Politics

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Brazil plans to reduce import tariffs by ten percentage points in four years

  

  Brazil plans to reduce import tariffs by 10 percentage points during the new government’s four-year term, Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said, a move away from the direction currently being taken by countries such as the United States.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:08 UTC

  Inequalities in UK threatening democracy, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies

  

  Inequalities in pay and opportunities in the UK are becoming so extreme they are threatening democracy, an Institute for Fiscal Studies study has said. The think tank warns of runaway incomes for high earners but rises in “deaths of despair”, such as from addiction and suicide, among the poorest.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Venezuela receives 71 tons of medical supplies from China

  

  A second airplane from China carrying medical supplies including medicine arrived in Venezuela on Monday as part of a “humanitarian technical” cooperation agreement between President Nicolas Maduro's government and the Asian powerhouse.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 17:03 UTC

  Armed man arrested in Argentina’s presidential office: he wanted to meet with Mauricio Macri

  

  An armed man was arrested in the Casa Rosada, Argentina’s presidential office, who tried to enter on the grounds that he had an audience with President Mauricio Macri. The suspect was carrying a box with a Magnum 44 Taurus revolver and was arrested by the Military House before entering the building, according to information from the Government office in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 13:18 UTC

  Belize votes to take Guatemala's territorial claim to the International court of Justice

  

  Belizeans have voted to ask the United Nations world court to decide Guatemala’s claim that it is the rightful owner of half of Belize’s territory, setting the scene for a resolution to a dispute that has rumbled on for centuries.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 12:59 UTC

  Macri's coalition suffers heavy defeat in Argentina's second most populous district

  

  The ruling coalition of Argentine president Mauricio Macri suffered a heavy defeat Sunday in elections held in Cordoba province, the country's second most populous district. Peronist governor Juan Schiaretti led comfortably after 94.2% of the vote had been counted, claiming 54% of ballots cast in his bid for re-election.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Trade talks with Beijing escalate: China will not swallow any “bitter fruit” that harms its interests

  

  The United States and China appeared at a deadlock over trade negotiations on Sunday as Washington demanded promises of concrete changes to Chinese law and Beijing said it would not swallow any “bitter fruit” that harmed its interests.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 09:37 UTC

  Argentine lawmaker shot in street incident on Friday died

  

  An Argentine lawmaker died on Sunday of gunshot wounds he suffered last week in a daylight attack outside the Congress building in Buenos Aires. The death of Hector Olivares, 61, was announced by his ruling party coalition, called Cambiemos.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  Venezuelan general calls on forces to rise against Maduro, controlled by the Cuban “communist dictatorship”

  

  A Venezuelan general called on the country's armed forces on Sunday to rise up against President Nicolas Maduro, who has relied on the backing of the military to hold on to power despite an economic collapse.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 09:27 UTC

  A cardinal to the rescue of occupants of a property without power or hot water

  

  A cardinal who conducts acts of charity for Pope Francis has restored power for hundreds of people in a building in Rome after climbing down a manhole and flipping a switch, local media report.