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🇲🇽 El Financiero (ES)
National & Local

'Alito' Moreno Responds to Luisa Alcalde's Challenge Regarding Plurinominal Deputies: 'You Are Desperate'

Alejandro Moreno, national president of the PRI, responded to criticisms from Morena's Luisa Alcalde regarding electoral reforms and party leadership.

Feb 28 • 03:16 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Between failures and successes, the Antifaction PL is approved

The Antifaction PL was approved in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies, raising concerns about its effectiveness against organized crime.

Feb 28 • 01:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
Crime & Justice

Positions, influences, areas: seized spreadsheet lists 'what they have' deputies and 'requests' made to Bacellar, according to the Federal Police

A seized spreadsheet reveals the political connections and requests made by several deputies in the Rio de Janeiro state assembly, leading to an investigation into potential corruption.

Feb 27 • 21:16 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Opposition cites precedents to pressure Alcolumbre to extend CPMI of the INSS without a Congressional session

Opposition deputies and senators are trying to pressure the Senate President Davi Alcolumbre to extend the work of the CPMI of the INSS amid concerns over his reluctance to do so without a Congressional session.

Feb 27 • 10:46 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Podcast analyzes debate on ending the 6x1 work schedule, with political and lobby disputes

The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Hugo Motta, is pushing for a constitutional amendment to end the 6x1 work schedule, amid political tensions and lobbying efforts against the measure.

Feb 27 • 08:00 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

Parliamentary Degradation

The Argentine Chamber of Deputies session discussing labor reform devolved into chaos, overshadowing the significance of the legislative debate.

Feb 27 • 03:10 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

One by one, how senators voted for the Glacier Law

The Argentine Senate approved the Glacier Law with 40 votes in favor and 31 against, sending it to the Chamber of Deputies to modify the existing law from 2010.

Feb 27 • 00:05 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

Ofelia Fernández accused national deputies of fatphobic insults and broke down live: "It's pathetic"

Ofelia Fernández revealed that some national deputies have organized a workshop teaching fatphobic insults directed at her, highlighting pressures women face regarding their body image.

Feb 26 • 19:53 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

In testimony, Hillary says she has no information about the Epstein scandal and asks deputies to question Trump

Hillary Clinton stated she has no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's criminal activities and urged lawmakers to probe President Trump regarding the disgraced financier.

Feb 26 • 16:24 UTC
🇨🇿 Seznam Zprávy
National & Local

Five SZ: Opposition leaders will not receive positions in the Chamber and margins under surveillance

Opposition leaders in the Czech Republic will not be appointed to positions in the Chamber of Deputies, with scrutiny on margins.

Feb 26 • 16:00 UTC
🇫🇷 Le Figaro
National & Local

Public Audiovisual Investigation Committee: Xavier Niel Reneges on Deputies, Mediawan Shareholders Hearing Canceled

The hearing of Mediawan shareholders, including Xavier Niel, was canceled last minute due to Niel's unavailability.

Feb 26 • 14:28 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Motta defends Toffoli's actions and criticizes CPI for convocation on the Master case: 'They want to make a platform'

Hugo Motta, President of the Chamber of Deputies in Brazil, defends Minister Dias Toffoli's actions regarding the Master case and criticizes the Senate's CPI for political maneuvering.

Feb 26 • 13:45 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
National & Local

Repeat offender kills 2 deputies days after $50K bond despite long violent record: police

A violent repeat offender was shot dead by police after killing two deputies in Missouri just days after being released on bond.

Feb 26 • 13:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina accelerate ratification of the EU-Mercosur agreement

Brazil's Chamber of Deputies has approved the EU-Mercosur treaty, moving it to the Senate for further analysis, amid rising import tariffs from the US.

Feb 26 • 12:57 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Suspects of creating fake profiles of deputies living in Brasília to ask for money are arrested

Several suspects have been arrested for creating fake profiles of lawmakers in Brasília to solicit money.

Feb 26 • 12:24 UTC
🇪🇸 El País
National & Local

Pope Leo XIV will be the first pontiff to visit Congress during his trip to Spain

Pope Leo XIV is set to make history as he becomes the first pope to visit the Congress of Deputies in Spain on June 8 as part of his official visit from June 6 to 12.

Feb 26 • 11:31 UTC
🇱🇻 TVNET
National & Local

Language Use and Arms Circulation: What Offenses Have Recently Cost Saeima Deputies?

Several members of the Saeima have been administratively punished for traffic violations as well as non-compliance with language requirements and violations of arms circulation law.

Feb 26 • 09:50 UTC
🇲🇽 El Financiero (ES)
National & Local

The 40-hour workday: between social justice and business reality

The Mexican Chamber of Deputies approved a historic reform to gradually reduce the workweek from 48 to 40 hours by 2030, reflecting broad political consensus on expanding labor rights.

