Politics

• Wednesday, October 28th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Dollar strapped Argentina does not discard further financial support from IMF

  

  The Argentine representative before the International Monetary Fund, IMF, Sergio Chodos, admitted that it could be necessary for further financing from the IMF, with which Argentina is in the process of renegotiating conditions for the return of the US$ 44 billion loaned to the previous government of ex-president Mauricio Macri.

• Wednesday, October 28th 2020 - 09:19 UTC

  Bolsonaro “transformative” reforms' goal for Brazil, with a 3,5% average growth during a decade

  

  Brazil's government on Tuesday outlined a long-term roadmap for the economy, based on three scenarios of economic and fiscal reforms that could lift gross domestic product per capita by as much as 37% over the next decade.

• Wednesday, October 28th 2020 - 09:16 UTC

  Argentina pro-life lobbies ready for a major battle when the promised abortion bill is sent to Congress

  

  The Catholic Church, some lawmakers, and the pro-life lobbies are ready for a major battle when the current Argentine government is expected to send a bill to legalize abortion. This follows statements from president Alberto Fernandez pledging to the green scarves movement, who strongly support the initiative that the long-delayed bill will be taken up for consideration soon.

• Wednesday, October 28th 2020 - 09:10 UTC

  China in nine months imported 3,9 million tons of pork and 1,57 million tons of beef

  

  Chinese imports of meat and offal totaled 830,000 tons in September, 63% higher than the volume recorded for the same month last year, based on information from Beijing's customs office.

• Wednesday, October 28th 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  Brazil's inflation outlook rises to 3%, spiked by food prices, Focus survey

  

  Brazil's 2020 inflation outlook rose to 3%, a central bank survey showed on Monday, the 11th week in a row it has risen as a recent spike in food prices continues to intensify short-term inflation pressures.

• Wednesday, October 28th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Argentina and Pakistan sign MoU to promote trade and technological cooperation

  

  Pakistan and Argentina signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Sanitary and Phytosanitary issues, during a ceremony conducted in Buenos Aires with the purpose of promoting and sponsoring trade in animals, plants, and by-products, as well as technical cooperation.

• Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentina calls for “solidarity multilateralism” at UN meeting

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Sola on Monday called on Latin American and Caribbean countries to embrace “solidarity multilateralism” to overcome the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Brazil extends to May 2022 military deployment to protect the Amazon rainforest

  

  Brazil’s conservative government will extend the military’s deployment to fight the destruction of the Amazon rainforest by five months through April 2021 from its previous November end date, Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Monday.

• Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  Falklands awards extension of oil licenses until 2022 to Borders & Southern

  

  Oil company Borders & Southern Petroleum said it has been granted an extension to its Falkland Islands licenses.

• Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  NASA confirms for the first time water on the sunlit surface of the Moon

  

  NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to cold, shadowed places.