Politics

Thursday, May 5th 2022 - 09:52 UTC
Chile's future constitution makes room for indigenous ancestral land rights

Chile's Constituent Assembly Wednesday approved in a Plenary Session the right of indigenous peoples and nations to their lands, territories, and resources by 106 votes in favor, 37 against, and 10 abstentions.
Thursday, May 5th 2022 - 09:48 UTC
Nicaragua's NGO outlawing spree seems to have no end

Nicaragua's National Assembly Wednesday voted to outlaw another 50 NGOs at the request of the Government of President Daniel Ortega.
Thursday, May 5th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Lord Mayor of the City of London on official visit to Chile

As the highest representative of London’s financial district, Lord Mayor of the City of London Vincent Keaveny spent two days this week in Santiago, where he met with government officials, financial associations and representatives of the Chilean business world, with the aim of strengthening trade links between the City of London and Chile.
Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 22:15 UTC
Peru's President said to have plagiarized university thesis a decade ago

Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones Wednesday rejected allegations that he and his wife Liliana Paredes had plagiarized the contents of the thesis they filed to get a Masters' Degree in Educational Psychology at the César Vallejo private university a decade ago.
Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 22:11 UTC
Brazil's Police not happy with President's undelivered promises - strikes coming up

Brazil's Federal Police will stage “partial and progressive” strikes in light of President Jair Bolsonaro's unfulfilled promises regarding salaries and promotion schemes, the National Association of Federal Police Commissioners (ADPF, for its acronym in Portuguese) said in a statement.
Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 22:09 UTC
Son of Bolsonaro insists Milei can become Argentina's next president

Brazilian Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of President Jair Bolsonaro, held a telephone conversation with his Argentine colleague Javier Milei, whom he reportedly told that “I believe you can be president.”
Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 10:43 UTC
Brazilian Foreign Minister met with his Uruguayan counterpart to discuss the “flexibilization” of Mercosur

Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo received on Tuesday his Brazilian counterpart Carlos França at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Montevideo to discuss, among other issues, Mercosur's flexibilization and the reduction of the common external tariff.
Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 10:08 UTC
Parlatino urges member countries to tackle ballooning food prices

The Latin American and Caribbean Parliament (Parlatino) Tuesday urged its 23 member countries to take measures to curb the soaring food prices which are reaching unprecedented highs, according to the food price index kept by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Argentine Gov't against exclusions from Summit of the Americas

Following the announcement by the United States that the governments of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela were not going to be invited to June's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles because they do not respect democracy, Argentina has urged it to review its stance.
Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 09:58 UTC
Chilean president rejects a chronic dole claimers system; mentions the Argentine example

Chilean president Gabriel Boric did not have kind words for Argentina's social relief policy when explaining how his administration was going to address support policies in the post-pandemic period and current global war situation, propping the economy and creating jobs.