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Montevideo, November 27th 2024 - 04:39 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, October 24th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    Bullrich will defend her values, but her coalition is mortally wounded

    “I am not the one who is going to congratulate someone who has been part of the worst government in Argentina,” Bullrich said about Massa

    Former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich admitted that she would not abandon her values after being eliminated from the Argentine presidential race on Sunday. But her loss may have signaled the end of the Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) coalition.

  • Tuesday, October 24th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    US troops to perform joint exercises in Brazilian Amazon

    The visiting troops will be carrying state-of-the-art weapons, sensors, optical devices, as well as control and communication technology

    US troops will be commencing Tuesday a training exercise in Brazil's Eastern Amazon area, Agencia Brasil reported. Operation Core (Combined Operation and Rotation Exercise) 23, which stems from a bilateral defense deal signed in 2015, will bring together 294 US military personnel with the Brazilian Army from Oct. 24 to Nov. 20 in Belém, the capital of the Northern state of Pará, as well as in the municipalities of Ferreira Gomes, Oiapoque, and Macapá, in Amapá state.

  • Tuesday, October 24th 2023 - 09:39 UTC

    “Blue” dollar back on surging track day after Argentine elections

    Massa was said to be planning new measures to address this situation shortly

    The “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar stood at AR$ 1,100 Monday, an AR$ 200 increase from Friday's quotation, after Sunday's elections which saw Economy Minister Sergio Massa and Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei advance to the Nov. 19 runoff, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Tuesday, October 24th 2023 - 09:14 UTC

    Machado wins Venezuelan primaries by a landslide

    Machado's ban needs to be lifted before she can run against Maduro

    Opposition leader María Corina Machado obtained 93.13 % of the vote in Venezuela's primary elections held Sunday. According to local authorities in Caracas, the results were not released until Monday due to technology issues. Although Machado was widely expected to win, it remains to be seen whether she is allowed to run against President Nicolás Maduro, who has been in office since 2012.

  • Tuesday, October 24th 2023 - 09:00 UTC

    Last Brazilian evacuation flight from Israel lands home

    No further flights are scheduled at this point, Brazilian authorities said

    A Brazilian Air Force (FAB) aircraft touched down in Rio de Janeiro at 4 am Monday after successfully performing the South American country's eighth evacuation flight from war-torn Israel, Agencia Brasil reported. This last batch consisted of 209 people and nine pets.

  • Tuesday, October 24th 2023 - 08:55 UTC

    Paraguayan president says regional integration will not stop due to Argentine elections

    Peña would not oppose a trade agreement between Mercosur and China, but Paraguay will continue to recognize Taiwan

    During a speech at the Wilson Institute in Washington DC, Paraguayan President Santiago Peña highlighted the importance of Mercosur in the face of the recent Argentine elections - regardless of the outcome of the Nov. 19 ballot - and greenlighted China's approach to the bloc.

  • Monday, October 23rd 2023 - 10:42 UTC

    No president-elect in Argentina

    Presidential Secretary Julio Vitobello announced the preliminary results before 10 p.m., as originally hoped

    Argentina's next president will be chosen in a runoff election on Nov. 19, according to preliminary results released Sunday minutes before 10 p.m. local time in Buenos Aires (GMT -3).

  • Monday, October 23rd 2023 - 09:17 UTC

    CFK insists that Alberto Fernández's was not “her” government

    After Dec. 10, the former president said she would remain in politics

    Argentine Vice President and former two-time President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) insisted Sunday when voting in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz that the current administration of Alberto Fernández, which ends on December 10, was not “her” government because “I do not decide policies,” as her differences with the incumbent head of state are also well known.

  • Monday, October 23rd 2023 - 09:09 UTC

    Milei willing to reshuffle and deal again to beat Kirchnerism

    “All of us who want change must work together,” Milei said in one of his messages to JxC

    Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei said Sunday after finishing second in Argentina's presidential election that he was willing to reshuffle and deal again to defeat Kirchnerism, which is represented by Economy Minister Sergio Massa, who was Sunday's winner but failed to avoid a runoff.

  • Monday, October 23rd 2023 - 08:57 UTC

    President Fernández congratulates Massa on advancing to the runoff

    Asked if he would retire from politics, President Fernández replied: “It doesn't matter.”

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández congratulated Economy Minister Sergio Massa on Sunday's general election results, which saw him advance to a runoff against Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei. Fernández also praised Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof for his re-election.