Politics

• Friday, October 7th 2022 - 10:35 UTC

  Argentina, Brazil, Mexico not siding with OAS on Russia statement

  

  The delegations of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico were among those who refused to sign a statement from the Organization of American States (OAS) condemning Russia's military deployment in Ukraine as the continental group's 52nd General Assembly kicked off in Lima.

• Friday, October 7th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro apologizes for harsh comments

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday apologized for his use of foul and offensive language.

• Friday, October 7th 2022 - 10:24 UTC

  Liz Truss' Conservative party conference speech

  

  By Paula Keavenney (*) – The stakes could not have been higher as Liz Truss delivered her first party conference speech as prime minister. Against a backdrop of economic chaos, open party warfare and polling that shows she’s on course for a spectacular election loss, Truss insisted she was “determined to get us through the tempest”.

• Friday, October 7th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Blinken discusses bilateral issues with Boric in Santiago

  

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Wednesday at the Palacio de la Moneda, in Santiago, to discuss further investments in the South American country, it was reported.

• Friday, October 7th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

  Brazil files key memorandum to join OECD

  

  The Government of Brazil has taken yet another step toward joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) by sending the initial memorandum of accession, it was reported Thursday. The OECD brings together the most industrialized economies on the planet.

• Friday, October 7th 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  Argentine women's minister resigns over arrest of pregnant, breastfeeding Mapuche suspects

  

  Argentina's Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity, Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta, turned in her resignation Thursday over discrepancies with the administration of President Alberto Fernández on the handling of the Villa Mascardi crisis with the Mapuche community.

• Friday, October 7th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  OAS General Assembly condemns murder attempt against Cristina Kirchner

  

  The Organization of American States, OAS, which is holding its annual general assembly in Lima, capital of Peru unanimously supported on Thursday, a “Declaration of solidarity with the Argentine people given the magnicide attempt suffered by the vice-president of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner”

• Friday, October 7th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Latin American economies at pre-pandemic levels but GDPs hide much poverty and inequality

  

  “Latin American and Caribbean economies have recovered their pre-pandemic levels and the region recovered certain feeling of normality, although the overall economy must rebuild to avoid a new cycle of low growth,” points out the latest from the World Bank under the heading of “New approaches to closing the Fiscal Gap.”

• Friday, October 7th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentine Minister praises federal forces for Mapuche operation

  

  Argentina's Security Minister Aníbal Fernández claimed “there was no repression” against the Mapuches in Villa Mascardi as law enforcement officers evicted the usurping indigenist groups at Lof Lafken Winkul Mapu, which resulted in several arrests.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 22:06 UTC

  Ecuadorian military finds more than 750 antipersonnel mines in border with Colombia

  

  More than 750 handmade antipersonnel mines were found in the Amazonian province of Sucumbios, bordering Colombia. The finding in charge of the Ecuadorian military was reported Thursday by the Joint Command of the Armed Forces.