Stories for October 2017

Monday, October 30th 2017 - 11:02 UTC
Brazil wants detailed investigation into Canada's aerospace industry “subsidies”

Canada has urged the World Trade Organization to block attempts by Brazil to trigger a detailed investigation of its aerospace industry to buttress its case that subsidies to Bombardier caused “serious prejudice” to Brazil’s Embraer. The procedural move by Canada comes a month after the WTO agreed to set up a panel to investigate Brazil’s claim that Canada provided harmful aid to the CSeries jet.
Monday, October 30th 2017 - 10:55 UTC
UN praises Uruguay's human rights commitment; warns about education dropouts and treatment of adolescents

Uruguay’s commitment to human rights at home and abroad is clear, but the country must address a series of challenges, including “inhumane” prison conditions, widespread violence against women, dropout rate in education, the situation of adolescents in pre-trial conditions and continuing impunity for violations committed during military rule, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said at the end of a two-day visit.
Monday, October 30th 2017 - 10:45 UTC
UK’s work on protecting the oceans has won deserved praise – now we must go further

By Matthew Offord MP for Hendon - UK leadership on ocean conservation has won international acclaim. The landmark “Blue Belt” policy to work with the UK Overseas Territories to “create the largest marine sanctuaries anywhere in the world” has only furthered this standing, with commitments to create large protected areas around Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha in 2019 and 2020 respectively already widely welcomed.
Monday, October 30th 2017 - 10:34 UTC
UK latest polls indicate 47% regret the Leave vote while 42% support Brexit

Sixteen months after a majority of voters decided the only way for the United Kingdom is to leave the European Union, a new poll says the number of those who regret the vote has risen to its highest level.
Monday, October 30th 2017 - 09:59 UTC
Macri will present his government's plan for the next two years, supported on governance accords

A week after his coalition's sweeping victory in the midterm elections, Argentine president Mauricio Macri will present this Monday the economic and institutional reforms which are to the core of reaching “governance basic accords”.
Monday, October 30th 2017 - 07:17 UTC
Lula and former military officer, main presidential candidates in 2018, shows Ibope poll

Brazilian Former Lula da Silva and right-wing congressman Jair Bolsonaro would make it to a second round of voting in the 2018 presidential elections if they were held on Sunday, an Ibope poll showed.
Monday, October 30th 2017 - 07:00 UTC
Venezuela makes last minute major bond payment, but 2018 service will demand US$ 10bn

Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA began making a major bond payment, easing short-term worries about default but leaving the populist government with less cash to attend to food shortages and economic depression.
Monday, October 30th 2017 - 06:52 UTC
Falklands and Bermuda governments fund their governors' uniforms

Who pays for the uniforms worn by the Governors of British Overseas Territories was discussed in UK Parliament last week, with Minister of State stating that since 2001, the policy “has been that those Territories wishing to keep their ceremonial uniforms pay for them themselves,” and currently the “Governors of Bermuda and Falkland Islands retain the uniform, both funded by their respective Territory governments.”
Monday, October 30th 2017 - 06:29 UTC
Hundreds of thousands march in Barcelona in support of a united Spain

Hundreds of thousands who want Catalonia to remain part of Spain have rallied in Barcelona, two days after separatists voted for the wealthy region to secede. Organizers said the goal of Sunday’s march’s was to defend Spain’s unity and reject “an unprecedented attack in the history of democracy”.
Sunday, October 29th 2017 - 11:51 UTC
Xi supreme for the next five years, but his clout planning looks far beyond

President Xi Jinping has unveiled a new slate of top leaders that shows he reigns supreme in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). He not only placed people loyal to him in key positions, but also defied convention in not naming potential successors to the party's top decision-making body, the seven-member Politburo Standing Committee (PSC).