Politics

• Saturday, July 3rd 2021 - 10:31 UTC

  Colombian President says the rule of law has prevailed

  

  Colombian President Iván Duque said that during the past months of political and social unrest, “the rule of law, institutionality, and democracy has prevailed,” despite the numerous cases of police brutality and human rights violations that have been reported.

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  Bolsonaro vows not to concede defeat if he loses elections through fraud

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday warned he would not hand over his sash to anyone if he is beaten through electoral fraud.

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  New Bachelet report says abuse and torture still in force in Venezuela

  

  A new report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) released Thursday has pointed out that the Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro continues to apply systematic abuse and torture, particularly to political opponents.

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Chile's economy grows 18.1% thanks to pension withdrawals and state emergency funding

  

  Chile's Central Bank Thursday reported an 18.1% economic growth in May, which has brought it back to the pace of prepandemic levels.

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:56 UTC

  Vaccine passport allows for reopening of Europe's internal borders as Delta variant sneaks in

  

  The European Union has started using unanimously the so-called “vaccine passport” as a travel document that allows holders to cross through borders within the bloc.

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Uruguayan meat processing plant may resume shipments to China after labelling incident in April

  

  The Uruguayan BPU meat processing plant has been cleared to resume exports to China as of July 1 after it was banned April 9 due to a mislabelled shipment, it was announced Thursday.

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Argentina elected to the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization

  

  Argentina was chosen to represent the Americas block at the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization and will formally take the seat next October in Morocco for the next four years. Argentina's Tourism minister Matias Lammens participated in the 66th WTO commission for the Americas, virtual meeting, which was headed by WTO chairman Zurab Pololikashvili and the current president of the Council, Edmund Bartlett, Jamaica's tourism minister.

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:32 UTC

  International tax rules reform: 130 countries support minimum 15% rate on large multinationals’ profits

  

  Following two days of discussions hosted by Paris based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, 130 countries, representing more than 90% of global GDP, joined a new two-pillar plan to reform international taxation rules and ensure that multinational enterprises pay a fair share of tax wherever they operate. But Ireland and eight other countries decline to accept the agreement.

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:04 UTC

  World Bank names new LatAm, Caribbean Chief Economist

  

  The Washington DC headquarters of the World Bank Thursday announced William Maloney has been appointed as of July 1 as its new Chief Economist for the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Region.

• Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  The pandemic has cost Argentina “133 times the Malvinas war”

  

  Argentine opposition lawmaker Mario Negri said he was very much concerned by the way the country is addressing the second wave of coronavirus and asked if the government had any idea how many Argentine lives the pandemic has taken, “133 times the Malvinas war.”