Politics

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Moody's downgrades Chilean debt outlook to negative from stable: expected to double in five years

  

  Moody's Investors Service, (“Moody's”) has changed the outlook to negative from stable on the Government of Chile and affirmed the A1 long-term local and foreign currency issuer and senior unsecured ratings, and the (P)A1 foreign currency senior unsecured shelf ratings.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Colombian quarantine will move to “selective” beginning September first

  

  Colombia will enter a period of “selective” quarantine when its five months of national coronavirus lockdown ends at the close of August, President Ivan Duque said on Monday, and will be part of Johnson & Johnson vaccine trials.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:45 UTC

  Brazilian central bank chief and Economy minister, “are fully aligned”

  

  Brazilian central bank president Roberto Campos Neto said he has not been sounded out about replacing Economy Minister Paulo Guedes when he eventually leaves his post, and said the whole notion is a “non-issue.”

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Arson and riots in main US cities as Wisconsin police shoot a black man in the back

  

  Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers declared a state of emergency, saying he would deploy more state National Guard troops, as the city of Kenosha braced for the third night of unrest following the shooting of a Black man by police.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Another member of the Bolsonaro family tests positive for coronavirus

  

  Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of president Jair Bolsonaro, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a statement by Flavio's spokesman.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:18 UTC

  Italy forges closer relations with China and cautions on a re surge of a “cold war”

  

  Italy and China need to forge closer ties, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said on Tuesday, potentially putting Rome at odds with Washington, which has raised alarm over Beijing's economic ambitions.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:14 UTC

  Spain appeals to the army to help expose people infected with coronavirus

  

  Spain will call in the army to help identify those who have been exposed to people infected with coronavirus as part of efforts to curb the spread of the disease, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  “Rule Britannia!!” controversy in this year's BBC's Promenade concerts

  

  Every year millions tune in to watch a pomp-laden celebration of all things British with flag-waving music lovers boisterously singing along to patriotic anthems performed on the last night of the BBC's Promenade concerts.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Messi wants to leave Barcelona and is looking to Manchester City and Pep Guardiola

  

  Leonel Messi has told Barcelona that he wants to leave the club after nearly 20 years, and he now wants to move to Manchester City, according to Marcelo Bechler of Esporte Interativo.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  Argentine ex president, “no elections next year”, and “we are the champs of military dictatorships”

  

  Argentine former president Eduardo Duhalde emphatically said that the scheduled midterm elections next year will not be taking place if no consensuses are reached by the political system and the overall situation continues to deteriorate.