Politics

Monday, July 17th 2023 - 10:42 UTC
Nicaraguan dissidents ask EU-Celac Summit to create group for the return to democracy

At least 160 Nicaraguan opponents who identify themselves as victims of the Daniel Ortega regime and 29 human rights organizations have sent a note to participants of the EU-Celac Summit starting Monday in Brussels to prioritize the situation in their country, it was reported. The initiative is sponsored by writers Sergio Ramírez and Gioconda Belli, among others.
Monday, July 17th 2023 - 10:24 UTC
Opposition party wins open primaries in Argentine province of Santa Fe

With a turnout of 60%, the Argentine province of Santa Fe Sunday held its open, mandatory, and simultaneous primary (PASO) elections in which the opposition Unidos para Cambiar Santa Fe recorded a sound victory over the ruling Peronists.
Monday, July 17th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
Ushuaia celebrates the extension of its port terminal docking capacity

It's election time in Argentina and only a few weeks left, so ribbon cutting and inauguration of public works has become one of the main jobs of government officials. That is what happened over the weekend in Ushuaia during the ceremony, via video conference with Buenos Aires, officially opening the extension of the port terminal, an additional 104 meters docking capacity, together with equipment and increased storage facilities.
Saturday, July 15th 2023 - 10:52 UTC
Falklands extends payment increases to all FIG grades

Following representations from Falkland Islands Government Officers, Members of Legislative Assembly reconsidered their budget decisions to not award increments to officers in grades C-A and agreed in Executive Council on July 3 to extend the award to include the payment of increments to all grades.
Saturday, July 15th 2023 - 10:37 UTC
Optimism surrounds next week's EU-CELAC summit

The summit between the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU) to be held in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday is surrounded by an aura of optimism, it was reported. The meeting will mark the resumption of relationships at the highest level after eight years.
Saturday, July 15th 2023 - 10:26 UTC
Mujica tells Brazilian students to look after their democracy

Former Uruguayan President José Mujica called on Brazilians to take care of their democracy during the 59th National Congress of the Students Union in Brasilia which he attended alongside incumbent Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.
Friday, July 14th 2023 - 10:55 UTC
No continental shelf extension for Nicaragua onto Colombian islands, ICJ rules

The International Court of Justice Thursday ruled in favor of Colombia, thus rejecting Nicaragua's request for the maritime space surrounding the islands of San Andres and Providencia, it was announced at The Hague.
Friday, July 14th 2023 - 10:51 UTC
Uruguayan Gov't speaks of “inaccuracies” in UN report about water

Uruguay's Foreign Ministry Thursday issued a communiqué in response to a UN report on the water crisis the South American country is going through. The government “acted in a preventive manner, the water is still drinkable and guaranteed to the most vulnerable sectors [is] the purchase of double the daily average of water consumed per person in our country,” the statement read.
Friday, July 14th 2023 - 10:38 UTC
State of emergency extended in Peru

Peruvian authorities extended for another 30 days the state of emergency, ahead of new protests to be staged between July 19 and 28 to demand the resignation of President Dina Boluarte, the closing of Congress, early elections, and the call for a constituent assembly, it was reported in Lima.
Friday, July 14th 2023 - 10:28 UTC
Brazil: Lula signs into law bill on housing for the poorest

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pledged to turn abandoned public buildings into low-income housing units as he signed into law a bill providing for the construction by 2026 of two million buildings as part of the My House My Life plan.