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Montevideo, May 8th 2024 - 10:01 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, April 26th 2024 - 09:46 UTC

    Early dawn Falkland Islands commemorate ANZAC Day

    Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand

    Anzac Day, April 25 is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders “who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations” and “the contribution and suffering of all those who have served”.

  • Friday, April 26th 2024 - 05:31 UTC

    Falklands honors and celebrates Zimbabwe Day with deminer families

    Acting Governor Dave Morgan shared some fun facts, including that as of the 2021 census there were 72 Zimbabweans resident in the Falkland Islands

    One of the more than sixty different nationalities that make up the Falkland Islands community and have chosen to call the Islands is Zimbabwe, from the heart of Africa, and accordingly, the Falklands ever so grateful distinguished them at their national day at Government House.

  • Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 22:24 UTC

    CFK announces her return to the limelight since leaving office

    It will be a good time to review the useless suffering to which the Argentine people are being subjected, CFK explained

    Just one day after being labeled a “political corpse,” former Argentine President (2008-2015) Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) announced her return into the limelight this coming Saturday when she will attend the opening of a gymnasium in the town of Quilmes on the outskirts of Buenos Aires which will be named after her late husband and also former head of State (2003-2008) Néstor Kirchner.

  • Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 19:34 UTC

    Haiti: Henry resigns; transitional council sworn in

    It is still unclear whether Patrick Boisvert will remain as interim Prime Minister

    A transitional council has finally been sworn in in violence-torn Haiti after the final resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry was received Thursday in a letter from Los Angeles, California, leaving Economy and Finance Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert in charge while a successor is named.

  • Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 13:31 UTC

    Bolivia: Former YLB executive found dead left letter denying allegations

    “I am innocent,” wrote the former lithium executive who pointed fingers at the current administration for its underachievements in the area

    Former Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB) Executive Manager Juan Carlos Montenegro Bravo was found dead Wednesday. He left a letter explaining that he would make a painful decision because he could not stand to be “humiliated by a rigged justice.”

  • Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    Before Milei, Uruguayan President Lacalle Pou calls for a “strong State” to defend freedom

    In his address to the audience, Lacalle Pou threw a missile in front of Milei, stating, “Without social cohesion, there is no possibility of enjoying individual freedom.”

    In a gathering of prominent figures from the political and business spheres, Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou emphasized the importance of a strong state to ensure individual freedom during the “freedom dinner” organized by Fundación Libertad in Buenos Aires. The event, attended by former Argentine President Mauricio Macri, current Argentine President Javier Milei, and other distinguished guests, provided a platform for discussions on liberty, democracy, and economic freedom.

  • Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 09:43 UTC

    Colombia going through acute food insecurity

    In 2023, Latin America experienced an unprecedented migration crisis, with hundreds of thousands trying to reach the United States

    A document released Wednesday by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) together with the United Nation's (UN) Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) showed that, under leftwing President Gustavo Petro, Colombia had for the first time joined the list of countries going through acute food insecurity.

  • Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 09:37 UTC

    Four Paraguayan prison inmates dead in rival gang clash

    All the deceased were inmates, three of them from the Rotela side

    Clashes between inmates belonging to the autochthonous Rotela Clan and Brazil's First Capital Command (PCC) left four of them dead and three others wounded Wednesday at the Regional Penitentiary in Pedro Juan Caballero, in the Paraguayan department of Amambay. A team of the National Police's Special Operations Group (GEO) and the riot squad were deployed to restore normalcy.

  • Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 05:47 UTC

    PM Sunak overhauls benefits system and tackle Britain's “sick note culture” in welfare reform

    PM Sunak announced a review of the fit note system to stop people being written off as “not fit for work” by default

    In a major speech the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled a package of welfare reform measures to tackle the unprecedented rise in economic inactivity and ensure the benefits system is better targeted at those who need it most.

  • Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 21:36 UTC

    Elon Musk's X nearing expulsion from Brazil?

    Brazil's Chief Prosecutor is known for wanting social media regulated

    Brazil's Federal Attorney General's Office (AGU) head Jorge Messias told Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes that his agency was entertaining the idea of banning Elon Musk's social platform X from South America's largest country, Gazeta do Povo reported. Musk has repeatedly dubbed De Moraes a dictator with a robe after the magistrate ordered his company to suppress the accounts of some users who were deemed to be spreading fake news.