Politics

• Wednesday, December 6th 2023 - 09:54 UTC

  Fujimori's release from jail imminent

  

  Peru's Constitutional Court (TC) Tuesday issued a warrant for the release from prison of former President Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a 25-year sentence for crimes against humanity, it was reported in Lima.

• Wednesday, December 6th 2023 - 08:56 UTC

  UK and Rwanda sign new version of the asylum seekers policy

  

  Britain and Rwanda signed an agreement on Tuesday to re-launch the UK asylum seekers policy, which is expected to be followed closely by other European countries facing similar challenges and interested in slashing migration.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Lula in Germany with Scholz trying to conclude Mercosur/EU trade deal before next Tuesday

  

  The two leaders of the largest economies of Latin America and Europe met in Berlin on Monday to try and conclude a cooperation and free trade agreement between the South American block and the European Union which has been on the table for over two decades.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 10:48 UTC

  Fidel's sister Juanita Castro dies in Miami, aged 90

  

  After standing up against the Communist regime of her brothers Fidel and Raúl, Cuban opposition leader in exile Juanita Castro died Monday at a Miami of natural causes at the age of 90, her biographer María Antonieta Collins confirmed.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 10:39 UTC

  Unforeseen changes unravel Argentine mystery ‘submarine’ expedition

  

  In an unexpected turn of events, the highly anticipated expedition Eslabon Perdido / Ultra Mar Sur, aimed at unraveling the mysteries surrounding Argentine coastal 'submarine' wrecks, has encountered a twist of its own.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  Nicaragua pulls Ambassador from Buenos Aires

  

  The Nicaraguan regime of President Daniel Ortega announced Monday that it was withdrawing its ambassador from Buenos Aires ahead of Javier Milei's inauguration on Dec. 10. Ortega's decision came after statements by Milei criticizing him for alleged human rights violations in the Central American country.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

  Petri to be Argentina's next Defense Minister

  

  Argentina's president-elect Javier Milei confirmed on Monday that he had chosen former vice-presidential candidate Luis Petri of Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) to succeed Jorge Taiana as Defense Minister on Dec. 10.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 10:07 UTC

  Netanyahu praises Milei but Israel ups travel warnings for Argentina and Brazil

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday called Argentina's President-elect to invite him over to Jerusalem for the opening of the South American country's Embassy there after relocating it from Tel Aviv, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 09:54 UTC

  Tougher rules to come and live and work in UK; 2022 net immigration reached 745,000 last year

  

  Britain is changing some rules on who is allowed to come to the UK to live and work. Ministers have come under pressure to act on legal migration, after official figures showed that net migration in 2022 hit a record 745,000, and UK in undergoing a period of stalled economy, according to IMF prospects..

• Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 07:22 UTC

  “In a time of danger and uncertainty we must respond with strength, resilience and unity”

  

  Writing in The Sun on Sunday edition, 3 December, Foreign Secretary David Cameron outlined how the UK must build up defenses, stay close to partners, and reach out to new allies. ”In the last fortnight, I’ve stood in a bombed-out cathedral in one of Ukraine’s most beautiful cities and watched as brave Ukrainian soldiers kissed families goodbye as they left for the front to fight Putin’s illegal invasion.