Politics

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:57 UTC

  Massa to broker imports from Brazil paid in Argentine pesos

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa will travel to Brazil alongside President Alberto Fernández to find credit alternatives through which to spend fewer dollars in bilateral trade, it was reported.

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Colombia: Petro moves on with drastic reforms

  

  Colombian President Gustavo Petro Monday insisted that people in his country have no rights or freedom when introducing a new set of measures and appointing seven new cabinet ministers. Colombia “is a people without freedom,” Petro argued.

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:43 UTC

  FIDF members rehearsing in London, next to Commonwealth and UK soldiers for the Coronation

  

  Members of the Falkland Islands Defense Force especially invited to participate in the coming Coronation of King Charles III are already in London and have been training daily alongside Commonwealth and UK soldiers.

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:22 UTC

  Schools in Mar del Plata to be named after 1982 war fallen

  

  Public schools and kindergartens in the Argentine beach resort and port of Mar del Plata will be named after local combatants fallen in the 1982 Malvinas War, it was announced Monday. The initiative was approved unanimously by the City Council.

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  Lula sets up committee to work on legislating Uber-like work

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration created a working group to draft labor rules for drivers and good deliverers using mobile applications. The initiative was published Monday in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette).

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:19 UTC

  LATAC renews regional commitment to Gender and Equalities

  

  Renewed commitment brings gender and equality at the heart of the UK’s work in the Latin American And Caribbean region, LATAC, as part of the UK government’s commitment to tackle inequalities around the world.

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:15 UTC

  Bolivia finds new oil well, President Arce announces

  

  Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora Monday announced the discovery of the YOPE-X1 hydrocarbon well in the municipality of Yapacani, in the department of Santa Cruz, it was reported.

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:05 UTC

  Fernández: Argentina has achieved the “lowest unemployment in decades”

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday released a recorded Labor Day message in which he praised his administration for achieving “the lowest unemployment in decades.” There are also “many provinces having full employment,” he added.

• Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 09:50 UTC

  Illegal miners gunned down in Yanomami Territory

  

  Brazil's Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change confirmed the death of four miners inside the Yanomami Indigenous Land late on Sunday, April 30, Agencia Brasil reported. They had reacted to a raid by the Federal Highway Police (PRF) and the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama). According to the ministry, during the action, large-caliber weapons were seized.

• Monday, May 1st 2023 - 10:44 UTC

  Colorado Party's Peña wins Paraguayan elections

  

  Santiago Peña of the ruling National Republican Association (ANR), also known as the Colorado Party, won Sunday's elections in Paraguay and will become the South American country's new president on Aug. 15, it was reported in Asunción. Turnout stood at 63.11% despite voting being mandatory.