Politics

Wednesday, January 20th 2021 - 08:19 UTC
A popular Trump blimp has been donated to the Museum of London

Reuters – A blimp depicting US President Donald Trump as a snarling, nappy-wearing orange baby has found a home in one of London's most popular museums.
Wednesday, January 20th 2021 - 01:27 UTC
IMF: Uruguay advances important reforms amid the pandemic

By S. Pelin Berkmen, Dmitry Gershenson, Luis Herrera Prada, and Jose Torres - Despite the ongoing crisis, Uruguay is taking important steps to address preexisting macroeconomic conditions and lay the foundation for a more resilient, competitive, and stable economy.
Tuesday, January 19th 2021 - 09:27 UTC
With Trump leaving, Brazil backtracks in its opposition to Huawei's 5G bid

China's telecommunications sector is celebrating that the Brazilian government became the first in the world to backtrack on its opposition to Huawei's 5G bid. Brazil will not seek to bar the Chinese telecommunication giant from its 2021 5G network auctions in June, according to reports published in the newspaper Estado de S. Paulo.
Tuesday, January 19th 2021 - 09:25 UTC
Independent panel blasts WHO and China on their tepid response to the initial Covid-19 outbreak

An independent panel said on Monday that Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in January to curb the initial COVID-19 outbreak, and criticized the World Health Organization (WHO) for not declaring an international emergency until Jan. 30.
Tuesday, January 19th 2021 - 09:16 UTC
Bolsonaro allies expected to win control of both houses in Congress

Brazil’s right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro sponsored candidates are expected to win control of Congress next month, politicians and analysts said on Monday, despite controversy of the management of the pandemic.
Tuesday, January 19th 2021 - 09:15 UTC
Biden will re impose travel restrictions despite Trump lifting some of the restrictions

The Joe Biden administration plans to quickly re impose travel restrictions barring travel by most people who have recently been in much of Europe and Brazil soon after President Donald Trump lifted those requirements effective Jan. 26, a spokeswoman for Biden said.
Tuesday, January 19th 2021 - 09:15 UTC
Argentina: Jewish community call for truth and justice on sixth anniversary of the killing of prosecutor Alberto Nisman

The main community center serving Argentina’s Jews on Monday called for “truth” and “justice” to prevail in the case of Alberto Nisman, on the sixth anniversary of the federal prosecutor’s assassination.
Tuesday, January 19th 2021 - 08:41 UTC
Guatemalan forces beat back to Honduras a migrant caravan heading for the US

While the Mexican government militarized its borders, Guatemalan security forces on Monday cleared a road of hundreds of people in a mostly Honduran migrant caravan that had camped out overnight when authorities barred it from advancing toward the United States.
Monday, January 18th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Falklands has a “plan of attack” to inoculate Islanders with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

Falkland Islands Chief Medical Officer Rebecca Edwards has said there is already a “plan of attack” formulated to vaccinate Islanders with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19.
Monday, January 18th 2021 - 09:25 UTC
Brazil approves two vaccines against Covid-19: AstraZeneca and China's Sinovac

Brazil approved two vaccines for emergency use against the coronavirus on Sunday as the country’s death toll from the disease it causes neared 210,000 and some of its hospitals grappled with an oxygen shortage.