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Politics

  • Wednesday, December 20th 2023 - 18:00 UTC

    Ex-Royal Marine attempting a Guinness World Record by skiing to the South Pole

    Dave and Alan need to travel more than 20km a day to complete his challenge within 55 days.(Pic The Royal Marines Charity)

    A Welsh ex-Royal Marine from Seven Sisters in Neath Port Talbot, Dave Thomas, is aiming to set a new Guinness World Record, becoming the oldest person to ski unsupported from Hercules Inlet, in West Antarctica, to the South Pole, reports BBC.

  • Wednesday, December 20th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

    IMF says Brazil is the 9th economy in the world

    “They don't know the work you have to do to be so lucky,” Lula said

    According to a report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released Tuesday, Brazil is now the ninth-largest economy in the world, thus displacing Canada from that position.

  • Wednesday, December 20th 2023 - 10:42 UTC

    Argentina: Milei to explain drastic measures

    Argentina: Milei to explain drastic measures on national TV and radio

    Argentine President Javier Milei will go on national television on Wednesday to explain the scope of his most-encompassing emergency decree (DNU) to deregulate the economy with more than 600 provisions.

  • Wednesday, December 20th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

    Uruguayan President and his children land in Antarctica

    Lacalle and his children were expected to stay at the Artigas base for nearly 24 hours

    The Uruguayan Air Force's Lockheed C-130 Hercules FAU 594 carrying President Luis Lacalle Pou and his children landed at the South American country's Artigas Base (BCAA) in Antarctica on Tuesday. “After 30 years, I have returned to Antarctica. The Artigas base houses military and civilians who work side by side,” Lacalle wrote on social networks.

  • Wednesday, December 20th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

    Essequibo conflict means higher insurance costs for Guyana

    Oil drilling will entail higher premiums, it was explained

    Amid escalating concerns about the Essequibo crisis with neighboring Venezuela, Guyana has been included in the list of greatest risk for maritime transport drafted by insurers Lloyd's Market Association for vessels visiting offshore facilities in the former British colony's Exclusive Economic Zone, beyond “territorial waters.”

  • Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

    Rutley meets with Ali to reaffirm UK's support to Guyana in Essequibo controversy

    “The United Kingdom supports Guyana,” Rutley wrote on social media

    British Minister for the Americas, Caribbean, and Overseas Territories David Rutley met Monday in Georgetown with Guyanese President Irfaan Ali to reaffirm the United Kingdom's support to the South American country in their controversy with Venezuela over the 160,000 km2 oil-rich Essequibo region.

  • Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 10:05 UTC

    Paraguay takes over pro tempore presidency of Gafilat

    Alcaraz has always been focused on the Gafilat since taking over the Seprelad

    Paraguay's Liliana Elizabeth Alcaraz Recalde, who heads the South American country's Secretariat for the Prevention of Money and Asset Laundering (Seprelad), took over the pro tempore presidency of the Latin American Financial Action Task Force (Gafilat) for the period 2024 during the XLVIII Meeting held at the exclusive Uruguayan beach resort of Punta del Este between Dec. 11 and 15. Guatemala's Jorge Marroquín was appointed Vice-President.

  • Tuesday, December 19th 2023 - 09:51 UTC

    Operation Veneratio leaves 12 dead at Asunción jailhouse

    The Tacumbú prison had become a center from where criminal groups operated, Peña explained

    One law enforcement officer and 11 inmates were killed Monday during the so-called Operation Veneratio at Asunción's Tacumbú Prison through which the administration of President Santiago Peña put an end to unthinkable privileges granted to incarcerated drug lord Armando Javier Rotela and his gang, which virtually ran the place.

  • Monday, December 18th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    New attempt to reform Chile's Constitution fails

    Sunday's process “strengthens our democracy,” Boric argued

    Chile voted 55.45 % against the new Constitution and thus the one passed in the early 1980s under former dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte will remain in force, it was reported Sunday in Santiago.

  • Monday, December 18th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

    Unprecedented storm: Roof collapses in Bahía Blanca killing 13

    “I am perfectly confident that you will be able to resolve this situation in the best possible way, with the existing resources,” Milei told the people of Bahía Blanca

    At least 13 people were reported dead in the city port of Bahía Blanca some 690 kilometers south of the Argentine capital and three others elsewhere in the province of Buenos Aires after Sunday's storms. Parts of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA), where one victim was reported, and other provinces were left without electricity for hours.