Politics

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Venezuelan Assembly representative takes his post at OAS

  

  The new Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the Organization of American States (OAS), Gustavo Tarre, on Wednesday presented his credentials to the Secretary General of the hemispheric institution, Luis Almagro.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 09:27 UTC

  “Please don't waste this time”, Donald Tusk tells Britain

  

  European Council President Donald Tusk told Britain on Thursday not to waste the extra time to sort out Brexit after the EU agreed to a second delay to London's departure until Oct.31.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Brazilian prosecutors planning to file criminal charges to mining giant Vale SA

  

  Brazilian prosecutors plan to file criminal charges against Vale SA and employees of the mining giant over the deadly collapse of a mine-waste dam in January, the lead investigator told The Wall Street Journal.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Swiss prosecution has returned US$ 365m to Brazil linked to corruption operations in Petrobras and Odebrecht

  

  Crime-fighters in Switzerland and Brazil pledged to intensify cooperation to resolve the sprawling corruption case linked to state oil firm Petrobras in which around 700 million Swiss francs (US$ 701 million) remain frozen in Switzerland.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 06:54 UTC

  Petrobras to receive US$ 9.058bn following agreement with the government

  

  The Brazilian government reached a landmark deal to pay state-controlled oil company Petrobras SA US$9.058 billion for revising a transfer-of-rights oil contract, Energy Minister Bento Albuquerque said.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 06:45 UTC

  US/China closer to a deal: they agree to establish “enforcement officers”

  

  The United States and China have largely agreed on a mechanism to police any trade agreement they reach, including establishing new “enforcement offices,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 06:14 UTC

  Stockpiling ahead of Brexit helped spur the UK economy, says stats office

  

  Stockpiling by manufacturers ahead of Brexit helped the UK economy grow by 0.3% in the three months to February. The national s pointed to manufacturers “changing the timing of their activities” as the UK's exit from the EU approaches.

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 06:08 UTC

  Over half of Brits want the Brexit final deal to be put to a referendum

  

  More than half of the public would like the UK Government’s final Brexit deal to be put to a referendum, according to a new poll. The Kantar poll found that 51% of Britons would like a referendum to be held on the deal once negotiations between the Government and the EU have come to an end.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Bolsonaro sacks education minister: he proved more conservative than the president

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on Monday sacked his education minister, an ultraconservative who had drawn public ire over a range of controversial proposals including a revision of school textbooks to deny the 1964 military coup.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  “My trade wars aren't finished yet”, Trump warns IMF and World Bank spring meetings

  

  
United States president Donald Trump is sending a clear message to the economic policymakers gathering in Washington for the IMF and World Bank's spring meetings: My trade wars aren't finished yet and a weakening global economy will just have to deal with it.