Politics

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:59 UTC

  Coronavirus deaths piling in China; health authorities scramble to prevent a global pandemic

  

  The official death toll from the coronavirus in China jumped on early Saturday to 41 from 26 a day before, as local media reported a doctor on the frontline of the battle to contain the virus in Wuhan city had died.

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  Netanyahu praises Fernandez for his “persistence” in investigating the bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday congratulated Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez for his “persistence” in investigating a 1994 bombing of a Jewish community in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Turmoil in Spanish coalition: Transport minister meets Venezuelan vice president in EU territory

  

  Opposition parties in Spain are calling on the government to explain why one of its ministers met Venezuela’s vice-president in a secretive encounter onboard a private jet at Madrid airport.

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Bolivian interim president tosses her hat into the May 3 election ring

  

  Bolivia’s interim President Jeanine Anez said on Friday that she will be a candidate in upcoming elections that will serve as a re-run of October’s disputed vote that sparked protests and prompted former leader Evo Morales to resign.

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Trump announces higher tariffs for steel and aluminum derivates

  

  US. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation increasing tariffs on derivative steel products by an additional 25% and boosting duties on derivative aluminum products by an additional 10%.

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:28 UTC

  Bolivia breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba arguing Havana's “constant hostility”

  

  Bolivia on Friday announced it was breaking off diplomatic relations with long-time ally Cuba, the latest in a series of foreign policy reversals by the right-wing interim government.

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:22 UTC

  First trail in Chile over eye injuries to protestor by Carabineros firing buckshot

  

  A Chilean police officer appeared in court on Friday in the first instance of prosecutors bringing charges over eye injuries blamed on security forces during Chile's months of unrest.

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Chile's business community anticipates an ailing economy during 2020

  

  Chile's central bank is expected to hold its benchmark rate at 1.75% in January, a poll of 62 traders showed on Friday, then keep it there through 2020 as seeks to spur the ailing economy following months of unrest in the key mining nation.

• Friday, January 24th 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  Filmus reaffirms before C24, Argentina's legitimate rights over the Falklands

  

  The Argentine foreign ministry reported that on Thursday it had reaffirmed before UN Decolonization Committee, C24, the country's 'legitimate rights' over the South Atlantic Islands and surrounding maritime spaces, and called on the United Kingdom to resume negotiations for a peaceful solution to the dispute.

• Friday, January 24th 2020 - 08:46 UTC

  Coronavirus outbreak has become a global health emergency; WHO cautious, “it's a bit too early”

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday it was “a bit too early” to declare a new coronavirus a global health emergency as China put millions of people on lockdown amid an outbreak that has killed 25 people and infected more than 800.