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Politics

  • Friday, May 19th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    Bolsonaro's son fined again by TSE

    Flávio Bolsonaro was also fined R$ 5,000 for sharing a video leading people to believe Lula had been possessed by the devil.

    Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, and other legislators were fined R$ 10,000 (about US$ 2,000) Thursday by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) for spreading false information against current head of state Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

  • Friday, May 19th 2023 - 10:06 UTC

    Ecuador's elections to be set for Aug. 20?

    In the meantime, Lasso will try “to do in six months what we had planned to do in two years.”

    Ecuador's National Electoral Council (CNE) President Diana Atamaint Thursday said the snap elections could be held on Aug. 20 with a possible runoff on Oct. 15, it was reported in Quito.

  • Friday, May 19th 2023 - 10:03 UTC

    Conviction of former Paraguayan ministers upheld by Supreme Court

    Cardozo was Minister of Agriculture and Livestock during the government of President Fernando Lugo (2008-2012)

    The prison sentences of former ministers of Agriculture and Livestock Enzo Cardozo and Rody Godoy for fraud and breach of trust were confirmed Thursday by Paraguay's Supreme Court, which turned down the unconstitutionality actions filed by the defendants, who were therefore transferred to the national Tacumbú penitentiary for the next 10 and 7 years respectively.

  • Friday, May 19th 2023 - 09:30 UTC

    A BRICS revival is capable of challenging Western led international institutions?

    BRICS saw their economic alignment as an opportunity to expand their global influence by creating an alternative to West-led international institutions

    By Ana Palacios, WASHINGTON, DC – There was a time when everyone was talking about a group of fast-growing emerging economies with huge potential. But the BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – struggled to transform themselves from a promising asset class into a unified real-world diplomatic and financial player. Is this finally changing?

  • Thursday, May 18th 2023 - 14:03 UTC

    Turkey brokers a two month extension of the Black Sea grain shipments benefitting Ukraine exports

    Ukrainian and Russian officials confirmed the extension of the deal to allow exports from the Black Sea port despite the ongoing war.

    Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday that a two-month extension of the UN-back grain deal, allowing shipments of grain from Ukraine to the global market, had been reached.

  • Thursday, May 18th 2023 - 11:49 UTC

    Javier Milei's Presidential Platform: Privatization, Gun Rights, and Immigration Restrictions

    Milei's proposals do shake up the political spectrum in Argentina

    Controversial Libertarian Deputy Javier Milei pledged to sell off all of the State's assets, legalize the free carrying of weapons, privatize the health system, impose cuts in pension expenses, eliminate the compulsory nature of sex education in schools, and restrict the entry of foreigners, among other ideas if he is elected President of Argentina.

  • Thursday, May 18th 2023 - 11:05 UTC

    Florida Gov. enacts law banning gender reassignment surgery for minors

    “It's important that we in Florida stand up for our youth,” DeSantis said

    Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis Wednesday signed into law the banning of definitive sex reassignment surgeries for children and puberty blockers used to guide development toward one gender. “It's important that we in Florida stand up for our youth,” DeSantis said.

  • Thursday, May 18th 2023 - 11:03 UTC

    Ecuador: President Lasso dissolves Parliament, calls for early elections

    Lasso, 67, took office on May 24, 2021, for a four-year term

    Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso has dissolved his country's Parliament -which was trying to impeach him out of office- and called for early elections by resorting to a procedure outlined in the Constitution, it was reported in Quito. In the meantime, Lassso will run the country through Constitutional Court monitored decrees.

  • Thursday, May 18th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

    Children survive aircraft crash after 17 days in Colombia

    All three adults on the aircraft were found dead

    Four children who had been missing for 17 days since the single-engined Cessna 206 aircraft they were riding plunged into the ground were found alive Tuesday by Colombian authorities, it was reported Wednesday in Bogota. The survivors are 13, 9, and 4 years old, and 11 months. The three adults also aboard the aircraft perished in the accident.

  • Wednesday, May 17th 2023 - 19:41 UTC

    Will the status of the Falkland Islands be reviewed next week?

    ”If we start with Falkland Islands status in a couple of weeks' time we risk not being able to inform the discussion,” MLA Pollard warned

    Attorney General Simon Young suggested the most controversial topics needed to be addressed first and leave the easier ones for later as the people of the Falkland Islands prepare to review their Constitution.