Politics

• Tuesday, June 6th 2023 - 09:48 UTC

  FBI's most damaging spy found dead in his cell

  

  Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, who had been sentenced to life in prison for spying for the Soviet Union and later Russia, was found dead in his cell Monday, the Federal Bureau of Prisons said.

• Monday, June 5th 2023 - 13:15 UTC

  Haitian-Chilean national gets life sentence for President Moïse's murder

  

  Haitian-Chilean businessman Rodolphe Jaar was sentenced to life in prison by a Miami court for his role in the July 7, 2021, murder of President Jovenel Moïse in Port au Prince when a group of armed men - mostly Colombian mercenaries - stormed his home.

• Monday, June 5th 2023 - 13:10 UTC

  Peru: State of emergency in Puno extended

  

  Peru's government has extended the state of emergency in the Puno region for 60 days, thus allowing the Joint Command of the Armed Forces to retain the Unified Command of the Armed Forces and the National Police amid anti-government protests.

• Monday, June 5th 2023 - 12:45 UTC

  Argentina closer to becoming a member of BRICS and their Development Bank

  

  The board of the BRICS-led New Development Bank (NDB) will hold a vote for the incorporation of Argentina in August, the entity’s president Dilma Rousseff told Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa currently in China with a numerous delegation in search of money for an almost depleted Central Bank

• Monday, June 5th 2023 - 12:35 UTC

  Lula favors popular car package

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is in favor of a package of measures to boost the production of a so-called popular car, according to Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Monday, June 5th 2023 - 12:23 UTC

  Argentine women stage 9th “Ni Una Menos” march

  

  Thousands of Argentine women marched Saturday through the streets of Buenos Aires and other cities nationwide in the now traditional “Ni Una Menos” (Not one [woman] less) demonstration against gender violence and femicides.

• Monday, June 5th 2023 - 09:53 UTC

  Lula to travel to Paris later this month

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is to travel to Paris later this month for a state visit, French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed this weekend on social networks.

• Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 13:00 UTC

  Falklands lawmakers discuss food prices and market solvency to encourage competition

  

  A spirited discussion surrounding food prices was prompted by a question from MLA Teslyn Barkman in Legislative Assembly last Wednesday, 31st May. MLA Teslyn Barkman asked MLA Gavin Short about the UK’s government’s decision to investigate food pricing. “Can the Honorable Gavin Short please say whether we here in the Falklands have any mechanisms or agency that could be used to investigate the grocery retail market?”

• Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 12:46 UTC

  Former detention center in BA granted Mercosur patrimony status

  

  The former Argentine Navy's Mechanics School, which functioned as a clandestine detention center during the 1976-1983 military regime and was later turned into the Memory Museum to promote awareness about human rights violations, has been granted Mercosur cultural heritage status by the Culture Ministers of the bloc, who convened Friday in Buenos Aires for their 54th meeting.

• Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 12:45 UTC

  Mercosur Summit scheduled for Puerto Iguazú

  

  The Argentine city of Puerto Iguazú in the province of Misiones will host the LXII Mercosur Summit on July 3 and 4, during which Alberto Fernández will pass on the pro tempore presidency of the bloc to his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, it was announced Friday in Buenos Aires.