Politics

Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:55 UTC
Argentine president visits his Uruguayan peer for barbecue and a “relaxed meeting”

The Argentine president Alberto Fernández made a surprise visit to Uruguay on Thursday to meet his peer Luis Lacalle Pou, with whom they shared a barbecue and according to both leaders addressed bilateral and regional affairs with special emphasis on trade prospects such as the Mercosur/EU trade agreement.
Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Thousands of students, despite restrictions, protest in Colombia's main cities

Thousands of workers and students protested in Colombia on Thursday against the social and economic policies of President Ivan Duque, despite restrictions to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
Peruvian government names respected finance minister to shore up investor confidence

Peru’s interim president appointed veteran economist Waldo Mendoza as his finance minister in a bid to shore up investor confidence shaken by political turmoil. Interim President Francisco Sagasti swore in most of his 19-member ministerial team on Wednesday after becoming the country’s third leader in little more than a week.
Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:17 UTC
Brazilian indigenous groups exposed to coronavirus and swarms of illegal gold miners

The coronavirus has spread rapidly through the Yanomami indigenous reservation in northern Brazil and more than a third of its 27,000 people could have been exposed, according to a report produced by their leaders.
Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:14 UTC
Royal Navy commodore new Commander of BFSAI at MPC in Falklands

Commodore Jonathan Lett of the Royal Navy officially took over as the new Commander of British Forces for the South Atlantic Islands November 20. He replaces the outgoing Commander, Brigadier Nick Sawyer as head of Mount Pleasant Complex in the Falkland Islands.
Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:05 UTC
US names first ambassador in a decade to Venezuela, but he will operate from Bogotá

Amid a breakdown in relations and absence of US diplomats in Venezuela, Washington has named its first ambassador for the South American country for the first time in a decade. However he will carry out his duties from the capital of neighboring Colombia, Bogotá.
Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:00 UTC
Chile's top cop resigns following the shooting of two minors by security forces

Chile's police chief resigned on Thursday after officers shot two minors in an incident that sparked outrage across a country already alarmed at heavy-handed security force tactics during months of social protests.
Friday, November 20th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Covid-19: UNICEF calls for opening schools and “averting lost generations”

The United Nations agency responsible for aiding children is warning that the costs of coronavirus-related school closures out-weight the benefits, and that the pandemic poses substantial threats to children and their countries' long-term well-being.
Friday, November 20th 2020 - 08:00 UTC
Johnson announces extra defense funding “to restore UK's position as Europe's foremost naval power”

The Prime Minister has said billions of pounds of extra defense spending will “restore Britain’s position as the foremost naval power in Europe”. On Thursday, Boris Johnson set out a £16,5bn increase in funding to the Ministry of Defense (MOD) over the next four years.
Friday, November 20th 2020 - 08:00 UTC
Brexit negotiations on line after a member of the EU team tested Covid-19 positive

Chief Brexit negotiators suspended direct talks on Thursday after a member of the EU team tested positive for Covid-19, but officials were continuing their work in line with health guidelines.