Politics

• Saturday, September 24th 2022 - 10:43 UTC

  CFK links her corruption trial to the murder attempt against her

  

  Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Friday told the court judging her for alleged corruption in the awarding of public bids to build roads while she was President (2008-15), that the case under treatment was linked to her assassination attempt earlier this month.

• Saturday, September 24th 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Uruguayan President still highly approved of, but...

  

  Halfway through his presidency, Uruguayan leader Luis Lacalle Pou continues to have a 47% approval rating, according to a survey by pollsters Equipos Consultores released Friday in Montevideo

• Saturday, September 24th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Bolsonaro reminds voters next president will have 2 STF vacancies to fill

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday pledged to appoint anti-abortion judges in case he wins next month's elections for which opposition candidate Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva is reportedly the favorite, according to all polls.

• Saturday, September 24th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Argentina limits door-to-door purchases abroad

  

  Argentina's Federal Administration of Public Revenues (AFIP) tax bureau has lowered the cap from US$ 3,000 to US$ 1,000 on door-to-door online purchases effective Sept. 23, in a move to curb foreign currency expenditures that drain the Central Bank's reserves.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 19:20 UTC

  Residents in Russian-held territories vote between staying Russian or going back under Kyiv

  

  Residents in the eastern Ukrainian republics of Donetsk and Lugansk in the Donbas regions and in other parts of Russian-controlled territories began voting Friday in a referendum with which Moscow seeks to legitimize the military deployment in the area since February.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 19:13 UTC

  Chile's top general resigns over intel leak

  

  Chilean General Guillermo Paiva Hernández has resigned as head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (EMCO) following the leaking of classified information to the press which went viral Thursday

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 18:12 UTC

  Uruguayan authorities tackle arsenic in drinking water

  

  Uruguayan authorities are reviewing their options to tackle the presence of arsenic in faucet water in various towns nationwide, it was reported this week.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Leak from military brass shows Chile's concerns over current issues

  

  Chile's Defense Minister Maya Fernandez was summoned back to Santiago at the earliest time possible after classified documents involving the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the relationship between President Gabriel Boric Font and his Argentine colleague Alberto Fernández went public.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  Spanish coalition plans a “wealth” tax on the richest 1% to support “the middle class and workers”

  

  Spain's fragile left-wing coalition government plans to slap a temporary tax on the wealthiest 1% of the country's population to help pay for inflation and cost of living relief measures.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Another challenge for UK unity: latest census shows Catholics are a majority in Northern Ireland

  

  For the first time in the century of its existence, Northern Ireland has more residents who identify as Catholic than those calling themselves Protestants, a census has shown, according to results published on Thursday.