Politics

Before the first round of voting, the indicator stood at 903 points, a record high in the last two years. After the results of the elections, it rose to 1,162 points. Since then, and until April 10, the indicator has increased by 746 points.

The strike began on Wednesday with a massive demonstration in front of Congress to support a protest by pensioners, who have been the hardest hit by the cuts.

This was announced by the Department of the Treasury in a statement, explaining that Scott Bessent will also meet with Economy Minister Luis Caputo, other members of the Argentine government, and the Argentine business community.

Donald Trump had said this week that if China did not withdraw its 34% tariff reciprocal tariff by noon today, Eastern Time, he would implement another 50% tariff starting at midnight Tuesday.

On his social media account “X,” President Gabriel Boric said that “we are working with the agro-export sector” and also “the market diversification policy, which is expressed in the modernization of the agreement with the European Union (EU) and the new agreements with India.”

The US president granted a 75-day grace period in January that expires this Saturday and will now be extended again with the new decree.

Foreign Minister Elmer Schialer will travel to Washington on Saturday to meet with U.S. officials and review the impact of imposing tariffs on imports from Peru.

The US president declared the country's "economic independence" at a grand event in the White House Rose Garden before announcing a new round of tariffs.

Just hours before the plan is announced, questions remain about whether it will involve reciprocal tariffs or a general 20% tariff.

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Trump will make an official visit to Saudi Arabia in May.

This isn't the first time Antapaccay has suffered blockages of its access roads, a recurring protest affecting the mining sector in Peru, the world's third-largest copper producer.

Gabriel Boric will be accompanied by an official delegation composed of government officials, parliamentarians, and guests from the business, innovation, education, cultural, and agribusiness sectors.

Díaz Zulueta replaces Juan José Santiváñez, who was censured this Friday by the Congress of the Republic.

The former Argentine president and her immediate family will be banned from entering the United States. The sanction also affects former minister Julio de Vido.

The bill, which the government claimed was intended to improve workers' conditions and offer them guarantees, collapsed after eight of the 14 senators voted to dismiss it.

Diego Guevara would be replaced by the director of the state-owned Grupo Bicentenario, Germán Ávila Plazas.

Following a lack of support for these reforms in Congress, the Colombian president announced this measure.

Ramdin will have to deal with Trump in the US, and regional crises, such as in Nicaragua, which also left the OAS; Venezuela and Cuba, which do not participate in the organization; and Haiti, plagued by violence from criminal gangs.

Carney, a former chairman of the Bank of Canada, received 85.9 percent of the vote and was elected directly in the first round, party chairman Sachit Mehra said.

The administration of José Raúl Mulino will request all legal and financial documentation on the purchase and sale of the ports of Balboa and Cristóbal.