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  • Sunday, April 30th 2023 - 10:34 UTC

    DeSantis may remain Fla. Gov. during presidential campaign

    DeSantis (R), who has not confirmed whether he would be running for President, met with UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly last week

    The US State of Florida Friday passed an amendment to the current election law which would allow Republican Governor Ron DeSantis to remain in office while running for President next year. As per the previous Florida law, anyone running for another office needed to step down from their current position. The new bill creates an exception for state officials running for President or Vice President.

  • Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 09:37 UTC

    Biden announces he will seek reelection

    “Wall Street did not build America, the middle class built America,” Biden said

    US President Joe Biden Tuesday announced he would seek reelection in 2024, once again with Kamala Harris as his running mate. The Democratic leader, who will be turning 81 later this year, argued that “every generation has a time when they had to stand up for democracy, defend their fundamental freedoms: I believe this is our time,” Biden said while asking his voters to help him finish the job he has started.

  • Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 03:26 UTC

    A Latin woman is president Joe Biden's reelection campaign manager

    Julie Chavez Rodriguez, 45, is the granddaughter of the famed farm labor leader Cesar Chavez and labor activist Helen Fabela Chavez

    A Latin woman and Senior White House adviser Julie Chavez Rodriguez, 45, will serve as President Joe Biden's 2024 campaign manager. She is the granddaughter of the famed labor leader Cesar Chavez and labor activist Helen Fabela Chavez.

  • Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 11:47 UTC

    Deportation flights to Havana resumed

    Deportation flights from the US to Cuba were suspended in December 2020, shortly before Biden took office

    The United States has resumed its deportation flights to Cuba of the so-called undesirable migrants after the procedures were halted during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed.

  • Saturday, April 22nd 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    Former President Toledo due in Lima Sunday to stand trial

    Toledo faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted

    Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo turned himself in to US authorities Friday and is to remain in custody pending his extradition to the South American country, which is scheduled for Sunday on a commercial flight to Lima, where he will be housed at the Barbadillo prison alongside his former colleagues Alberto Fujimori and Pedro Castillo.

  • Friday, April 21st 2023 - 10:35 UTC

    Petro meets Biden at the White House and asks for help fighting drug trafficking

    Colombia will not provide any military support to either Russia or Ukraine, Petro also said

    During a meeting Thursday at the White House, Colombian President Gustavo Petro asked his US colleague Joseph Biden for more boats, drones, and ships to stop drug traffickers in the South American country because so far such a war has “failed.”

  • Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    US Judge orders arrest of former Peruvian President Toledo pending extradition

    Toledo, 77, was President of Peru between 2001 and 2006

    US Federal Judge Thomas Hixson ordered former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo to surrender to marshalls in the Californian city of San Jose next Friday, April 21, at 9 am local time for his extradition to Lima to face corruption charges in another spinoff of the Odebrecht case in his country. In the meantime, Toledo will be housed in a jail in the Californian county of San Mateo.

  • Wednesday, April 19th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Fox News, crucial supporter of ex president Trump, guilty of defamation, must pay US$ 787 million

    Fox News claimed that Dominion voting machine maker had rigged them to favor candidate Biden over Donald Trump in the 2020 election

    “Fox News”, a once strong supporter of ex-president Donald Trump, has reached a settlement with voting machine maker Dominion in a defamation case over 2020 election coverage, a US judge announced on Tuesday. “The parties have resolved their case,” Eric Davis told the Delaware Superior Court.

  • Wednesday, April 19th 2023 - 09:38 UTC

    Brazilian fish exports, mainly fresh water tilapia increased 15% in 2022

    Just over 80% of exports went to the United States, which imported the equivalent of US$19 million, an increase of 43% compared to the previous year

    Brazil’s fish export revenue increased by 15% last year, reaching a record of US$23.8 million, according to a report by Embrapa Pesca e Aquiculture in partnership with the Brazilian Association of Aquaculture (Peixe BR). Tilapia shipments, which accounted for 98% of the total, increased by 28% to US$23.2 million.

  • Tuesday, April 18th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentine Defense Minister holds meeting with US Southern Command’s chief

    Taiana and Richardson reviewed Argentina's military equipment situation and the country's role in the region, among other issues

    Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana met Monday with General Laura Richardson, head of the US Southern Command, to discuss bilateral issues.