Politics

• Monday, September 9th 2024 - 09:37 UTC

  Chief Minister Fabian Picardo National Day message: ‘Gibraltar will not blink’

  

  ”When we gather on Tuesday (September 10) to celebrate National Day it is important that we send a clear message. There are fundamental positions that we will never renounce and our resolve and determination remains as strong as ever.

• Monday, September 9th 2024 - 08:12 UTC

  Chavista groups withdraw from Argentine Embassy adjacencies

  

  Venezuelan pro-government militias were reported to have stopped stalking the premises of what used to be Argentina's Embassy in Caracas after former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia arrived in Spain as an asylum seeker.

• Monday, September 9th 2024 - 07:20 UTC

  Daylight saving time evens Santiago de Chile with Argentina and Uruguay

  

  Chile switched to the summer sunlight-saving time, starting at zero hours last Saturday in most parts of the country, including the Santiago Metropolitan Region, where the electricity supply has gone through severe problems lately.

• Monday, September 9th 2024 - 06:58 UTC

  Argentina's Cabinet Chief hospitalized but “stable”

  

  Argentina's 74-year-old Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos was hospitalized this weekend at a Buenos Aires sanatorium but reported to be stable. He will not be discharged until further studies are conducted.

• Monday, September 9th 2024 - 06:20 UTC

  Argentine national killed in terrorist attack on West Bank border with Jordan

  

  Argentine-Israeli national Adrian Marcelo Podzamczer, aged 52, was one of the three people killed in a terrorist attack Sunday at the Allenby border crossing bridge between Jordan and the West Bank when a terrorist got out of a lorry and opened fire on Israeli security forces before being eventually gunned down.

• Sunday, September 8th 2024 - 18:36 UTC

  Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González arrives in Spain after receiving political asylum

  

  Edmundo González Urrutia, a prominent Venezuelan opposition leader who was elected, to many in the international community, as the legitimate winner of the July 28 presidential election, arrived in Spain this Sunday after being granted political asylum by the Spanish government. González had sought refuge at the Dutch Embassy in Caracas before securing his passage out of the country.

• Saturday, September 7th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Paraguay and Argentina reach understanding on Waterway tolls

  

  The governments of Paraguay and Argentina have reached an understanding regarding the collection of tolls on the latter's part for the use of the Paraguay-Paraná Waterway, it was announced.

• Saturday, September 7th 2024 - 10:20 UTC

  Uruguayan Senator calls for Cardama deal for new Ocean Patrol Vessels to be dropped

  

  Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) Senator Sandra Lazo insisted Friday that Uruguay should backtrack on its decision to purchase two newly-built Ocean Patrol Vessels (OPVs) from Spanish shipyard Cardama, a company at risk of bankruptcy that has not yet commenced building the units ordered in mid-2023. The Spanish shipyard is still unable to obtain the collaterals required by the contract with the Uruguayan authorities.

• Saturday, September 7th 2024 - 09:59 UTC

  Lula sacks Human Rights Minister accused of sexual misconduct

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday sacked Human Rights Minister Silvio Almeida, who was accused of sexual harassment against several women. The PT leader said that no official would remain active in his administration under those circumstances, given the “seriousness of the accusations.”

• Friday, September 6th 2024 - 21:42 UTC

  Macron picks the seasoned Barnier for French PM job

  

  The 73-year-old Barnier has served four times as a cabinet minister and as the European Union's chief Brexit negotiator. On July 16, Macron accepted Gabriel Attal's resignation but asked him to stay in office on a caretaker basis until a replacement could be found.