Politics

• Wednesday, September 20th 2023 - 07:25 UTC

  Falklands celebrates Chilean independence with local community

  

  Falklands' Government House hosted a big reception on the evening of Monday 18 September, to congratulate and celebrate with the Chilean community their country's National Day.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Argentine President asks UN Chief to insist of UK on Islands issue

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández asked United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres to “renew the good offices efforts” with the United Kingdom regarding the Malvinas/Falklands question, it was reported in New York.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 09:44 UTC

  Paraguayan forensic psychologist causes uproar with swastika tattoo

  

  The swastika tattoo on the forearm of Paraguayan Forensic Psychologist Juan Vicente Martínez Miranda failed to go unnoticed during a TV interview and sparked an uproar Monday in the South American country since the specialist works for the national Judiciary.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 09:38 UTC

  Advisor to Uruguay's Interior Minister resigns amid sex scandal

  

  An advisor to Uruguay's Interior Minister Luis Alberto Heber Monday turned in his resignation amid a sexual harassment scandal that rocked Montevideo's political circles.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 08:19 UTC

  Grim future ahead for CFK

  

  Chaco Governor Jorge Milton Capitanich's failure in his reelection bid has triggered a series of setbacks for Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, whose aura is beginning to wane, marking the end of Kirchnerism as the main line within Peronism.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 08:09 UTC

  Does Chaco's result herald the demise of Kirchnerism?

  

  Last Sunday's results in the gubernatorial elections in the Argentine province of Chaco seem to be heralding new winds of change, as the demise of Peronism and its most recent version -Kirchnerism- appear to be on their way out, according to political analysts in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

  Washington's help called for in Paraná Waterway crisis

  

  With too much negotiating and no solution on the radar, the US-Paraguayan Chamber of Commerce (Usapacc) has asked President Joseph Biden's administration to get involved in the brokering of an answer to Argentina's decision to charge tolls to barges sailing through the Paraná River Waterway.

• Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

  Relatives of Argentine squad fallen during Falklands War return from humanitarian trip

  

  Relatives of Argentine combatants of the Alacran squad fallen in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict returned Saturday after visiting the graves of their loved ones following the Second Humanitarian Project Plan (PPH2) agreed with the United Kingdom and the International Committee of the Red Cross work which gave proper names to what was previously labeled under the generic “soldiers known only to God.”

• Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Haitians want PM to step down due to crisis with Dominican Republic

  

  Scores of Haitians demanded Sunday the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry following Dominican President Luis Abinader's decision to close all borders between the only two countries sharing the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, it was reported in Port-au-Prince.

• Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:03 UTC

  Lula's team still working on an appointment with Zelensky

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has reportedly offered his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky two slots on his agenda for a bilateral meeting on the sides of this week's 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.