Politics

• Monday, September 11th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

  Maduro wants China to help Venezuela join BRICS

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro told Chinese media during the weekend that he wanted the South American country to join the BRICS bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) as a way to consolidate ties between the Asian giant and Latin America and the Caribbean, it was reported in Beijing. Venezuela has already expressed its interest in joining BRICS formally.

• Monday, September 11th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Chile: AMLO joins Boric in remembering Allende

  

  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) said Sunday in Santiago that he admired late Chilean President Salvador Allende, who was “a victim of scoundrels.” The visiting leader made those remarks on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the military coup d'état by General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, which overthrew the Socialist head of state and started a 17-year dictatorship.

• Monday, September 11th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

  Argentina: Former presidential advisor accused of sexual abuse against minor

  

  Former presidential advisor Antonio Aracre, who was once rumored to have been singled out by Alberto Fernández to replace Sergio Massa as Economy Minister and has now switched politically to the ranks of opposition Juntos por el Cambio's (JxC) Patricia Bullrich, was denounced for sexual abuse against a 17-year-old minor, it was reported Sunday in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, September 11th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Lula receives G20 rotating presidency as New Delhi Summit ends

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Sunday assumed in New Delhi the rotating presidency of the G20 from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, although his term will begin officially on Dec. 1.

• Monday, September 11th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

  Paraguay wants its money back from the COVAX mechanism

  

  Paraguay's Health Minister María Teresa Barán criticized the World Health Organization's (WHO) COVAX mechanism for distributing vaccines against Covid-19 worldwide and refused to accept the next batch from the global agency.

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 23:08 UTC

  Confusion in Brazilian diplomacy on a long awaited reply to EU on the trade agreement

  

  Brazil’s Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said this week that Mercosur had sent the European Union their position on a European addendum to their long-awaited trade agreement. However, despite the announcement it was revealed that Uruguay and Paraguay have yet to present their positions in writing, diplomatic sources said in both countries.

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 13:12 UTC

  First anniversary of Elizabeth II death and Accession of King Charles III

  

  King Charles III has remembered his late mother's “devoted service” and “all she meant” to the country on the first anniversary of her death. Queen Elizabeth II died on 8 September last year. She was 96.

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 12:59 UTC

  Falklands' pilgrimage of six Argentine fallen gendarmes next of kin

  

  This Saturday weather allowing a group of Argentine next of kin of soldiers fallen during the Falkland/Malvinas conflict should be arriving at MPA and the Falklands. The trip according to Argentine sources was coordinated by the Argentine Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights,

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Paraguay to seek Mercosur arbitration on Paraná Waterway toll collection by Argentina

  

  The Government of Paraguay announced Friday that it will be seeking an international arbitrage within the South American Common Market (Mercosur) to settle the dispute with Argentina over the charging of tolls to barges sailing through the Paraná River Waterway.

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 10:47 UTC

  Mexican president lands in Colombia for talks with Petro

  

  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador met in Cali with his Colombian colleague Gustavo Petro on the first day of his official trip to Colombia, it was reported. Both heads of state attended the closing of the three-day Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Drugs.