Economy

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 14:00 UTC

  Chilean financial system at risk by the continuing pandemic, central bank warns

  

  The continuing coronavirus pandemic poses the most significant risk to Chile’s financial system as institutions’ capacity to take mitigating action diminishes, the country’s Central Bank warned in a report on Wednesday.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  Johnson's most powerful advisor, controversial Dominic Cummings leaves by end of the year

  

  Dominic Cummings quit as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most powerful aide and will leave by the end of the year. The news will plunge the Prime Minister’s leadership into a rough situation at a critical time for the UK as it navigates the closing stages of Brexit.

• 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.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 11:44 UTC

  Brazil allows import of genetically modified soy and corn from United States

  

  Brazil has issued a protocol instruction legally authorizing imports of genetically modified (GM) soy and corn from the United States at a time when Brazil is dealing with low stocks and record prices for these products.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 10:27 UTC

  Montevideo port loses lure for Falklands licensed Spanish fishing fleet

  

  At least four Spanish fishing vessels, which normally operate in the South Atlantic, most of them with Falklands' licenses, left for Vigo and Marin in Galicia, avoiding transshipment operations in the port of Montevideo, Uruguay, according to the country's leading Maritime and ports information report.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentina again appeals to the IMF; mission arrives for two weeks talks

  

  Argentina will seek an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to replace a failed US$ 57 billion facility, Economy Minister Guzman said on Monday, potentially buying the country more time to make repayments.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  UN review criticizes US police violence, racism and separation of migrant children from families

  

  Major powers, including allies, criticized the United States for its human rights record on Monday during a U.N. review, citing the use of the death penalty, police violence against African Americans, and the separation of migrant children from their families.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 09:07 UTC

  Mexican president faces corruption allegations of his inner circle

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador urged authorities on Monday to look into a report accusing a top aide of financial impropriety, while calling it part of a media campaign aimed at bringing his administration into disrepute.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Lords strike a heavy defeat to Boris Johnson on proposed laws to breach UK's EU exit treaty

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a heavy defeat in parliament's upper chamber on Monday over proposed laws which would allow him to breach Britain's EU exit treaty – a plan that has been criticized by US president-elect Joe Biden.