Politics

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 09:43 UTC

  Betancourt to run for Colombia's presidency on her own

  

  Former presidential candidate and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) hostage Ingrid Betancourt Sunday announced she will run to succeed Iván Duque as head of state under her own political party (Verde Oxígeno) after breaking up with the Centro Esperanza coalition.

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 09:26 UTC

  Mattarella chosen for second term as President of Italy

  

  The 80-year-old Sergio Mattarella has been picked Saturday for a second term as Italy's president after several black-smoke sessions over the past week. The Sicilian leader, who had insisted he did not want another seven years in office, is to be sworn in this coming Thursday.

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Portuguese Socialist PM stronger after snap elections

  

  Portugal's Socialist Party (PS) won Sunday's snap parliamentary elections called after Parliament failed to approve in October the budget submitted by Prime Minister António Costa, who will remain in office. But Sunday's results also showed an increase in the number of seats held by right-wing movements.

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Northern Ireland recalled 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when 14 Catholic marchers were killed by paratroopers

  

  Northern Ireland recalled in silence the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday massacre when British paratroopers killed fourteen unarmed Catholic protestors in downtown Londonderry. In a poignant procession families of the victims retraced the original 1972 civil rights march through the city with crowds lining the streets in a show of respect and solidarity.

• Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Brazil: Police report says Bolsonaro's guilt proven in voting system leak

  

  Brazilian Federal Police (PF) said President Jair Bolsonaro's “direct” and “conscious” action had been established when leaking confidential data about the country's electronic voting system.

• Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  Duque wants Caricom to be of help in cases of natural disasters

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque Friday announced his intention to create a Regional Solidarity Fund, in order to serve the population in terms of health and in case of natural disasters. He made those remarks at the II Ministerial Summit of the Caribbean Community in Barranquilla.

• Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Uruguayan women denounce “rape culture”

  

  Thousands of Uruguayan women marched Friday down the streets of Montevideo to protest against what they called the “rape culture” and urged the Government of President Luis Lacalle Pou to take measures aimed at protecting them.

• Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

  Canadian truckers caravan converging at Ottawa against vaccination mandates

  

  Canadian lorry drivers honked their horns Friday as their caravan converged on the capital city of Ottawa for a major demonstration against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's vaccination mandates to cross the Canada-US border.

• Saturday, January 29th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Repsol spill in Peru twice the size reported originally, minister says

  

  Peru's Environment Minister Rubén Ramírez Friday denounced the amount of crude oil spilled into the Pacific Ocean was almost twice as much as the amount reported so far.

• Friday, January 28th 2022 - 20:55 UTC

  Argentina's JMC has 431 foreign vessels on its radar

  

  Argentina's Joint Maritime Command (JMC) has denounced the presence of some 431 foreign boats near the country's South Atlantic territorial waters limit, it was reported. Around 80% of the vessels were said to be of Chinese origin.