Politics

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 19:51 UTC

  Son of Chilean rebel group leader arrested after arson attacks

  

  Chilean authorities have arrested a son of Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM) leader Héctor Llaitul, it was reported in Santiago.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 18:27 UTC

  Argentine President halts all traveling due to poor health

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday decided not to travel to Corrientes for the Convention of Grand North Governors on his doctors' advice after the gastritis problem he had during the G20 Summit in Indonesia.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 10:56 UTC

  Echoes from Qatar World Cup: hooligans replace English flag by an Argentine Malvinas-claim

  

  Argentine fans and followers of the national football team participating in the World Cup 2022, in Qatar were involved in a hooligan incident which demanded the intervention of local law enforcement officers after the English flag was forcibly replaced by an Argentine Malvinas-claim colors.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Argentina objects to the presence of Prince Anne in the Falklands, “a discourtesy” complains Carmona

  

  From Buenos Aires, Argentina objected to the presence of Princess Anne in the Falkland Islands during her six-day visit, with a brief release.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Iran's nuclear progress raising eyebrows among western powers

  

  Iran's expansion of its nuclear capabilities in defiance of the non-proliferation agreement has caused concern in Washington, White House National Security spokesman John Kirby explained.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Reappointments made to the Marine Management Organization Board

  

  Solicitor, Falkland Islands former Attorney General and SAERI Chair Peter Judge MBE, together with David Lyall have been reappointed to the Board of the Marine Management Organization. MMO has a wide range of responsibilities, which include implementing plan-led marine management, licensing marine works, and managing UK fishing fleet capacity and UK fisheries quotas.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 08:53 UTC

  DBRS ups Uruguay's credit rating

  

  Canadian rating agency DBRS Morningstar upgraded Uruguay's foreign currency sovereign debt score from BBB Low to BBB as a result of Montevideo's “substantial improvement” in the country's fiscal outlook, it was reported Tuesday.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 21:41 UTC

  Former South African President ordered back to jailhouse

  

  Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been ordered back to jail after the Supreme Court overturned his medical parole earlier this week. Zuma had been sentenced to 15 months in jail for refusing to testify in a government inquiry into a corruption case.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:39 UTC

  Colombian gov't, ELN resume peace talks in Caracas

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said that “time for peace has arrived” as dignitaries from the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas started their ceasefire talks in Caracas Monday.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:37 UTC

  Uruguay: ex-presidential custody chief used to offer State spying system; opposition warned of “bribes”

  

  Alejandro Astesiano, the former custodian of President Luis Lacalle Pou, offered the use of El Guardián, the telephone tapping system of the Interior Ministry, which can only be accessed with judicial authorization. The prosecutor in charge of the case, Gabriela Fosatti, investigates in depth the use that Astesiano had of this tool, it was reported.