Stories for November 12th 2020

Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:59 UTC
Argentina criticizes Falklands' mines-free achievement, but is willing to share the humanitarian success

The Argentine government has criticized the successful eleven-year demining process in the Falkland Islands arguing it is a new “violation” of a UN resolution calling on both sides, UK and Argentina, to abstain from any unilateral action in the disputed territories.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
Argentine president and several ministers under preventive isolation after an official tested Covid-19 positive

The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, and several of his ministers began preventative isolation after coming in close contact with an official infected with coronavirus, the government said in a statement late on Wednesday.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:42 UTC
Bolsonaro's clash with Sao Paulo governor over the Chinese vaccine tainted with politics

Brazil’s national health regulator allowed clinical trials of a Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine to resume on Wednesday, two days after suspending them in what critics called a decision tainted by politics.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:32 UTC
Johnson congratulates Biden and pledges not to undermine the Good Friday Agreement

United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has congratulated Joe Biden on his US election win. Mr Biden called the PM ahead of the leaders of other major European countries.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:31 UTC
New Bolivian government reestablishes diplomatic ties with Venezuela and Iran

Bolivia's new president, Luis Arce, has moved swiftly to restore ties with Iran and Venezuela, receiving the credentials of ambassadors from the two countries on Wednesday, just three days after his socialist party retook the reins of power.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:26 UTC
Brazil forced to import rice to help keep domestic prices down given the expected smaller crop

Brazil’s rice production is expected to shrink and the challenge will be to limit exports in order to supply domestic demand and contain domestic prices.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
“Mexico ”is not a colony” and will recognize the new US government when it is legitimately constituted

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday dug in his heels as one of the few leaders of major countries yet to congratulate Joe Biden on his presidential election win, saying it was too early and that his country was “not a colony”.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:13 UTC
Haiti still waiting for Swiss courts to free funds stolen by dictators, more than thirty years on

More than 30 years after the overthrow of Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haiti is still waiting to get back the fortune that the dictator and his family deposited in Switzerland. The delay is down to legal intrigues being played out in the Swiss courts.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:04 UTC
Some 15 million negatively financially impacted by pandemic in UK; StepChange charity urges support

Britain is 'sleep-walking' into a personal debt crisis with the number of people in severe debt problem topping a million due to the coronavirus pandemic, charity StepChange has warned.
Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:01 UTC
Biden names chief of staff a close ally with deep experience on Capitol Hill

US President-elect Joe Biden named Ron Klain, a veteran Democratic operative and a decades-long confidant, to be his White House chief of staff Wednesday evening, moving quickly to put in place the senior leaders of the government he will lead early next year.