Politics

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Uruguayan Supreme Court gives thumbs down to Pepín

  

  Uruguay's Supreme Court Tuesday voted against granting refugee status to former Macrist lobbyist Fabián “Pepín” Rodríguez Simón, who is staying in Montevideo to avoid an arrest warrant from Buenos Aires claiming political persecution and parliamentary immunity as a member of Parlasur.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:37 UTC

  “Party-gate”, Boris Johnson acknowledges he provided false information to Parliament, but not “intentionally”

  

  Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday acknowledged that he provided false information to Parliament about government parties that were held in violation of COVID-19 restrictions. However, Johnson insisted that he did not “intentionally mislead” Parliament about the parties.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:35 UTC

  Lula insists in criticizing central bank autonomy: current rate of 13,75% is “irresponsible”

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticized on Tuesday the country's central bank, saying that an interest rate of 13.75% - its current level - is “irresponsible,” adding he will continue to fight the current level to stimulate the economy.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:21 UTC

  Montevideo hosts Mercociudades convention

  

  Montevideo Mayor Carolina Cosse Tuesday welcomed dignitaries from over 20 cities from Mercosur and also from Chile for the first Mercociudades meeting of the year which the Uruguayan capital is hosting.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:16 UTC

  Puebla Group supports CFK at Buenos Aires gathering

  

  The Puebla Group Tuesday expressed its support to Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) during a convention at Buenos Aires' Centro Cultural Kirchner (CCK).

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:16 UTC

  Maduro appoints new Petroleum Minister

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Tuesday appointed Col. Pedro Tellechea as the new Minister of Energy and Petroleum.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:11 UTC

  IDB loan for Uruguay to strengthen post-pandemic public policy and fiscal management

  

  The Inter American Development Bank, IDB, president Illan Goldfajn and Uruguay's Economy and Finance Minister Azucena Arbeleche signed a US$ 145 million loan agreement for the Program to Strengthen Public Policy and Fiscal Management in Response to the Health and Economic Crisis

• Tuesday, March 21st 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Venezuelan oil minister resigns amid corruption scandal

  

  Venezuelan Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami Monday resigned his post on Monday after the opening of a corruption investigation involving the state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) in which two officials have already been arrested. El Aissami, a powerful ally of President Nicolás Maduro, has been singled out by the United States as an alleged drug lord.

• Tuesday, March 21st 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  Argentina tries to collect toll from Paraguay for Parana waterway traffic

  

  As of Monday last week, Argentina's General Administration of Ports (AGP) started issuing invoices for “navigation settlements of the previous months.” In other words, a fee began to be collected for the passage of Paraguayan cargo through the Santa Fe-Confluencia section.

• Tuesday, March 21st 2023 - 09:51 UTC

  Guterres warns climate bomb ticking

  

  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Monday in a recorded appearance before a UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that in order to avoid a climate catastrophe, carbon emissions must be halved by 2030 because “the climate bomb is ticking.”