Feb 26 • 08:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Chamber approves anti-faction project, increasing penalties for members of militias and criminal organizations

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies has approved an anti-faction project that escalates penalties for members of militias and criminal organizations, pending presidential sanction.

Feb 26 • 00:29 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Alcolumbre does not schedule special taxation for data centers; Haddad speaks of 'sovereignty' and that there is a solution if Congress wants

Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad emphasized the importance of a special taxation regime to attract data centers as a matter of 'digital sovereignty', as the Senate President has not yet scheduled a vote on the approved measure from the Chamber of Deputies.

Feb 25 • 22:56 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Mercosur-EU Agreement: Government Projects Gains for Exports and Bets on Electoral Trump Card

Brazil's Chamber of Deputies approved the Mercosur-European Union free trade agreement, which is expected to significantly boost exports and investment.

Feb 25 • 21:52 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Chamber approves Mercosur-EU agreement, establishing a free trade zone between blocs

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies has approved a long-discussed free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur, aiming to enhance trade relations significantly.

Feb 25 • 21:46 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Chamber of Deputies approves agreement between Mercosur and European Union

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies has approved a free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, marking a significant step towards one of the world's largest free trade zones.

Feb 25 • 21:32 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

PT defends voting in the Chamber on a project that regulates extra payments and high salaries

The Brazilian Workers' Party (PT) plans to request the Chamber of Deputies to vote on a bill regulating high salaries and additional payments amid a Supreme Court push for legislative regulation.

Feb 25 • 19:07 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

'The moment is not for confrontation between Legislative and Executive,' says Motta about possible Lula vetoes on the Anti-Faction PL

Hugo Motta, President of the Chamber of Deputies in Brazil, emphasized that potential vetoes by President Lula on the Anti-Faction bill should not be seen as a conflict between branches of government but a response to organized crime.

Feb 25 • 18:54 UTC
🇲🇽 El Financiero (ES)
National & Local

Morena 'doesn't know how to work harder': initiative for deputies to work 48 hours a week rejected

A proposal from Movimiento Ciudadano for deputies to work a 48-hour week was rejected by the Morena party during discussions on labor reforms in Mexico.

Feb 25 • 18:51 UTC
🇱🇻 LSM
National & Local

Riga City Council Meeting Interrupted After 10 Hours of Work

The Riga City Council meeting was interrupted after deputies bickered over various issues, including the restructuring of educational institutions and the closing of kindergartens.

Feb 25 • 17:30 UTC
🇪🇸 El Mundo
National & Local

The GEO of the Police planned to storm Congress and assumed the cost of up to 100 deaths

The Spanish National Police, known as Cuerpo Superior de Policía, developed a plan to storm the Congress of Deputies during a coup attempt in 1981, with potentially 100 casualties anticipated.

Feb 25 • 15:15 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

Martín Menem criticized Carignano for unplugging the microphones in the Chamber of Deputies

Martín Menem condemned fellow legislator Florencia Carignano for her actions during a session, where she unplugged microphones to halt debate on a government labor reform bill.

Feb 25 • 13:16 UTC
🇨🇿 Seznam Zprávy
National & Local

The Budget Committee of the Chamber of Deputies recommended approving the draft state budget

The Chamber of Deputies' Budget Committee has recommended the approval of the draft state budget.

Feb 25 • 11:39 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

CCJ of the Chamber chooses Paulo Azi as the rapporteur of the PEC that proposes the end of the 6x1 schedule

Federal Deputy Paulo Azi has been appointed as the rapporteur for the proposal to abolish the 6x1 work schedule in Brazil's Chamber of Deputies, a decision supported by key leaders within the legislative body.

Feb 25 • 10:52 UTC
🇲🇽 El Financiero (ES)
National & Local

40-Hour Workday Advances: Deputies Approve Initiative Without Second Day Off

A reform to reduce Mexico's workweek from 48 to 40 hours has been approved by the Chamber of Deputies, though it does not include a second mandatory day off.

Feb 25 • 10:22 UTC
🇫🇷 Le Figaro
National & Local

"We're going to try to make it last a little longer": in the Assembly, after the vote was postponed, the tortuous path awaiting the end-of-life law

The French National Assembly has postponed the vote on a contentious end-of-life law aimed at legalizing euthanasia, amid increasing dissent from several deputies.

Feb 25 • 08:54 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Sentences of up to 40 years, but no tax for bets; see how the Antifactio PL approved by the Chamber turned out

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies has approved an updated version of the Antifaction bill, which introduces new penalties for criminal organizations while excluding a proposed tax on betting houses intended to fund public security initiatives.

