Alberto Fernández and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva today announced that Argentina and Brazil will pursue a series of ambitious bilateral initiatives including a common currency, a boost to gas exports, and a series of joint health, science and tech policies. The two countries’ presidents made the announcements …
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Currency, trade and regional integration on agenda as Fernández and Lula meet
Argentina and Brazil discussing common currency, Lula and Fernández say
Argentina and Brazil will discuss the creation of a common South American currency, their presidents have confirmed. In a joint statement today, President Alberto Fernández and his newly-inaugurated Brazilian counterpart, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, confirmed that the two countries’ economy ministers are to draw up plans with …
Thousands march on Peru’s capital as unrest spreads, building set ablaze
Thousands of protesters in Peru, many from the country’s heavily indigenous south, descended on Lima, the capital, on Thursday, angered by a mounting death toll since unrest erupted last month and calling for sweeping change. Police estimated the march at around 3,500 people, but others speculated it attracted …
Brazil’s former Justice Minister Anderson Torres, who was in charge of public security in Brasilia during the invasion of government buildings a week ago, was arrested in Brasilia today on suspicion of “omission” and “connivance”. His detention came a day after Brazil’s public prosecutor announced that it had …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US consumer prices fell for the first time in more than two and a half years in December amid declining prices for gasoline and motor vehicles, offering hope that inflation was now on a sustained downward trend, though the labor market remains tight. Americans also got …
Santiago Mitre’s ‘Argentina, 1985’ won the Golden Globe for Best Non-English Language Motion Picture last night at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The film, starring Ricardo Darin and Peter Lanzani as the prosecution team behind Argentina’s Trial of the Juntas, is the country’s …
“The death toll is appalling”: 17 demonstrators killed in one day in Peru
At least 17 people were killed in clashes with police in southern Peru, the country’s human rights office said on Monday, the deadliest day so far of protests demanding early elections and the release of jailed former president Pedro Castillo. The clashes occurred in Juliaca, a city near …
Brazil congress attack: Argentine opposition draws comparison with domestic politics
Argentine politicians across the spectrum have condemned Sunday’s attack on Brazil’s congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace. While ruling center-left Frente de Todos coalition has voiced solidarity with Lula, the Juntos por el Cambio opposition has compared the attacks with the internal wrangle for Argentina’s Supreme Court. The …
Brazilian security forces have detained over 1,200 pro-Bolsonaro protesters who were camping outside the army headquarters in Brasília in rejection of last October’s election results. Their removal comes as the government starts to investigate those responsible for storming the nation’s Congress, Supreme Court, and Presidential Palace on Sunday. …