Stories for November 7th 2020

Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 18:45 UTC
Biden defeats Trump and will become President of the United States

The Democratic Party candidate, Joe Biden, was elected on Saturday the 46th President of the United States elections after taking definitive lead in the key state of Pennsylvania, making him the new president-elect of the United States. However, the current president and defeated candidate, Donald Trump, refuses to acknowledge defeat by Biden.
Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 09:43 UTC
Argentina wants EU to eliminate zero tariff access for Falklands' exports

Argentina held a meeting with the European Union ambassador and 21 of 27 EU members' representatives in Buenos Aires and formally called for an end of the support for UK Falklands' sovereignty recognition in the ongoing Brexit negotiations between Brussels and London.
Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Pfizer vaccines for Argentina should be arriving in December, president Fernandez

Argentina President Alberto Fernandez said on Friday his country could receive 750,000 doses of an eventual coronavirus vaccine from U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc in December, a glimmer of hope as cases in the South American nation show signs of receding following months of quarantine.
Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 09:27 UTC
Brazil's carbon emissions on the rise, claim coalition of environmental organizations

Brazil's carbon emissions surged last year because of rising deforestation in the Amazon, jeopardizing the country's commitments under the Paris climate accord, an environmental group warned on Friday.
Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 09:08 UTC
Colombian president and FARC leaders agreed to speed integration process of ex guerrillas

Colombia's President Ivan Duque held talks with former FARC guerrilla leaders on Friday, pledging to speed up the integration of ex-combatants following the 2016 peace agreement, a top advisor said. Duque's commitment came during an unprecedented meeting between the hard line president and leaders of the former leftist guerrilla movement in Bogota.
Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 09:03 UTC
Argentina trying to shore up investor confidence and lure capital back

After failing to stem a run on its currency with heavy-handed restrictions, Argentina is shifting tack and has begun adopting more orthodox economic measures to try to shore up investor confidence and lure capital back into the country.
Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 09:00 UTC
Biden makes a conciliatory speech, but no victory celebration as vote counting continues

Democrat Joe Biden said on Friday that he was going to win the U.S. presidency as his lead grew over President Donald Trump in battleground states, although television networks held off from declaring him the victor as officials continued to count votes.
Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 08:55 UTC
Bolivia's miracle architect now faces the challenge of scarce funds and managing austerity

Luis Arce, a quiet economist who will be sworn in as Bolivia's president on Sunday after a landslide election win, knew where he stood in the political spectrum as a young teenager in La Paz, when he picked up the writings of philosopher Karl Marx.
Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 08:52 UTC
Brazil's top telecom companies declined to meet US envoy critical of Huawei

Brazil’s top four telecom companies have decided not to meet with a visiting senior U.S. official who has advocated excluding China’s Huawei Technologies from the Brazilian 5G equipment market, according to Sao Paulo media.
Saturday, November 7th 2020 - 08:47 UTC
Argentina expected to request fresh funds from IMF; mission arrives next week

A mission from the International Monetary Fund will visit Argentina from Nov. 10 to begin formal negotiations for a new financing program, an IMF spokesman said on Friday.