Politics

• Saturday, April 13th 2024 - 10:33 UTC

  Georgieva confirmed for another term at the helm of the IMF

  

  The Board of Directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Friday confirmed that Bulgarian Economist Kristalina Georgieva would remain as the agency's managing director for another five-year term starting on Oct. 1, 2024. The announcement came as no surprise since Georgieva was the only candidate under consideration.

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 23:55 UTC

  Milei meets Musk at Tesla factory

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei and South African-born tycoon Elon Musk met Friday at the Tesla factory in Austin, Texas, in the United States, in another sign of the liberal government's inclination to welcome global business. Musk's Internet connectivity provider Starlink has just become available to customers in the South American country.

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 15:46 UTC

  After years of fierce debate, EU parliament passes tough migration and asylum rules

  

  Sweeping reforms in the Europe Union migration and asylum rules with the purpose of managing the ongoing phenomenon which has caused for years a major turmoil in the EU and among its members.

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 15:40 UTC

  European Central bank keeps high interest rates unchanged; US surprised by rising inflation in March

  

  In a week in which the United States was surprised by an increase in inflation further delaying prospects of a soon cut in the Federal Reserve's rate cut, the European Central Bank held interest rates at a record high, although as usual signaling it could cut interest rates at its next meeting in June.

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

  Argentine court finds Hezbollah behind 1992 and 1994 bombings in Buenos Aires

  

  A court of appeals in Buenos Aires determined Thursday that the Iran-sponsored terrorist organization Hezbollah was behind the bombings of the Israeli Embassy in 1992 and the Jewish Welfare Association AMIA in 1994 in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 10:12 UTC

  Milei's recent presence in Ushuaia triggers sovereignty concerns in Chile

  

  Mayor Claudio Radonich of the southern Chilean city of Punta Arenas insisted this week that his country had “deantarticulated” over the past 30 years and urged the political leadership to be much more “intense” in matters concerning Antarctica given Argentine President Javier Milei's recent actions regarding the area when a United States base in Ushuaia was announced during US Southern Command Chief General Laura Richardson's visit.

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 10:02 UTC

  Libertarian Lower House bloc dented over Impeachment Committee chair feud

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) Lower House bloc head Oscar Zago was replaced by Gabriel Bornoroni following a misunderstanding involving the Impeachment Committee's chair.

• Friday, April 12th 2024 - 09:50 UTC

  Presidents Peña and Lacalle Pou fly together to Uruguay

  

  After attending a South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) event in Luque on Thursday, Presidents Luis Lacalle Pou and Santiago Peña flew to Uruguay for further engagements.

• Thursday, April 11th 2024 - 19:44 UTC

  Rotating supply cuts launched as Bogotá's water reservoirs are running dry

  

  Authorities in the capital of Colombia began rationing water on Thursday as local reservoirs were reported to be nearing alarming levels due to the El Niño phenomenon coupled with the aftermaths of global warming. It has not been ruled out that the severe drought might result as well in an energy crisis hitting some 10 million people who live in Bogotá and the surrounding areas.

• Thursday, April 11th 2024 - 18:29 UTC

  Rise of neo‑Nazi groups reported in Brazil

  

  According to a study from Brazil’s National Human Rights Council based on various surveys, the presence of Nazi groups in the South American country is alarmingly on the rise. The document was submitted before the United Nations (UN), Agencia Brasil reported this week.