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Pilot contradicts Adorni on Punta del Este flight payment
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Pilot Agustín Issin testified in court that Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni's return flight from Punta del Este was paid by journalist Marcelo Grandio, contradicting Adorni's claim. Adorni maintains he paid with his own money and continues meetings to show normalcy. MP Oscar Zago called for his resignation due to damage to the government image.
Indonesia's central government handed over 120 phase-one permanent housing units to survivors of a hydrometeorological disaster in Tapanuli Selatan district, North Sumatra. The handover was led by Interior Minister Tito Karnavian on Friday, March 27, 2026, who praised it as the fastest process in Sumatra.
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The Presidential Delegation of Los Ríos announced on Friday that it desisted from appointing Jorge Salazar Ruiz as public works seremi, less than 24 hours after the announcement. Club de Deportes Valdivia criticized the nomination due to financial issues during his past management of the club. This is the second similar case in the Government this week.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has appointed Carlos Cuerpo as first vice president and Arcadi España as finance minister to replace María Jesús Montero, who will run as PSOE candidate in the Andalusian elections on May 17. Sánchez keeps Economy and Finance separate, betting on technical profiles amid an economic crisis from the war in the Middle East.
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Colombia's national government issued Decree 0303 of 2026, setting a 7% salary increase for Senate and House of Representatives employees, retroactive to January 1. Monthly basic salaries range from $4,781,327 to $18,601,803 by grade. This is part of 23 decrees benefiting various public servants.
President José Antonio Kast's government used one of its 'silver bullets' to directly appoint lawyer Fernando Riveros as the new superintendent of the Health Superintendency. Riveros, with prior experience in the agency, officially presented himself at the institution's facilities this Wednesday.
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Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni announced on Wednesday in a Casa Rosada press conference a deregulation package including the Hojarasca law to repeal over 70 obsolete norms, the sending of 60 judicial appointments to the Senate, and the concession of the Chapadmalal complex.
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