for their roles in the January 8, 2023, attacks on Brazil's government headquarters.
Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 11:15 UTC
Surveys show Kast ahead in Chilean runoff

Recent polling in Chile's presidential runoff election, scheduled for December 14, indicates that conservative leader José Antonio Kast holds a commanding lead over the governing coalition's candidate, Jeannette Jara.
Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Falklands, feasibility report for a marina in Stanley Harbor

The Falkland Islands Development Corporation (FIDC) has contracted U.K.-based maritime civil, structural, architectural, and environmental engineering services company Arch Henderson to conduct and provide the feasibility report for a marina in Stanley Harbor.
Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 10:09 UTC
Bolivian Customs is going to die, says President Paz

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira announced Wednesday that his administration would eliminate tariffs on all technological products not manufactured domestically to lower consumer costs, fighting smuggling, and boosting national production.
Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 18:18 UTC
US shuts doors on foreigners from 19 “high-risk” countries

The US Government of President Donald Trump announced this week a pause on the processing of immigration applications for nationals from 19 countries, while simultaneously initiating a review of asylum and immigration cases approved under the previous administration of Joseph Biden.
Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 11:16 UTC
Brazil clinches export clearances with Philippines, Guatemala, and Nicaragua

Brazilian authorities have completed negotiations with the Philippines, Guatemala, and Nicaragua to expand agricultural exports to these countries after reaching an understanding on sanitary and phytosanitary requirements.
Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 10:59 UTC
Lula and Trump discuss organized crime and trade tariffs

Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Donald Trump of the United States held a 40-minute telephone conversation on Tuesday, focusing on boosting joint efforts to combat international organized crime and the further reduction of US tariffs on Brazilian goods.