Politics

Monday, December 18th 2023 - 10:41 UTC
Brazilian diplomacy manages to cool tensions between Venezuela and Guyana

In what is considered a success for Brazilian diplomacy, Venezuela and Guyana pledged in a joint statement last Thursday, not to resort to force to settle a long-standing dispute over contested land and adjoining sea in an oil and gas-rich region known as the Essequibo.
Monday, December 18th 2023 - 10:33 UTC
Milei booed at Boca Juniors elections for supporting Macri

Argentine President Javier Milei was jeered and called names Sunday when he cast his vote for Andrés Ibarra for president of Club Atlético Boca Juniors at the iconic Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires before leaving for the storm-hit Bahía Blanca.
Monday, December 18th 2023 - 09:56 UTC
Clearing the way for Guatemala elected president to take office in January

Guatemala the Central American country long linked to political instability and extreme violence in solving many of its domestic conflicts, is again a hotspot in the region since an elected president, who should be taking office in mid-January, has been facing growing supposedly 'legal' impediments to his legitimate right, supported by an overwhelming majority of voters who surprised the “political establishment”.
Sunday, December 17th 2023 - 16:26 UTC
Vatican corruption: Pope's ex chief of staff, Cardinal Becciu sentenced to jail for embezzlement

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the pope's former chief of staff was found guilty of several counts of embezzlement and was sentenced to more than five years in jail. He is the highest-ranking Vatican official to face a trial in the Vatican's criminal court.
Sunday, December 17th 2023 - 15:59 UTC
Argentina appoints a new Malvinas Secretary, an academic with vast experience in maritime issues

Argentine foreign minister, Diana Mondino has named Paola Di Chiaro, an academic with a political science background, involved with domestic maritime think tank issues, and linked to German Christian Democrat foundation Konrad Adenauer, as the new head of the Malvinas Islands Secretariat.
Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:25 UTC
Argentine hostage mistakenly killed by Israeli forces

According to Buenos Aires media, one of the Hamas hostages Israel mistakenly killed had Argentine roots.
Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:18 UTC
Uruguayan president postpones Antarctica trip due to bad weather

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou's trip to Antarctica has been postponed due to bad weather, Defense Minister Javier García announced Friday in Montevideo.
Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:05 UTC
Argentina: Milei says burden on private sector is “transitory”

Argentine President Javier Milei Friday released a live broadcast through his Instagram account explaining that “The effort that falls on the private sector is transitory.” The head of state added his administration was “focused on avoiding hyperinflation.”
Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:02 UTC
Presidential Spokesman warns Argentina going through hyperinflation

Argentina's Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni Friday confirmed his country was going through hyperinflation since the 1% daily rate mentioned earlier this week by Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo would result in a 3,678% per annum.
Friday, December 15th 2023 - 10:55 UTC
Argentina: Inflation is 1% daily, Caputo says

Argentine Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo said Thursday that inflation in his country stood already at 1% per day and insisted that measures were being taken to get out of this “financial catastrophe” through a classic orthodox stabilization plan. “We are in that process, but we are very confident,” he stressed.