Politics

Monday, August 25th 2025 - 10:59 UTC
Argentine gov't downplays disability aid scandal

Argentine authorities downplayed the recent scandal triggered by corruption allegations surrounding disability aid money and insisted it was all a plot by the opposition just days shy of the mid-term federal elections in the province of Buenos Aires, the country's largest and most significant district.
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Monday, August 25th 2025 - 10:57 UTC
Eduardo Bolsonaro says De Moraes is a “mad judge”

Brazilian Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, referred to Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Mraes as the “crazy judge” during an interview with a US broadcaster's Real America's Voice show.
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Monday, August 25th 2025 - 10:54 UTC
Maduro promotes Ambassador in Colombia to Major General

Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro promoted his country's Ambassador to Colombia Carlos Martínez to the rank of major general in active reserve.
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Monday, August 25th 2025 - 10:03 UTC
Key guerrilla leader gunned down by Colombian forces

A military operation in El Retorno, Colombia, on Sunday resulted in the death of Willinton Vanegas Leyva, also known by his alias “Dumar” or “Chito.” According to Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez Suárez, Dumar was a senior leader of the “Martín Villa faction,” a part of the FARC dissident group known as the Central General Staff (EMC), led by Iván Mordisco.
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Monday, August 25th 2025 - 10:03 UTC
One-person households on the rise in Brazil

The proportion of Brazilian one-person households has grown by 52% in 12 years, Agencia Brasil reported during the weekend. In 2024, 18.6% of households were inhabited by only one person. In 2012, this share stood at 12.2%.
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Monday, August 25th 2025 - 09:55 UTC
Peña holds key meeting with US Southern Command Chief

US Southern Command (Southcom) Chief, Admiral Alvin Holsey, has met with Paraguayan President Santiago Peña to strengthen the strategic alliance between the two countries. President Peña awarded Holsey the Order of Merit of the Armed Forces, Paraguay's highest military decoration, in recognition of his support for the South American nation.
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Saturday, August 23rd 2025 - 12:26 UTC
Senator Uribe Turbay's father picks up his son's baton

The 79-year-old Miguel Uribe Londoño, father of the Colombian slain Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, announced Friday that he would fill his son's vacancy within the conservative Centro Democrático's presidential primaries. Uribe Turbay died on August 11 after being shot during a campaign event in June.
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Saturday, August 23rd 2025 - 12:15 UTC
Amazonia Summit countries pass Bogotá Declaration

Leaders of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela on Friday approved the Bogotá Declaration, a document that establishes a unified position for COP30, scheduled for November 10-21 in Belém do Pará, Brazil.
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Saturday, August 23rd 2025 - 11:52 UTC
Maduro says Venezuela is an impregnable homeland

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Friday insisted before the National Assembly (Parliament) that his country was an “impregnable homeland,” which “nothing and no one will touch.” He also underlined that true wealth lay in “moral, spiritual, and ethical” values.
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Saturday, August 23rd 2025 - 10:51 UTC
Brazil's STF votes again to convict Congresswoman Zambelli

Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) decided on Friday (22) by 9 votes to 2 to convict Federal Congresswoman Carla Zambelli (PL-SP) to five years and three months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm and illegal coercion with the use of a firearm.
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