Politics

Saturday, September 16th 2023 - 10:40 UTC
Chilean President denounces deadly threats

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Friday said he had received deadly threats from an ultra-rightwing group that threw pamphlets outside his parents' home in the city of Punta Arenas, some 3,000 kilometers south of Santiago.
Saturday, September 16th 2023 - 10:04 UTC
Dominican Republic closes all borders with Haiti for as long as necessary

Dominican Republic authorities closed all land, air, and sea borders with Haiti over a dispute stemming from the construction of a canal in Haitian territory that affects the flow of water from a river shared by both countries.
Saturday, September 16th 2023 - 09:54 UTC
Fernández thanks G77+China for supporting Argentina's claim over Falkland/Malvinas

Argentine President Alberto Fernández warned Friday in Cuba that there is still “a dominant world and a dominated world” while calling all countries attending the G77+China Summit in Havana to “put an end to it forever.”
Saturday, September 16th 2023 - 04:58 UTC
Milei team insists, if elected president “Falkland Islanders will be respected”

“I reiterate it, I repeat it and I reaffirm it, the Islanders living in the Falklands/Malvinas will have their rights respected if Milei becomes president,” emphasized Diana Mondino, most probably foreign minister of Javier Milei, if he is finally elected as the next Argentine occupant of the Pink House in Buenos Aires in the October/November election.
Friday, September 15th 2023 - 14:25 UTC
“Malvinas are nonnegotiable, but we must contemplate the people living in the Falklands,” candidate Milei

”The Malvinas (Falkland) Islands are Argentine, and sovereignty non-negotiable,” underlined Javier Milei, the Argentine Libertarian candidate who next month could be elected as Argentina's next president, putting an end to two decades of Kirchnerism.
Friday, September 15th 2023 - 11:30 UTC
Massa announces VAT refunds and raffles to boost Argentina's economy

Argentina's Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa Thursday announced a refund of the VAT paid on basic food basket items for 9 million workers. In a move to discourage unregistered transactions, he is willing to raffle cars and household appliances for retailers and customers, it was explained.
Friday, September 15th 2023 - 11:20 UTC
Presidents of Uruguay, France meet for Rugby World Cup match

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday discussed the European Union-Mercosur trade deal with his French colleague Emmanuel Macron while meeting ahead of the Rugby World Cup clash in Lille between the two countries' national teams, which the hosts eventually won 27-12.
Friday, September 15th 2023 - 10:27 UTC
Three Jan. 8 rioters given prison sentences by Brazil's STF

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Thursday handed down prison sentences to three defendants involved in the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia during which the headquarters of the country's three branches of government were ransacked, Agencia Brasil reported
Friday, September 15th 2023 - 10:16 UTC
Argentine national stabbed in Bolivia dies after being denied medical attention

The death of an Argentine national in Bolivia after being denied medical attention has sparked nationalistic anger and calls for retribution measures, it was reported in Buenos Aires.
Thursday, September 14th 2023 - 12:16 UTC
Latin America, most dangerous region for environment defenders, Global Witness report

Latin America is the most dangerous region in the world for environmental defenders, according to a new report released by the Global Witness NGO on Wednesday. The environmental crime watchdog said at least 177 landdefenders were killed worldwide last year. One in five of them were murdered in the Amazon rainforest.