Stories for November 18th 2019

Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Bolivian surrounded cities running out of fuel and food; government attempts a supply air bridge

Bolivians suffered long lines on the streets of La Paz on Sunday to secure chicken, eggs and cooking fuel as supporters of ousted President Evo Morales continued to cripple the country's highways, isolating population centers from lowland farms.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Venezuelans take to the streets to protest against Maduro, but crowds are smaller and feel frustrated

Venezuela's opposition staged nationwide protests against President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday and Sunday and called for a new wave of demonstrations to revive their stalled effort to topple the deeply unpopular ruling Socialist Party.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
OAS condemns arrest of relatives of political prisoners in Nicaragua

The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) has expressed its concern and condemns the latest acts of repression and detention of protesters reported in Nicaragua.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Bolivian interim government cuts relations with Venezuela and orders Cuban medical teams out of the country

Bolivia's interim leadership says it has broken diplomatic ties with the Government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and ordered Cuban medical teams to leave Bolivia.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Falkland Islands laid wreaths at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day

The Falkland Islands Government, along with fellow Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies, for the first time, laid wreaths at the National Service of Remembrance, at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, on Sunday, November 10.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:42 UTC
Voting system reform in Wales: 16/17-year olds allowed to vote in council elections

Sixteen and 17-year-olds look set to vote in council elections as part of the biggest changes to Wales' voting system in 50 years. Legislation, to be introduced to the assembly on Monday, would also allow resident foreign nationals to vote.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:35 UTC
Beijing sends naval force with a carrier to intimidate Taiwan's presidential election

China has sailed a carrier group into the sensitive Taiwan Strait led by its first domestically built aircraft carrier as election campaigning kicked into high gear on the self-ruled island on Sunday. Taiwan's foreign minister, Joseph Wu, said they would not be intimidated.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
PM Johnson plans end of preferential treatment for EU migrants; Tories lead Labour by 10/17 percentage points in polls

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out plans on Sunday to end preferential treatment for European Union migrants, as opinion polls showed his Conservative Party has the highest level of support since 2017 ahead of next month's election.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Trump in very good health, after first medical checkup

Despite all of his political and courts wrangling, US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was in very good health, after undergoing what he said was the first phase of an annual medical checkup the previous day.
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:26 UTC
Yellow Vests in France celebrate first anniversary of protests with clashes in Paris

French “yellow vest” demonstrators occupied a top Parisian department store on Sunday, a day after clashes in the capital on the first anniversary of the protest movement. The glitzy Galeries Lafayette store in the Opera shopping district was evacuated after dozens of protesters chanting anti-capitalist and anti-government slogans took over the third floor.