Politics

• Friday, October 23rd 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentina plans US$ 1,5bn subsidies to resurface Vaca Muerta output: “cheaper than importing LNG”

  

  Argentina’s cash-strapped government says it can find US$ 5.1 billion to give to natural gas drillers in a bid to resurface the country’s Vaca Muerta shale patch and prevent a jump in imports of the fuel.

• Friday, October 23rd 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  China makes remote video inspections of sanctioned Brazilian slaughterhouses

  

  Chinese officials carried out a remote inspection of Brazilian slaughterhouses whose exports to the Asian country have been suspended due to Covid-19 cases among employees.

• Friday, October 23rd 2020 - 07:24 UTC

  Belgium dusts off 1666 charter issued by King Charles II to support its fishing rights in British waters

  

  Belgium may resort to a 17th-century charter granted by a British king to retain fishing rights in Britain’s coastal waters if London and the European Union fail to agree on a trade deal by the end of this year.

• Thursday, October 22nd 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  Bolsonaro in political controversy rejects purchase of the Chinese vaccine

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday rejected the announced purchase of 46 million doses of a potential vaccine against the coronavirus being developed by a Chinese company and tested in a state governed by a political rival, prompting some to question if he was allowing politics to steer public health decisions.

• Thursday, October 22nd 2020 - 09:28 UTC

  Colombian organizations take over the center of Bogotá to protest against government

  

  Protesters filled a historic square in Colombia’s capital on Wednesday to demonstrate against the government’s handling of a wide range of issues including the economic fallout of the pandemic and implementation of the peace accord.

• Thursday, October 22nd 2020 - 09:24 UTC

  Venezuela plans massive immunization with Russian and Chinese vaccines

  

  Venezuela plans to vaccinate citizens with Russian and Chinese coronavirus vaccines, which could arrive in the South American nation in December or January, President Nicolas Maduro said.

• Thursday, October 22nd 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  Bolsonaro's conservative candidate to the Supreme Court receives Senate approval

  

  The Brazilian Senate approved, by 57 votes in favor and 10 against, the appointment of conservative Judge Kassio Nunes Marques, 48, to become minister of the STF (Supreme Federal Court). He will take over for Dean Celso de Mello, who retired this month.

• Thursday, October 22nd 2020 - 09:09 UTC

  Obama on the campaign trail in support of Biden who is preparing for the debate with Trump

  

  Former President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail on Wednesday, launching a blistering attack on Donald Trump with less than two weeks to go before the Republican president’s Election Day face-off with Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

• Thursday, October 22nd 2020 - 09:04 UTC

  US Export-Import bank signs deal to finance US$ 1 billion in trade with Brazil

  

  Brazil and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding to forge closer trade links, a step that could see U.S. Export-Import Bank finance up to US$1 billion of exports to and projects in the Latin American nation.

• Thursday, October 22nd 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  Pope Francis agrees same-sex couples should be protected by civil union laws

  

  Pope Francis has said that same-sex couples should be protected by civil union laws in some of the clearest languages he has used on the rights of gay people since his election seven years ago. He made his comments in a new documentary “Francesco” by Oscar-nominated director Evgeny Afineevsky that was released on Wednesday.