Stories for November 2019

Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:55 UTC
Chilean popular discontent spills over to the country's elite

Chile's long-untouchable elite is now bearing the brunt of popular anger spilling onto the country's streets, and analysts say the signals have been there for years. Resource-rich Chile has long been seen as a stable democracy with South America's highest per-capita income, but economic and political power has rested in the hands of the relative few
Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:54 UTC
More chaos in Bolivia: some police officers have joined protestors in several cities

Bolivians marched again in several cities on Friday night and there were even scattered cases of police joining the protests, adding to the pressure on President Evo Morales amid a weeks-long standoff over a disputed election last month.
Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:50 UTC
Huge peaceful demonstration in Santiago, but radicals loot a church and university

Around 75,000 people took to the streets in Santiago on Friday as part of ongoing anti-government protests in Chile. Local press reported the mostly peaceful demonstration as the second-largest since the protests broke out three weeks ago.
Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:45 UTC
Brexit-era paralysis: Moody's downgrades UK's debt to negative

Moody's on Friday downgraded the outlook for Britain's debt, citing mounting policy challenges amid the Brexit debate. The agency cut the outlook to negative from stable but kept the debt at the investment-grade Aa2.
Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:41 UTC
New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg wants a shot at the US presidency

New York business tycoon Michael Bloomberg paved the way for a shot at the US presidency, registering as a candidate in the Alabama Democratic primary race before Friday's filing deadline. Although the billionaire has not publicly announced his run, his inclusion among a crowded field keeps his options open for mounting a concerted bid to topple fellow New Yorker Donald Trump.
Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:40 UTC
“Street” doctors and nurses assist hundreds of injured in Santiago de Chile

Someone hundred Chilean doctors and nurses hit the streets shortly after riots broke out in Chile weeks ago, diving into the fray amid clouds of tear gas and volleys of rubber bullets behind just simple white shields.
Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:36 UTC
Life is communist Germany was simpler, almost comfortable, Angela Merkel recalls

Life in the Communist-ruled German Democratic Republic (GDR) was simpler and sometimes could be “almost comfortable in a certain way”, Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in the former East, told Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:33 UTC
Next EU foreign affairs commissioner gets caught in the Catalan brawl

The European Commission fielded questions on Friday over a Twitter gaffe by its next foreign policy chief, current Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell, who posted a sensitive extradition-related document from UK authorities on his feed.
Friday, November 8th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Falklands frustrated over future environmental funding after Brexit

Falklands Conservation has expressed frustration on future environmental funding pledged by London once United Kingdom withdraws from the European Union.
Friday, November 8th 2019 - 09:54 UTC
Bolivia seems out of control as leaders continue to stoke street clashes

Street clashes broke out on Thursday among supporters and opponents of Bolivia’s government armed with slingshots and dynamite as an opposition leader planned a march to pressure President Evo Morales to resign after disputed elections last month.