Politics

Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 09:52 UTC
Paraguayan prison inmates hold warden and guards hostage

Luis Esquivel, warden of Paraguay's Tacumbú Prison, spoke early Wednesday from inside the penitentiary where inmates are holding him hostage together with 22 guards and said an answer from the Justice Ministry of Justice was needed for the situation to stop.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 08:21 UTC
TSE trial of Bolsonaro adjourned

Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Tuesday adjourned the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is believed to have abused his political power ahead of last year's elections which he eventually lost to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Agencia Brasil reported.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 08:00 UTC
Uruguayan Air Force to rescue 77 people stranded in Israel

A Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) Hercules C-130 aircraft was to leave for Israel Wednesday to rescue nationals of the South American country willing to leave the war-torn Middle East, Defense Minister Javier García explained Tuesday in Montevideo.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 07:23 UTC
Falkland Islands Government attend Party Conferences

The Falkland Islands Government attended both the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester (1st to 4th October) and the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool (8th to 11th October) and met with a number of senior politicians from both parties, including Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet Ministers, to discuss issues of importance to the Islands, alongside welcoming MPs, Councillors and Party Members to the Falkland Islands stand.
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:53 UTC
Paraguay activates Mercosur cooperation to evacuate Israel

Paraguay's Foreign Ministry announced Sunday that a joint mechanism within Mercosur had been activated to rescue nationals of all member countries trapped in war-torn Israel.
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:46 UTC
Scotland's First Minister parents in law “trapped” in Gaza during a family visit

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf says his parents-in-law are “trapped” in Gaza, as he unequivocally condemned the attacks by Hamas in Israel. Yousaf said his wife's parents, who live in Dundee, travelled to Gaza to see her father's sick mother.
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:39 UTC
Gibraltar election on Thursday: wafer thin difference between GSLP/Liberals and GSD

Gibraltar Social Democrats GSD would form the government with nine MPs despite the GSLP/Liberals obtaining 1.6% more of the overall vote, according to a second poll by the Gibraltar Chronicle and GBC that echoed the results of a similar survey last week and underscored the likelihood of a knife-edge election on Thursday.
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:18 UTC
Marches staged in Buenos Aires for and against Israel

Scores of members of the Jewish community in Argentina marched down Buenos Aires' Estado de Israel Avenue in front of the Hacoaj Club given Hamas' attacks during the weekend. They chanted slogans such as “Together, Israel will always defeat terror.”
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:11 UTC
Statements linking former Paraguayan President Cartes to Pecci's murder to be investigated

Paraguay's Attorney General Emiliano Rolón announced Monday that statements linking former President Horacio Cartes (2013-2018) to the murder of anti-maffia Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci last year while honeymooning in Colombia were to be investigated.
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 09:41 UTC
Palestine diplomats in South America launch appeal to international community

Palestine's Ambassadors to Uruguay and Chile agreed Monday that the ongoing war unleashed by Hamas' attacks against Israel was something “horrible” to witness and therefore something needed to be done “to stop” it.