Politics

Tuesday, May 11th 2021 - 00:53 UTC
Keiko Fujimori soars in Peruvian presidential election polls

The latest Peruvian presidential election opinion polls showed the gap between socialist front-runner Pedro Castillo and the conservative Keiko Fujimori is rapidly shrinking ahead of June 6 presidential elections.
Monday, May 10th 2021 - 21:36 UTC
Boris Johnson announces further restrictions to be lifted May 17

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Monday announced the gradual lifting of mobility restrictions against coronavirus spreading as he confirmed stage three will go ahead as planned on May 17.
Monday, May 10th 2021 - 09:52 UTC
Human Rights Watch warns Colombian police uses high-tech projectile launcher against demonstrators

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Executive Director for the Americas José Miguel Vivanco said his organization had never seen police officers use “horizontal high-speed multiple projectile launchers” as it happens in Colombia.
Monday, May 10th 2021 - 09:51 UTC
Duque militarizes Cali and neighbouring areas as situation worsens in Colombia

Colombian President Iván Duque Sunday ordered a mass deployment of troops in the city of Cali and its surrounding area to lift the roadblocks which have kept that place under isolation and deprived of supplies of foods and medicines, it was announced.
Monday, May 10th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
US investors withdrawing from Latin America's three largest economies as populist rulers spark concern

According to a recent report from the Department of the Treasury, investors from the United States are rapidly fleeing the once most promising and three largest countries of Latin America (Brazil, Mexico and Argentina).
Monday, May 10th 2021 - 08:44 UTC
Argentine President Fernández starts European tour in Lisbon

Argentine President Alberto Fernández started his new European tour by meeting in Lisbon Sunday with his Portuguese counterpart Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
Sunday, May 9th 2021 - 10:24 UTC
Labour's candidate Sadiq Khan re-elected as mayor of London, some say with an eye on Downing St.

Sadiq Khan, the son of a Pakistani bus driver and the first Muslim mayor of London since being elected in 2016, has been chosen for yet another term in office by defeating Conservative rival Shaun Bailey, it was announced Saturday after vote counting was complete.
Sunday, May 9th 2021 - 09:31 UTC
SNP falls one seat short of full majority but with help from the Greens 2nd Scottish Independence referendum seems inevitable post covid-19

First Minister Nicola Surgeon's Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) has won Thursday's elections but was kept one seat from a parliamentary majority of its own after vote counting ended Saturday, it was reported.
Saturday, May 8th 2021 - 09:10 UTC
Quarantine has catastrophic consequences on Argentina's economy, report shows

Argentina's Federal Tax Bureau AFIP data shows 235,381 jobs were lost and around 23,000 companies had closed as the result of the contraction in the economy due to the health measures to control coronavirus, it was reported Friday.
Saturday, May 8th 2021 - 08:41 UTC
Almagro condemns vandalism and police brutality in Colombia

Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary-General Luis Almagro Friday condemned “the cases of torture and murders committed by the forces of order” in Colombia where unrest reigns supreme since April 28.