Politics

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

  Sentence against Peru Libre leader reduced

  

  Peru's Judiciary Friday upheld a prison sentence of three years and a half imposed on leftwing political leader Vladimir Cerrón for corruption, it was reported in Lima.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

  Uruguayan minister chosen unanimously to head Inter-American Board of Agriculture

  

  Uruguay's Agriculture and Livestock Minister Fernando Mattos was voted unanimously by all 32 attending delegations to chair the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) for the period 2023-2025 during a convention held in San José, Costa Rica, it was announced Friday. Mattos' candidacy was put forward by the representatives from Argentina, it was also reported.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 09:26 UTC

  Neverending Ecuador's violence leaves one prosecutor killed, one former mayor kidnapped

  

  The latest episode of Ecuador's seemingly endless violence consisted of the assassination of Babahoyo Prosecutor Genaro R. and the kidnapping of former Durán Mayor Mariana Mendieta de Narváez, in addition to the death of six other prison inmates just over a week before the presidential elections.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 09:14 UTC

  False bomb threats affect flights from Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina's Airport Security Police (PSA) Friday enacted its explosives deactivation protocol at Buenos Aires' Aeroparque Jorge Newbery Airport after two flights inbound from Sao Paulo's Guarulhos were said to be carrying a bomb aboard each. Two simultaneous bomb threats were received at the Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 call center, it was reported.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 07:49 UTC

  Argentina: Unstoppable “blue” dollar nears AR$ 900

  

  The so-called “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar traded at AR$ 885 on Friday for a total increase of AR$539 so far this year and AR$ 42 overnight, it was reported in Buenos Aires. At some point Friday, it hit the psychological AR$ 900 landmark.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 07:38 UTC

  Scotland by election confirms Labour's strong comeback; SNP promises to bounce back

  

  UK Labour “blew the doors off” to take the Rutherglen and Hamilton West seat back from the SNP, leader Keir Starmer has said. Speaking at a victory rally, he said it was “the first step on a very important journey” in Scotland and the UK.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 07:00 UTC

  Nobel Peace Prize for imprisoned Iranian woman activist; UN calls on Teheran to release all human rights defenders

  

  Imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her tireless campaign for women's rights and against the death penalty. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed Ms Narges and the Peace Prize as a tribute to all those women who are fighting for their rights at the risk of their freedom, health and lives.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 06:36 UTC

  Sir Lindsay Hoyle: “Why I became a champion and advocate for the British Overseas Territories”

  

  By Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the UK House of Commons
  
  From the Pitcairn Islands in the Southern Pacific Ocean to the British Indian Ocean Territory almost 10,000 miles away, the British Overseas Territories (OTs) all have one thing in common – they are British.

• Friday, October 6th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  Argentina not to pay IMF maturities until after the elections

  

  Argentina will pay maturities worth US$ 2.6 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the Oct. 22 presidential elections, it was reported Thursday in Buenos Aires. However, US$ 1.28 billion was due Friday, another US$ 640 million on Oct. 12, while a third payment of US$ 673 million was scheduled for the last working day of the month.

• Friday, October 6th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Argentina: Grim future for controversial politician Insaurralde

  

  Things are going from bad to worse for former Buenos Aires Cabinet Chief Martín Insaurralde, whose scandal with high-profile escort Sofía Clerici on a luxury yacht off Marbella splashed Argentine Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa's chances in the upcoming Oct. 22 elections.