Politics

• Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 19:13 UTC

  Assailant had been watching CFK's for days selling cotton candy

  

  An inquiry by Argentina's Airport Security Police has reportedly determined that the assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), is leaning toward believing the incident had been long planned.

• Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 19:11 UTC

  Paraguay has new chief of anti-money-laundering bureau

  

  On his first day on his new job as Paraguay's Secretary of Prevention against Money Laundering (Seprelad), said his country was better equipped now to face the challenges posed by Tuesday's report from the Latin American Financial Action Task Force (Gafilat) which resulted in his appointment.

• Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 19:09 UTC

  Putin congratulates Bolsonaro on Brazil's Bicentennial

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday congratulated his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro on the 200th anniversary of the South American country's Declaration of Independence from Portugal.

• Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Uruguayan Lower House committee okays euthanasia bill

  

  The Health Committee of Uruguay's Lower House has passed a bill approving euthanasia. The body is now to debate the issue in a plenary session, probably next month, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 10:28 UTC

  Truss announces new cabinet to face “the storm”

  

  Britain's newly-appointed Prime Minister Liz Truss Tuesday vowed to weather the “the storm” the country is going through and appointed her new cabinet for that task.

• Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 10:25 UTC

  Boric reshuffles Cabinet to bounce back from rejection

  

  After Rejection prevailed in Sunday's referendum to approve a proposed new Constitution, Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font was forced to reshuffle his cabinet in a move to regain some credibility after less than 40% of voters supported him.

• Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  ALBA-TCP countries demand release of Emtrasur's 747

  

  A document has been signed Tuesday by all members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas - Peoples' Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP) demanding Argentine returns the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter airplane to Venezuela.

• Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Radio host killed by hitmen in Paraguayan city of PJC

  

  Another reporter has been murdered in the Paraguayan city of Pedro Juan Caballero in yet another attack against the local broadcaster Radio Amambay 570, it was reported Tuesday.

• Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 07:12 UTC

  CFK case: Assailant's girlfriend also arrested

  

  Argentine investigators suspect the Brazilian suspect who perpetrated the assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner last Thursday did not act alone. His girlfriend has also been arrested.

• Tuesday, September 6th 2022 - 23:02 UTC

  Next British Prime Minister strong supporter of the Falklands

  

  On Monday 5 September 2022, it was announced that the Rt Hon Liz Truss MP had been elected the new leader of the Conservative Party, following the resignation of Boris Johnson MP and subsequent leadership election.