Politics

• Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Guatemala constitutional court bars presidential candidate because she's the daughter of an ex military ruler

  

  The constitutional court of Guatemala has barred Zury Ríos, the daughter of ex-military ruler Efraín Ríos Montt, from running for the presidency. Ms. Ríos was one of the frontrunners ahead of elections on 16 June. The court argued that Guatemala's constitution bars close relatives of coup leaders from serving as president.

• Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Trump's “little squabble” with China pinching farmers' pockets and his electoral base

  

  US farmers, who are major exporters of pork and soy, are caught in the middle of President Donald Trump's trade wars. And farmers along with the industries that support them, are also key voters.

• Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  China reports weaker industrial output and retail sales during April: stimuli round the corner?

  

  China on Wednesday reported surprisingly weaker growth in industrial output and retail sales for April, reinforcing expectations that Beijing needs to roll out more stimulus measures as the trade war with the United States escalates.

• Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 08:21 UTC

  Services sector activity in Brazil slides 0.7% in March and 1.75% in the first quarter

  

  Activity in Brazil’s services sector fell 0.7% in March from the month before, government statistics agency IBGE said on Tuesday, a decline far greater than expected and another strong sign that the economy contracted in the first quarter.

• Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 08:10 UTC

  Pope Francis advances the sainthood of Sister Dulce , Brazil's “Mother Teresa”

  

  Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of Blessed Dulce Lopes Pontes, the “Mother Teresa” of Brazil. The pope signed the decrees on May 13 during a meeting with Cardinal Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes. The Vatican published the decrees on May 14.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 11:12 UTC

  IMF says it can live with another possible government of Cristina Fernandez

  

  The head of the IMF mission currently in Buenos Aires for the fourth review of the economic program signed by the administration of president Mauricio Macri last year, said that the Fund does not fear a possible return of ex president Cristina Fernandez to office.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Venezuela reacts with outrage after Guaidó asked for US military support to oust Maduro

  

  Venezuela reacted with outrage on Monday after the opposition openly courted US military support, with the regime denouncing what it called a “repugnant” attempt to plot an armed intervention in the crisis-torn country.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Corruption investigation: Court allows investigation of Bolsonaro son's banking records

  

  A Brazilian court will allow investigators to examine the banking records of President Jair Bolsonaro's senator son and his former driver in a money-laundering investigation.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  China announces higher tariffs on US produce; Trump expects to meet Xi in June in G20 summit

  

  United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would meet Chinese president Xi Jinping next month as the trade war between the world's two largest economies intensified, sending shivers through global markets.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Bayer-Monsanto loses US$ 2bn glyphosate law suit in California

  

  A jury in California on Monday ordered Bayer-owned Monsanto to pay more than US$2 billion damages to a couple who sued on grounds the weed killer Roundup caused their cancer, lawyers said.