Politics

• Monday, August 28th 2023 - 09:11 UTC

  Paraguay and Brazil agree on data exchange to expedite border crossings

  

  Mercosur partners Paraguay and Brazil have agreed to exchange migratory information to strengthen bilateral security across mutual border crossings, it was reported in Asunción.

• Monday, August 28th 2023 - 09:00 UTC

  BRICS is the future, Bolivian FM says

  

  Bolivian Foreign Minister Rogelio Mayta insisted Sunndnay that his country was looking out “to the future and the future is BRICS,” the bloc made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, to which six new members including Argentina will join effective Jan. 1, 2024.

• Monday, August 28th 2023 - 08:52 UTC

  Lula highlights the importance of Portuguese-speaking countries

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Sunday insisted before the 14th Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) in São Tomé, capital of São Tomé and Príncipe, an island country off the west coast of Africa, that the group brought together almost 300 million consumers across four continents, with a GDP of US$ 2.3 trillion, Agência Brasil reported.

• Monday, August 28th 2023 - 08:20 UTC

  Massa announces measures for the poorest leading up to the elections

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister and presidential candidate on behalf of the Ruling Unión por la Patria (UP) Sunday announced a series of measures towards improving the people's situation through the current crisis ahead of the Oct. 22 elections.

• Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 15:41 UTC

  Guyana: Former slave-owning British PM family apologies not enough

  

  Activists were not entirely satisfied with Friday's apology speech by a descendant of former British Prime Minister and slave exploiter/trader William Gladstone at the University of Guyana and insisted reparations worth around US$ 1.2 trillion were due as messages along the lines of “our ancestors deserve real justice” became rife.

• Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 15:02 UTC

  Recife subway strike ends after 23 days

  

  Workers of Recife's underground have announced the end of their 23-day strike. Therefore, trains in the capital of the Brazilian State of Pernambuco will be running again as of Monday, it was decided late Friday.

• Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 14:36 UTC

  Argentina to keep collecting Paraná Waterway toll, FM says

  

  Argentina will continue to collect tolls from barges sailing through the Paraná-Paraguay River Waterway “because it is something that was contemplated,” Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero said this weekend after his Paraguayan colleague Rubén Ramírez's announcement last week otherwise. “A toll is not going to define the relationship between both countries,”.

• Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 08:41 UTC

  Lula wants Brazil to strengthen its presence in Africa

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Saturday that the South American country wants to open a consulate general in Luanda, the capital of Angola, Agência Brasil reported.

• Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 03:00 UTC

  Former Bolsonaro aide isolated pending ongoing investigations

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Friday issued a resolution banning Lieutenant-Colonel Cid is currently under arrest for his alleged involvement in the forging of a Covid-19 vaccination card in the name of Bolsonarofrom having any contact with former President Jair Bolsonaro and former First Lady Michelle in addition to his own wife Gabriela, it was reported in Brasilia.

• Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 02:51 UTC

  Documents revealing US involvement in Pinochet's coup declassified

  

  Documents revealing the US government's involvement in the Sept. 11, 1973, coup d'état against Chilean President Salvador Allende have been declassified, it was reported in Santiago.