Politics

• Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 10:07 UTC

  Obama: ”Joe (Biden) has all the qualities we need in a president right now”

  

  Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden's White House bid on Tuesday, saying his longtime vice president can unify and “heal” a nation struggling through some of its darkest moments.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 10:04 UTC

  US will hold nations and individuals responsible for the pandemics accountable, announces Pompeo

  

  The United States is seeking to “fundamentally change” the World Health Organization, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday after Washington decided to withhold contributions during the coronavirus pandemic. The United States is the top donor to the WHO, offering US$400 million last year.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 10:02 UTC

  IMF approves immediate debt relief for 25 of the poorest country members

  

  IMF Managing Director Ms. Kristalina Georgieva announced that the Executive Board approved immediate debt service relief to 25 of the IMF’s member countries under the IMF’s revamped Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) as part of the Fund’s response to help address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:54 UTC

  Brazil likely to have 12 times more cases of COVID-19, Universities monitoring report

  

  Brazil likely has 12 times more cases of the new coronavirus than are being officially reported by the government, with too little testing and long waits to confirm the results, according to a study released this week.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:37 UTC

  South Korea “breaks” lockdown and goes to the polls for parliamentary election

  

  Temperature checks on voters, separate booths for those with fever, special polling stations for the quarantined: South Koreans headed to the polls on Wednesday with a big turnout expected despite the coronavirus threat.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  Trump halts funding of WHO over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, drawing condemnation from infectious disease experts as the global death toll continued to mount.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 19:31 UTC

  IMF: Uruguay's economy will fall 3% in 2020; Latin America's, 5.2%

  

  According to the estimates of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Uruguayan economy will decrease by 3% this 2020. The “great closure” has been how the international body has defined, as the title of its World Economic Outlook, government measures against the global pandemic caused by the COVID-19.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 19:01 UTC

  Another six positive Covid 19 cases at MPA in Falkland Islands

  

  The Government of the Falkland Islands reported on Tuesday that another six positive cases of COVID 19 cases have been identified, following the processing of a large batch of test results that were sent to UK.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Face masks mandatory in Buenos Aires as of next Wednesday

  

  Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires authorities on Monday announced it was stepping up measures to curb the COVID-19 outbreak by making face masks mandatory on public transit.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Brazilian health minister urged government to speak with a unified voice against COVID-19

  

  Brazil's health minister urged the government to speak with a unified voice in its fight against the new coronavirus, calling out President Jair Bolsonaro for downplaying the threat ahead of what are likely to be the two toughest months for the outbreak.