Politics

Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 16:00 UTC
Bolivia's Foreign Minister says Evo-led coup in the making

Bolivia's Foreign Minister Celinda Sosa Lunda said Tuesday that a coup d'état against President Luis Arce Catacora was being arranged by former head of state Evo Morales and his followers through road blockades and other measures.
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Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 13:48 UTC
Lula insists Ukraine should seek a peaceful solution to war with Russia

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted this week that his Ukrainian colleague Volodymyr Zelensky should take the South American country's advice and seek a peace negotiation with Moscow. Lula made those remarks after Zelensky dubbed the roadmap submitted jointly by Brasilia and Beijing “destructive.”
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Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 09:54 UTC
Brazilian court about to release suspect in reporters Bruno and Dom case

Brasilia's Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region (TRF1) Tuesday agreed to review an appeal filed by the legal team of one of the three defendants in the much-publicized 2022 murder of native-peoples activist Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in the Indigenous Land of Vale do Javari in the Amazon, Agencia Brasil reported.
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Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 09:30 UTC
Blinken reiterates US support to Venezuelan opposition leaders

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tuesday held a telephone conversation with Venezuelan opposition leaders María Corina Machado -who stayed in the South American country- and former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, who has sought asylum in Spain. The official from President Joseph Biden's administration insisted his country would “continue to defend the return to democratic freedoms” in Venezuela.
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Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 09:21 UTC
Peruvian President denied permission to attend United Nations GA

Peru's one-house Congress on Tuesday voted against allowing President Dina Boluarte to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week, with 55 votes to 50 and 5 abstentions. Boluarte intended to be in the United States between Sept. 22 and 25 while remaining in charge of the South American country remotely.
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Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 08:00 UTC
Brazil/China peace plan, rejected by Kiev, considered a chance by Russia

Brazil has positioned itself as neutral in the Ukraine war, refusing to join sanctions or provide military aid to Kiev, while proposing a peace initiative in cooperation with China. The joint Brazil/China peace plan or at least to end hostilities, has been defined by Ukrainian president Zelensky as “destructive”.
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Tuesday, September 17th 2024 - 14:09 UTC
French nationals advised not to travel to Venezuela

French citizens have been urged to avoid all travel to Venezuela whenever possible after the arrest of three US nationals, two Spaniards and one Czech national said to be plotting to assassinate President Nicolás Maduro with the endorsement of the CIA.
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Tuesday, September 17th 2024 - 14:09 UTC
Falkland Islands hold first Liberal Democrat fringe meeting at Brighton Conference

The Falkland Islands Government held their first fringe meeting at the Liberal Democrat Conference in Brighton on September 15. Members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly (MLA), Mark Pollard and Leona Roberts, joined a panel with Liberal Democrat Peers, The Lord Purvis of Tweed and Baroness Smith of Newnham, to discuss the topic “The Falkland Islands: Self-determination in the 21st Century.”
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Tuesday, September 17th 2024 - 12:50 UTC
Noboa wants foreign military bases back in Ecuador but needs Constitutional reform for that

Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa has submitted before the Constitutional Court (CC) a projected amendment whereby foreign military bases might be admitted in the South American country. “The present request seeks that this magistracy carries out the prior control at a first moment of the project of partial reform to the Constitution that is presented, and that, through an opinion, pronounces itself regarding the way by which it should be processed,” read the document signed by the head of state.
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Tuesday, September 17th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Sturzenegger underlines new conditions for Aerolíneas Argentinas strikes

Argentine Deregulation Minister Federico Sturzenegger recalled that, as per President Javier Milei's Decree 831/24, the aviation industry had become a basic service and therefore the right to unrestricted strikes grounding all flights would no longer be possible. Sturzenegger made those remarks through his X account after last week's labor measure affecting over 37,000 travelers nationwide when Aerolíneas Argentinas pilots and crewmembers demanded wage updates to keep up with the country's rampant inflation.
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