United States

• Wednesday, April 5th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

  Argentina: Minister Massa discusses trade with group of US Senators

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa met Tuesday in Buenos Aires with a group of US Senators to discuss economic and political cooperation in order to face the challenges posed by the new global reality.

• Tuesday, April 4th 2023 - 09:39 UTC

  Florida legalizes concealed guns without a permit

  

  The US State of Florida Monday legalized through Governor Ron DeSantis's signature the carrying of concealed weapons without a permit. The state Senate passed House Bill 543 by a 27-13 vote last week. The bill also received heavy Republican support in the House, where it passed by a 76-32 vote. “Constitutional Carry is in the books,” DeSantis said in a statement.

• Tuesday, April 4th 2023 - 09:29 UTC

  Extradition of Paraguayan corrupt leaders after the elections?

  

  The extradition of former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes and other politicians in the South American country who have been declared as “significantly corrupt” may come after the April 30 elections, according to an article carried in the latest issue of Americas Quarterly magazine.

• Monday, April 3rd 2023 - 09:40 UTC

  Tornadoes kill at least 26 across US

  

  At least 26 people were killed and dozens of others were injured during the weekend when a series of tornadoes hit south central-eastern United States.

• Sunday, April 2nd 2023 - 10:57 UTC

  NYPD on “high alert” ahead of Trump's arrest

  

  The New York Police Department is taking precautions in case followers of former President Donald Trump stage protests before or after his arrest, scheduled for Tuesday, it was reported. Officials from the New York Police and Trump's secret service bodyguards met during the weekend to finalize the details of the detention.

• Saturday, April 1st 2023 - 10:11 UTC

  US: Trump expected to be arrested Tuesday

  

  Former US President Donald J. Trump seems to have been right after all when he announced that he would be incarcerated. He was not entirely accurate about the when, but he is now expected to be formally arrested and arraigned next Tuesday after being indicted by a grand jury on Thursday.

• Friday, March 31st 2023 - 10:26 UTC

  Uruguayan authorities exchange data with CIA to fight crime

  

  As the United States intelligence apparatus seems to be expanding throughout the region, Uruguay's Interior Minister Luis Alberto Heber Thursday admitted the South American country exchanged information with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

• Friday, March 31st 2023 - 08:09 UTC

  US: Trump indicted in Stormy Daniels case

  

  A New York Grand Jury Thursday voted in favor of indicting former US President Donald Trump for the US$ 130,000 payment during the 2016 presidential campaign to porn actress Stormy Daniels for her silence about an alleged relationship between the two of them.

• Thursday, March 30th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

  CIA official meets with Paraguayan president

  

  Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez Wednesday confirmed having met with US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Deputy Director David Cohen in Asunción to discuss national security issues.

• Wednesday, March 29th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

  Nashville massacre perpetrator's mother was gun ban advocate

  

  Norma Hale, the mother of Audrey Hale, the 28-year-old transgender woman gunned down in Nashville, Tennessee, after killing 6 people in a shooting spree, is a longstanding gun control activist who has shared on her Facebook account a collection of signatures to keep firearms away from schools and ban the sale of high-capacity magazines.