Politics

Saturday, June 21st 2025 - 10:51 UTC
CFK sends crowds away from her home and delivers a recorded message

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner told her followers Friday in a recorded message from her house arrest in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Constitución that Security Minister Patricia Bullrich was seeking “to provoke chaos” and insisted that Javier Milei's policies could collapse sooner or later.
Saturday, June 21st 2025 - 10:47 UTC
Brazil's intelligence community wants Chief Spy sacked

At least 17 civil servants working for the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) want General Director Luiz Fernando Corrêa dismissed after he was indicted by the Federal Police. In a note released Friday, they summoned their colleagues to convene next Monday to discuss the issue or call for a strike.
Saturday, June 21st 2025 - 10:44 UTC
US Embassy in Paraguay resumes visa appointments

The United States' Embassy in Asunción announced Friday the resumption of appointments with applicants seeking a visa. The diplomatic mission also requested that those interested switch their social media account configurations to “public” for deeper vetting.
Saturday, June 21st 2025 - 10:41 UTC
Brazil anticipating evacuation from Israel

Brazil's diplomatic mission in Israel is beginning to record nationals of the South American country who might sign up for an evacuation flight once Tel Aviv authorizes such an operation amid the escalating war with Iran, it was reported Friday. The Brazilian Air Force has been reported to be ready and expecting the green light.
Friday, June 20th 2025 - 21:38 UTC
USS Gerald R. Ford Middle East bound

The USS Gerald R. Ford will set sail from Norfolk to the Middle East next Tuesday to strengthen Washington's might in the region, a Defense source confirmed Friday. The deployment was considered “routine” and unrelated to the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
Friday, June 20th 2025 - 09:24 UTC
CFK may show up at balcony, court says

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), under house arrest for a conviction in the Vialidad corruption case, has been fitted with an electronic anklet to monitor her location, as ordered by Oral Federal Criminal Court No. 2 (TOF 2)
Friday, June 20th 2025 - 09:15 UTC
Jones Huala's detention too strict, lawers say

Facundo Jones Huala, leader of the Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM), is being held under extremely severe conditions following his June 8 arrest in the Argentine Patagonia city of El Bolsón for encouraging acts of violence, a group of lawyers representing him claimed Thursday.
Thursday, June 19th 2025 - 10:02 UTC
Lula and Maduro stand behind the home-incarcerated CFK

Presidents Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil Wednesday expressed their solidarity with former Argentine head of State Cristina Fernández de Kirchner after her sentence to six years under house arrest for corruption in the so-called Vialidad scandal was upheld earlier this week.
Thursday, June 19th 2025 - 09:49 UTC
Brazil: Selic rate upped for the seventh straight time

Despite falling inflation, Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) raised the Selic interest rate on Wednesday by 0.25 percentage points to 15%, its zenith since 2006, citing ongoing economic uncertainty. The unanimous Monetary Policy Committee's (Copom) move surprised local markets, who anticipated it would stay at 14.75%.
Thursday, June 19th 2025 - 09:02 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas dispute must be resolved through peaceful and negotiated means, reiterates UN C24

The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization on Wednesday adopted a new resolution reiterating its position that the sovereignty dispute over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands between Argentina and the UK, must be resolved through peaceful and negotiated means.