Feb 25 • 07:00 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Government project in the DF to strengthen BRB's assets faces resistance; district deputies threaten 'tough game'

District deputies in Brazil signal strong opposition to a government project aimed at strengthening the assets of the Brasília Bank (BRB) by transferring public properties.

Feb 25 • 05:00 UTC
🇲🇽 El Financiero (ES)
National & Local

Luis Morales, merchant and Otomi indigenous person, takes Sergio Mayer's place in the Chamber of Deputies

Luis Morales has been sworn in as a federal deputy in place of Sergio Mayer, who took an indefinite leave to join a reality TV show.

Feb 25 • 04:19 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Chamber approves tax incentives of R$ 5.2 billion for data centers

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies has approved a new tax incentive regime aimed at benefiting data centers, maintaining significant fiscal benefits for equipment purchases in this sector.

Feb 25 • 03:48 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Deputies approve special tax regime to attract data centers to Brazil

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approved a bill exempting import taxes on data center equipment to attract data center companies to the country.

Feb 25 • 03:36 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Chamber approves anti-fraud bill but blocks taxation of betting to fund public security

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies has approved an anti-fraud bill aimed at toughening legislation against organized crime, while rejecting a proposal to tax betting as a means to finance public security.

Feb 25 • 02:04 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

TSE postpones for the second time the trial of the cancellation of PL deputies in Ceará

The Brazilian Superior Electoral Court has postponed again the trial concerning the cancellation of mandates of four PL deputies in Ceará over alleged electoral fraud.

Feb 25 • 00:40 UTC
🇧🇷 Folha (PT)
National & Local

Derrite resumes text from the Chamber and reintegrates unconstitutional sections into the Anti-Crime Bill

Reporter Guilherme Derrite has returned to the Anti-Crime Bill proposed by the Chamber of Deputies, rejecting most of the Senate's modifications made last December.

Feb 25 • 00:28 UTC
🇲🇽 El Financiero (ES)
National & Local

‘Stronger than ever’: PVEM says alliance with PT and Morena continues prior to electoral reform

Carlos Puente, the coordinator of PVEM deputies, emphasized that the legislative alliance with Morena and PT is stronger than ever amidst discussions on electoral reform.

Feb 25 • 00:27 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Chamber aims to vote on the Anti-Faction Bill, but there is still no consensus on the text; see what's under discussion

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies is set to analyze the Anti-Faction Bill, which toughens laws against criminal organizations, amid a lack of consensus on the proposed changes.

Feb 25 • 00:01 UTC
🇦🇷 Clarin (ES)
National & Local

Milei invited deputies and senators from LLA to a barbecue after his speech in Congress

Javier Milei will speak before the legislative assembly before dining with LLA deputies and senators at the presidential residence.

Feb 24 • 22:28 UTC
🇺🇸 Fox News
Crime & Justice

Washington state stabbing rampage leaves 5 dead, including suspect shot by deputies

Five people are dead in a stabbing incident in Purdy, Washington, including a suspect who was shot by deputies responding to the scene.

Feb 24 • 22:02 UTC
🇧🇷 G1 (PT)
National & Local

Ethics Council of Alesp opens process that could lead to the expulsion of Lucas Bove for altercation with female deputies

The Ethics Council of the São Paulo Legislative Assembly has initiated a disciplinary process against Deputy Lucas Bove for a breach of parliamentary decorum after a confrontation with female deputies.

Feb 24 • 16:54 UTC
🇲🇽 El Financiero (ES)
National & Local

Labor reform of 40 hours approved in commissions of the Chamber of Deputies; does not include 2 days off

The Mexican Chamber of Deputies has approved a labor reform to reduce the workweek from 48 to 40 hours, although it does not include a proposal for two mandatory days off per week.

Feb 24 • 15:52 UTC
🇬🇧 Guardian
Crime & Justice

Two Missouri deputies killed hours apart in shootings as suspect is shot dead

Two Missouri sheriff’s deputies were killed in separate incidents involving a suspect who was also shot dead by law enforcement.

Feb 24 • 14:56 UTC
🇮🇹 Il Giornale
National & Local

Milleproroghe, trust in the Chamber. Awaiting the summit on the tax decree

The Italian Chamber of Deputies approved the Milleproroghe decree, granting trust with 177 votes in favor and 93 against, which addresses various regulatory deadlines across public administration.

Feb 24 • 04:00 UTC
🇦🇷 La Nacion (ES)
National & Local

Letters from Readers: A Regrettable Debate, Disconnection, Difficult but Necessary

This article discusses readers' letters criticizing the recent debate in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies regarding the Labor Modernization Law, highlighting the disappointing tone and conduct of the legislators involved.

Feb 24 • 03:05 UTC

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