Politics

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  Johnson holds his first face-to-face cabinet meeting since March 17

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was holding his first face-to-face Cabinet meeting of top ministers since Mar 17 on Tuesday, underlining his push to encourage others to go back to work and boost an economy hurt by the coronavirus crisis.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Dissident FARC guerrilla suspected of having shot down an Army helicopter

  

  Eleven Colombian military personnel were missing and six injured after a helicopter crashed in the southeast of the country during an operation against guerillas, the army said on Tuesday. The Blackhawk helicopter was carrying 17 military personnel when it went down.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentine president tells creditors: “It is impossible for us to move from the last offer”

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez on Monday dismissed a counter-offer from three groups of creditors who said they had rejected the country's proposal to restructure US$ 66 billion of debt.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  Ecuador closer to reach a US$ 17,4bn debt overhaul agreement with bondholders

  

  Ecuador pushed forward with its debt overhaul plans on Monday, requesting a vote among its creditors on reconfiguring the terms of US$ 17.4 billion of its external bonds, with its largest group of creditors backing the proposal.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  “Using masks to defeat the Invisible Chinese virus is Patriotic”, says Trump, fifteen points behind Biden in the polls

  

  US President Donald Trump promised on Monday to resume televised coronavirus briefings and spoke out in favor of mask-wearing - a marked change of tune as polls show him headed for election disaster.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 08:42 UTC

  Colombia's economy contracted 16,65% in May year to year

  

  Colombia’s economy contracted 16.65% in May versus the same month a year ago as ongoing measures to curb the spread of coronavirus hit production, the government’s statistics agency said.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Mexican president challenged by drug gangs, but refuses to declare war

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday he would maintain a less confrontational approach to battling drug gangs even after one of Mexico's most powerful cartels showcased its firepower in a video that stunned Mexicans.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 07:26 UTC

  China will “resolutely respond” UK's interference in Hong Kong internal affairs

  China will resolutely respond to acts of interference in its internal affairs, a spokesman for the country's embassy to the United Kingdom said on Tuesday, after Britain announced it would suspend its extradition treaty with Hong Kong.

• Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:59 UTC

  EU's “Frugal Five” blocking of recovery plan, anticipates difficulties to finalize accord with Mercosur

  

  The emergence of the so-called “Frugal Five” led by Austria and Netherlands, has blocked so far the European Union recovery plan, with a massive injection of funds, and forebodes hard times to finally reach the implementation of an EU trade agreement with Mercosur.

• Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolsonaro insists that the virus lockdown measures “kill” and have “suffocated” the economy

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that lockdown measures used to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus “kill” and have “suffocated” the country's economy.