Politics

Wednesday, February 13th 2019 - 08:34 UTC
Guaido announces humanitarian aid will enter Venezuela on February 23

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guido told a huge rally of supporters on Tuesday that humanitarian aid would enter the country on Feb. 23, setting the stage for a showdown with President Nicolas Maduro who has refused to let supplies in.
Wednesday, February 13th 2019 - 08:13 UTC
Family of Falklands Fisheries officer killed in Brazil donate £50,000

Cash raised for a Falkland Islands' biker injured in a crash in Brazil was given away to help others after his death, an inquest heard. Christopher Peck, 34, originally from Workington, but who was working in the Islands was two weeks into an 18-week Uruguay to Canada trip when he was hit by a lorry.
Wednesday, February 13th 2019 - 07:59 UTC
Bank of England urges Parliament to secure a good Brexit withdrawal deal and a smooth transition.

Bank of England governor Mark Carney has urged MPs to solve the Brexit impasse in a speech warning of growing threats to the global economy. He said a no-deal Brexit would create an “economic shock” at a time when China's economy is slowing and trade tensions are rising.
Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 22:11 UTC
United Kingdom confirms humanitarian aid for Venezuelans

The government of the United Kingdom announced on Tuesday that it will grant 6.5 million pounds, approximately 8.4 million dollars, to finance the different humanitarian agencies that are in the region assisting Venezuelan citizens inside and outside their country.
Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 10:30 UTC
IMF mission in Argentina to collect data on compliance of the standby loan accord

An IMF team is back in Buenos Aires to review the Argentine economy performance and how it is complying with the fiscal and monetary conditions established in the stand-by US$ 57 billion loan agreed last year. The head of the mission Roberto Cardarelli is scheduled to meet ministers, central bank officials, members of Congress from the ruling coalition and opposition, academia and different lobbies.
Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Unexpected meeting of Uruguay and Argentina to address the Venezuelan situation

Presidents from Uruguay and Argentina, Tabare Vazquez and Mauricio Macri, will be meeting on Wednesday to discuss an open agenda, but which according to Buenos Aires sources will be centered on the Venezuelan situation, where the two countries hold different positions. The meeting is scheduled to take place in Colonia, at the Anchorena Park, which is an official resting place of the Uruguayan Executive, and a twenty minutes helicopter flight distance from Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:51 UTC
Brazil ready to provide humanitarian aid to Venezuela through Roraima

Venezuelan opposition envoy Maria Teresa Belandria was received as her country’s official ambassador in Brazil on Monday and said Brazil’s government would provide all possible support to get humanitarian aid to the border.
Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:47 UTC
Guaido delivers a “symbolic” first cargo of humanitarian aid

Venezuela’s opposition leader, Juan Guaido, said on Monday his team had delivered a first cargo of the humanitarian aid that has become a flashpoint in his tussle with President Nicolas Maduro, without specifying how it had received it.
Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:41 UTC
UK and Switzerland sign a post-Brexit “continuity agreement” on trade

The UK and Switzerland have signed a deal to continue trading after Brexit as they did before it. The “continuity agreement” - based on the EU's existing free trade deal with Switzerland - was agreed in December but ratified on Monday.
Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:36 UTC
UK food industry blasts the “catastrophic impact” of a no-deal Brexit

The UK food industry has threatened to stop co-operating with government policy consultations, saying it is busy trying to stave off the “catastrophic impact” of a no-deal Brexit. The warning came in a letter to Environment Secretary Michael Gove from more than 30 business leaders.