Politics

Tuesday, September 26th 2023 - 09:16 UTC
Paraguayan lawmakers bring waterway crisis before Parlasur

Paraguayan lawmakers took to the Mercosur Parliament (Parlasur) in Montevideo the crisis stemming from Argentina charging tolls to barges sailing through the Paraná River Waterway, it was reported Monday in the Uruguayan capital. They displayed banners reading “Free navigation now”, “Free navigation always”, and “Waterway = Mercosur”.
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Tuesday, September 26th 2023 - 09:11 UTC
Paraguayan President warns EU-Mercosur deal is now or never

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña insisted Monday that if the trade deal between Mercosur and the European Union is not operational by Dec. 6 there would be no agreement at all after he takes over the South American Common Market (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay)bloc's pro-tempore presidency.
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Tuesday, September 26th 2023 - 09:06 UTC
Uruguay has first three female colonels

Uruguay's Senate has approved the promotion of the first three female military officers to reach the rank of colonel in the South American country's armed forces, Defense Minister Javier García announced Monday.
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Tuesday, September 26th 2023 - 09:02 UTC
Lula says Vietnam interested in a trade deal with Mercosur

President Lula da Silva welcomed on Monday, in Brasilia, Vietnam prime minister Pham Minh Chinh and said the Asian country was interested in a trade deal with the Mercosur bloc. Lula, who currently chairs the group, said he wants to bring Mercosur members closer to Asian countries and highlighted there is room for trade with Vietnam to grow..
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Tuesday, September 26th 2023 - 08:59 UTC
The Falklands Warrah as emblem of Argentina's 'symbolic' Malvinas National Park

The outgoing Argentine government announced on Sunday, through the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development that it is working on the creation of the first “symbolic” natural park in the Falkland Islands, and a bill is being drafted to send to Congress.
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Tuesday, September 26th 2023 - 08:23 UTC
Biden moves to contain the advance of Beijing in Pacific Islands

US President Joe Biden said on Monday that United States officially recognized two small Pacific nations. According to Biden, Washington has recognized the Cook Islands and Niue as “sovereign and independent” states and will establish diplomatic relations with both.
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Monday, September 25th 2023 - 10:10 UTC
Argentina: JxC candidate wins gubernatorial elections in Mendoza

Alfredo Cornejo of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), a party within the opposition Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) alliance and particularly close to presidential candidate Patricia Bullrich, won Sunday's elections to become governor of Mendoza for the third time in his life.
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Monday, September 25th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
Argentina insists Navitas Petroleum has a ban due to “illegal” operations in Falkland Islands

Argentina has again complained that the Israeli company Navitas Petroleum LP is operating in the Falkland Islands, Malvinas Islands, involved in illegal activities in Argentine insular territory without the pertinent hydrocarbons exploration and exploitation permits from the competent authorities.
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Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:52 UTC
Ecuador back to online schooling due to extreme violence

A practice that expanded worldwide during the Covid-19 lockdowns to avoid physical proximity, online schooling returns to Ecuador in a move to minimize the dangers of living in the crime-ridden coastal province of Guayas, particularly its capital, Guayaquil, where shootings and murders have become commonplace, it was announced Sunday.
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Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:50 UTC
Nicaraguan court hands down prison sentences to two women opposing Ortega

Nicaraguan opposition leaders Olesia Muñoz Pavón and Anielka García have been sentenced to 10 and 8 years in prison, respectively, for spreading false news and conspiring to undermine national integrity, which amounts to “treason,” it was reported from Managua on Sunday.
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