Politics

Monday, September 9th 2024 - 21:18 UTC
Chilean Supreme Court Justice Vivanco suspended for ties to corruption scandal

Chile's Supreme Court Monday suspended Justice Ángela Vivanco from her bench after she was found to be linked to a corruption case. In the meantime, the process for her permanent dismissal has been triggered. Vivanco may not be the only magistrate to lose her job to the scandal.
Monday, September 9th 2024 - 10:19 UTC
Falklands: Explosive Disposal team locate and destroy a live anti vehicle landmine

On 31 August, the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from Mount Pleasant Complex (MPC) in the Falkland Islands were tasked to Cape Pembroke, North of Stanley Airport, for a possible landmine found by two serving soldiers from MPC.
Monday, September 9th 2024 - 10:12 UTC
De Moraes shows up beside Lula while masses rally in Sao Paulo demanding his impeachment

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Saturday celebrated Brazil's Independence Day during a ritualistic military parade alongside controversial Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes and other high-ranking government officials while supporters of former head of state Jair Bolsonaro staged a mass rally on Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo in defense of free speech and demanding the magistrate's impeachment for banning X nationwide.
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.