Politics

Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Xi's message to Hong Kong: Beijing will uphold “one country, two systems”

Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Monday to uphold the “one country, two systems” principle in Hong Kong, after months of protests in the semi-autonomous city.
Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:47 UTC
Brazil's newest oil auction attracting oil majors

Brazil’s newest oil auction is attracting some of the world’s biggest oil majors such as BP, Chevron, CNOOC, ExxonMobil, and Shell, the Brazilian government said on Monday, according to Bloomberg.
Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Trump should be impeached a thousand times, claims Maduro

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, under fire all year to quit from the United States and its allies, exulted on Monday in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, though he did not expect the White House to let up against him.
Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:37 UTC
Maduro scoffs at EU sanctions and Trump's failed Venezuela policy

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday scoffed at sanctions imposed by the European Union and accused Brussels of doing US President Donald Trump's bidding. “I don't care about the European Union sanctions, the sanctions of the European Union make us laugh,” Maduro told a press conference, saying the EU was “sinking in the mud of Donald Trump's failed Venezuela policy.”
Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:23 UTC
Uruguay expects some 203 cruise calls this 2019/2020 season

Uruguay is expecting 203 calls this coming 2019/20 cruise season, which represents an 11.6% increase over the previous season. The announcement was done by Tourism minister Liliam Kechichian during a conference on the cruise and tourism industry held in the Atlantic seaside of Punta del Este.
Monday, September 30th 2019 - 18:56 UTC
Chancellor of the Exchequer insists UK leaves the EU on October 31

The United Kingdom will leave the European Union on Oct. 31, hopefully with a deal, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid said on Monday. “Hopefully we leave with a deal,” Javid told ITV. “If we cannot strike a deal, I think it is important to leave in any case and leave with no deal. It is not perfect but it is appropriate that we leave on the 31st.”
Monday, September 30th 2019 - 08:49 UTC
Macri launches his presidential campaign convinced “Yes, I can win”

Argentina’s embattled President Mauricio Macri took to the streets on Saturday with a defiant message: “Yes we can,” he told crowds of supporters in Buenos Aires as he looks to launch an unlikely comeback ahead of general elections next month.
Monday, September 30th 2019 - 08:03 UTC
Brazil's ex chief prosecutor admits wanting to kill one of the Justices for smearing his daughter

A judge in Brazil has issued a restraining order against a former attorney general after he admitted carrying a gun inside the Supreme Court to kill one of the justices. Rodrigo Janot served as chief public prosecutor for four years until 2017.
Monday, September 30th 2019 - 07:08 UTC
Malvinas carved plaque inaugurated at Casa Rosada

The Argentine government honoured Malvinas war Veterans with a ceremony at Government House, Casa Rosada, where a plaque with the Falkland Islands contour was unveiled together with an inscription underlining the valor of the combatants in their determination to recover the South Atlantic Islands.
Monday, September 30th 2019 - 06:52 UTC
Malvinas Veterans Office created by the Macri administration

Argentina has created a Coordination Office for Malvinas War Veterans, the first such office since the end of the 1982 conflict, when Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands and were defeated 74 days later.