International

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Vaccines trials in Chile and the UK’s role to tackle the pandemic

  

  On 11 November 2020 Chile’s Deputy Minister for International Economic Relations, Under-Secretary Rodrigo Yáñez and the UK’s Minister for the Americas, Wendy Morton MP hosted the virtual seminar “Access to Vaccines – Finance, Delivery and Distribution in Latin America and the Caribbean” bringing together policymakers and scientific experts from across the region and the world to discuss the urgent work of ensuring equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines.

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  IMF chief addresses Biden proposing a “greener, smarter and fairer” global economy

  

  The election of Joe Biden as US president gives the International Monetary Fund (IMF) a chance to reset its relationship with its largest shareholder and make green initiatives a bigger part of its global economic recovery plan.

• Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 09:59 UTC

  Falklands on Saturday will celebrate the complete clearance of landmines planted by Argentine force in the 1982 conflict

  

  The Falkland Islands have been cleared of deadly landmines laid during the 1982 conflict and will be celebrating the occasion with two major events on Saturday, November 14. The legacy of the war with the occupying Argentine forces had meant that large areas of the Islands, for 38 years, were previously off-limits.

• Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 09:41 UTC

  The RNA “messenger” would be the key to the functioning of the Pfizer vaccine

  

  Europe's leading stock exchanges traded steadily on Tuesday after Monday's euphoria when they were boosted by the announcement of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is 90% effective thanks to a new technology called 'Messenger Ribonucleic Acid' or messenger RNA.

• Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  Open editorial by Ian Duddy, British Ambassador to Chile

  

  There is no doubt that this pandemic requires a global response. So, collaboration among countries has become crucial in all our efforts to overcome this generation-defining crisis.

• 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 - 09:38 UTC

  EU extols Biden's victory, “we will work with a president who does not consider us a foe”

  

  The European Union's foreign policy chief on Monday extolled Joe Biden's victory in the U.S. election and, in a swipe at outgoing President Donald Trump, welcomed “the chance to work once again with a U.S. president who doesn't consider us a foe.”

• 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.

• Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:26 UTC

  Beijing's message to Biden, “Drop illusions over China-US relations, but don’t give up efforts”

  

  Even when the Chinese government and chairman Xi Jinping have still to congratulate president elect Joe Biden on his victory, Global Times, the Chinese Communist Party English language newspaper published on Sunday a set of suggestions and warnings on the future relations with a new US Democrat administration in Washington, but also ”popping some of the bubble’s from the rough times with president Trump.