Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso on Monday accepted defeat in a referendum on allowing extradition for organized crime, among other reforms, but added he would continue to fight drug trafficking and keep working to improve social conditions. The results from Sunday’s voting worsened the political difficulties of Lasso, who …
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Ecuador’s Lasso accepts extradition referendum defeat; opposition wins mayoral races
The panel of three judges hearing the Fernando Báez Sosa murder trial have sentenced five of the eight rugby players on trial for his killing to life imprisonment for aggravated homicide and the other three, to 15 years for their roles in the crime. The verdict was handed …
Alberto Fernández doesn’t rule out competing for re-election in 2023 primaries
President Alberto Fernández has kickstarted the election year once and for all over the past 24 hours. In an interview on Monday morning on Urbana Play FM, he didn’t rule out competing in the Frente de Todos primaries, to seek another term in office. He also refused to …
Human rights activists speak against Supreme Court president in Impeachment Commission
Three human rights representatives – Norita Cortiñas, mother of Plaza de Mayo; Pablo Llonto, lawyer of human rights organizations in the crimes against humanity trials; and Patricia Isasa, dictatorship survivor and human rights activist – spoke in Thursday’s hearing in the Lower House on the Impeachment Commission, after …
In a unanimous vote, three La Pampa judges found Magdalena Espósito Valenti, 25, and Abigail Pérez guilty of the murder of Lucio Dupuy, a five-year-old boy from Santa Rosa. The sentences will be announced on February 13. Espósito Valenti, his mother, was charged with homicide, with the three …
As Juntos por el Cambio infighting intensifies, Macri and Larreta meet in Patagonia
Ex-President Mauricio Macri and Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodriguez Larreta met in Cumelén Country Club, in Villa la Angostura, where the former leader usually spends his holidays. Last week, Macri also met with PRO President Patricia Bullrich, in a series of gatherings that are likely to outline the …
President snubbed as Frente de Todos leaders meet to discuss electoral strategy
Leaders from ruling coalition Frente de Todos, including Máximo Kirchner, Sergio Massa, Wado de Pedro, Cecilia Moreau, Mayra Mendoza and MartÃn Insaurralde, gathered on Tuesday evening at a party meeting in Merlo, in Buenos Aires Province. Representatives from several districts of the province, including Cañuelas, Tigre, Avellaneda, Ezeiza …
The panel of three judges hearing the Fernando Báez Sosa murder trial will hand down their verdict on February 6, the court has announced. The prosecution has asked for all eight defendants to face life sentences, while the defense is calling for acquittal. The pleas were heard on …
Debt buyback: Prosecutor requested to subpoena CNV head, lift stock market secrecy
Prosecutor Ramiro González today asked judge MarÃa Eugenia Capuchetti to order the lifting of sovereign bond purchasers’ stock market secrecy, amid the investigation of possible leaks of information regarding the debt buyback announced last week. The measure will reach individuals and stock brokers who bought bonds that are …