Politics

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 19:35 UTC

  Brazil: De Moraes hopes abstention will be smaller next Sunday

  

  Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Chief Justice Alexandre De Moraes Thursday launched an appeal on all citizens to cast their votes during next Sunday's runoff pitting incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro against the former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 19:28 UTC

  Mexico launches bid to host 2036 Olympic Games

  

  Mexico has submitted a bid to host the 2036 Summer Olympic Games. If that option is not possible then the Latin American country is also open to being awarded the 2040 competition.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 19:27 UTC

  Mercosur ministers agree to boost cooperation in fighting crime

  

  Security and Interior Ministers of all Mercosur countries convened this week in Uruguay's capital to discuss the current situation in the region and pledged to improve criminal information systems among member nations, according to a document signed Wednesday.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 10:54 UTC

  TSE gives thumbs down to Bolsonaro's electoral ad fraud allegations

  

  Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Wednesday rejected a petition from incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro's campaign team that alleged irregularities in the broadcast of radio electoral propaganda be investigated.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

  Crime in Chile: Opposition praises president Boric's change of attitude', but distrust entourage

  

  Despite the collapse in public opinion approval of Chilean president Gabriel Boric, the government's opposition have valued the change of attitude from the leader, in recent weeks when referring to crucial areas such as law and order, although admitting there are still “pockets of resistance” in the government.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Uruguay successfully issues US$ 1,5 billion “green linked bond,” with US$ 3,96 billon demand

  

  On Friday October 20, Uruguay issued its first sustainability-linked bonds (SLB), with a step-down mechanism that is activated if it reaches certain environmental targets. The purpose is to align the country’s sovereign debt policy with its climate goals by issuing a bond that links the coupon to compliance with the climate and environmental goals that the country set in its first Naturally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Colombia, Mexico, Trinidad Tobago, Uruguay teams, winners of IDB Development Initiative

  

  The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced the four winners of the fifth Superheroes of Development contest, which rewards creative and innovative solutions used in development projects financed by the IDB, IDB Invest and IDB Lab (IDB Group) in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  CELAC FMs call for joint connection with the rest of the world

  

  Foreign Ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Buenos Aires Wednesday issued a statement calling for the consolidation of regional unity while deepening strategies for joint approaches regarding the bloc's connection with the rest of the world.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  All COVID-19 restrictions lifted in Peru

  

  Peruvian health authorities Wednesday announced the lifting of the state of emergency declared amid the COVID-19 pandemic as well as all sanitary restrictions imposed thereby.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 09:56 UTC

  UK: Sunak to announce strategy two weeks later than planned

  

  Britain's newly-appointed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Wednesday announced he was postponing the presentation of his plan to curb the country's current crisis and set Nov. 17 instead of Oct. 31 for the official launch.