Politics

Tuesday, February 28th 2023 - 10:13 UTC
Lima Court rejects habeas corpus for Castillo

Peru's Judiciary Monday rejected a habeas corpus request filed by former President Pedro Castillo Terrones' legal counselors to spare the former head of state the 18 months' pre-trial detention he has been sentenced to pending a resolution on the case against him for trying to dissolve Congress and rule by decree.
Tuesday, February 28th 2023 - 10:07 UTC
Argentine gov't fine-tuning fight against informal beef trade

Argentine exporters have been discovered inflating their expenses in their beef shipments to China leading to tax deductions of around AR$ 13 million (around US$ 34,200 at the unofficial exchange rate), the AFIP tax bureau reported.
Tuesday, February 28th 2023 - 09:51 UTC
Ecuador, Belgium sign cooperation deal against drug trafficking

Interior Ministers Juan Zapata of Ecuador and Annelies Verlinden of Belgium Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding whereby police forces of both countries are to exchange information and training to tackle transnational crime, it was reported. Also participating at the signing ceremony was European Union Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson.
Tuesday, February 28th 2023 - 09:48 UTC
De Moraes says STF has jurisdiction to try Jan. 8 suspects whether civilian or military

Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Monday said civilian magistrates may try military personnel involved in the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia, Agencia Brasil reported.
Tuesday, February 28th 2023 - 08:54 UTC
UK, EU reach “Windsor” deal to tackle post-Brexit Ireland crack

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Monday clinched in principle a deal on Northern Ireland, one of the biggest wounds Brexit had left open, it was reported.
Tuesday, February 28th 2023 - 07:02 UTC
AMLO wants a five-nation anti-inflation regional alliance

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), who insisted Monday on dubbing his Peruvian colleague Dina Boluarte “a puppet,” has launched an initiative to tackle inflation with other regional leftwing leaders, namely Argentina's Alberto Fernandez, Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, Colombia's Gustavo Petro, and Cuba's Miguel Díaz-Canel
Monday, February 27th 2023 - 17:49 UTC
Chilean coin commemorating 1973 coup sparks controversy on social media

A Chilean Bank was forced last week to withdraw from its online collectors' store a coin alluding to the 1973 coup d'état from sale following protests on social media. One of the sides of the coin showed an image of troops shooting at La Moneda Palace.
Monday, February 27th 2023 - 17:42 UTC
Mercosur-EU deal on hold until South American producers follow same protocols, Macron warns

French President Emmanuel Macron once again warned during the weekend that the Mercosur-EU deal would not be ratified until every country involved in it abode by the same set of environmental rules. “When restrictions are imposed on our producers, we must impose them on the food we import,” he underlined.
Monday, February 27th 2023 - 09:58 UTC
China to use Antarctica for ocean monitoring satellites

Last week's announcement by China that it would build ground stations in Antarctica to back its increasing number of ocean monitoring satellites, has sparked some fears among western countries who believe it is in fact an espionage network, a comment Beijing has systematically rejected.
Monday, February 27th 2023 - 08:47 UTC
US media: Washington needs to capitalize on Falklands case to restore hemispheric unity

However small, remote, and irrelevant to Washington the South Atlantic might be, it might prove vital if the United States is to rebuild its hemispheric strategy lost as a result of helping the United Kingdom retake the Falklands from Argentine forces back in 1982, according to a Foreign Policy article published Sunday.