Politics

• Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 09:44 UTC

  Alberto Fernández meets with European Council President

  

  Alberto Fernández Wednesday met European Council President Charles Michel at Casa Rosada to discuss the importance of strengthening the bilateral agenda European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).

• Thursday, January 26th 2023 - 09:29 UTC

  Falklands: Diverting children and young people away from the Criminal Justice System

  

  The Royal Falkland Islands Police, the Probation Service, the Social Services Department and the Prosecution Service have released a joint policy that sets out the approach taken to children and young people who become involved in the criminal justice system.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 18:58 UTC

  Lula in favor of Mercosur-China FTA

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva said Wednesday in Montevideo that he agreed to open up Mercosur and pursue a free trade agreement (FTA) with China.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 18:55 UTC

  Argentina wants to buy Brazilian armored vehicles

  

  Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana undertook negotiations earlier this week with Brazil for the purchase of 156 Iveco Guarani 6x6 armored vehicles, it was reported. South America's largest country already has 500 units of the same model.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 18:45 UTC

  Bolsonaro needs another operation for his abdominal wound

  

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is to be operated on again when he returns to his country from the United States due to new complications from the stabbing he received in the city of Juiz de Fora, state of Minas Gerais, during the 2018 campaign, it was reported Wednesday.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Lacalle warns Celac about “ideological temptation”

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday warned against the “ideological temptation in international forums.” During his speech at the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in Buenos Aires, he explained that when ideologies change “the forums fade away.”

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:37 UTC

  Chilean President wants free elections in Venezuela next year

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Tuesday called for free elections in Venezuela and said he was willing to sponsor dialogue between the administration of President Nicolás Maduro and the opposition. He also said he hoped Venezuela would soon once again participate in multilateral forums.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:35 UTC

  “Comrade” Ralph Gonsalves becomes new Celac pro tempore president

  

  Upon closing the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in Buenos Aires, Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday handed over the pro tempore presidency of the forum to the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Everard Gonsalves, who is notorious for his closeness to the governments of Cuba, Venezuela and also Nicaragua.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:30 UTC

  First steel cut on second Type 31 Frigate, HMS Active

  

  Construction is underway on the second Type 31 frigate being built for the Royal Navy. The first steel has been cut on HMS Active at the Babcock shipyard in Fife, by Defense Minister Alex Chalk.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:25 UTC

  Joint Brazil Federal and State funds to build a much needed tunnel in the Santos port

  

  Brazilian Minister of Ports and Airports, Márcio França, anticipated that the federal government may help fund the construction of a tunnel between Santos and Guarujá, a project that should cost around some three billion Reais equivalent to some US$ 500 million.