Politics

Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Peronist/Kirchnerist leaders discuss unity ahead of next year's mid-terms

Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof and Congressman Máximo Kirchner got together with former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) and former Presidential hopeful Sergio Massa at a residence in Moreno on the outskirts of the country's capital to discuss the future of Peronism / Kirchnerism vis a vis the 2025 mid-term elections. It was their first photo together after the electoral defeat against Javier Milei in 2023.
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Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 10:25 UTC
Rebels reveal lavish lifestyle of Bashar al-Assad after palace invasion

Rebel forces in Syria have unveiled the opulent lifestyle of former President Bashar al-Assad after storming his presidential palace in Damascus. Videos circulated online show a fleet of luxury cars, including Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Aston Martins, and Mercedes-Benz vehicles, as well as boxes of Louis Vuitton items, fine art, and high-end furniture.
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Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 09:23 UTC
Lula goes through head surgery to ease pain

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday underwent head surgery to drain a hematoma and relieve his persistent headache. He was said to be in good condition and recuperating at Sao Paulo's Hospital Sírio-Libanês' ICU ward. The procedure involved a craniotomy (a cut through the skull), it was also explained.
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Monday, December 9th 2024 - 22:08 UTC
Argentine PNA to patrol Bolivia-bordering river

Argentine authorities have taken steps towards patrolling the Bolivia-bordering Bermejo River with Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval Argentina - PNA) units so as not to leave the neighboring country as the only one with an armed presence in the area, Security Minister Patricia Bullrich announced.
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Monday, December 9th 2024 - 21:27 UTC
UN Chief condemns massacre in Haiti

UN Secretary-General António Guterres Monday condemned the slaughtering of over 180 people between Dec. 6 and 8 near Port-au-Prince after a gang leader was told that the victims, all or most of them aged over 60, had rendered a son of his ill through witchcraft.
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Monday, December 9th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Buenos Aires renews concern over asylum seekers in Caracas

Argentine authorities expressed their concern this weekend over the well-being of the six Venezuelan opposition asylum seekers who are housed at what used to be Buenos Aires' Embassy in Caracas and is now guarded by Brazil following the diplomatic breakup.
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Monday, December 9th 2024 - 10:20 UTC
At least 110 massacred by Haitian rebel gangs

At least 110 people, all of them aged over 60, were slaughtered by rebel gangs in the Haitian town of Cite Soleil, not far from Port-au-Prince, which is one of the poorest and most violent areas in the Caribbean country. According to the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights (Rnddh) report released Sunday, the Viv Ansanm gang killed with machetes and bladed weapons at least 60 people on Friday and 50 on Saturday.
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Monday, December 9th 2024 - 09:39 UTC
Brazil, UK partnership to decarbonize industries explained

After Brazil and the United Kingdom agreed during COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, last month to join forces in decarbonizing industries in both countries in a move to protect the environment, Agência Brasil delved this weekend into the scope of such an understanding.
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Saturday, December 7th 2024 - 10:56 UTC
Chinese diplomat faces imminent expulsion from Paraguay

The Government of Paraguay insisted Friday that it would proceed to the expulsion of Chinese diplomat Xu Wei from the country should he fail to leave by Saturday after his visa was revoked. Migrations Director Jorge Kronawetter explained that after the measure Xu lost his right to enter or stay in the country and has 24 hours to leave.
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Saturday, December 7th 2024 - 10:48 UTC
Panama becomes Mercosur associate State

Panamian President José Raúl Mulino Friday signed his country's accession to the Southern Common Market as an associate State during the bloc's 65th Leaders Summit in Montevideo, on the sidelines of which the finalization of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) was also announced.
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