Politics

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 12:27 UTC

  Bolsonaro's “traditional values” reaches Brazilian school textbooks

  

  School textbooks in Brazil will no longer need to highlight the country's ethnic diversity under rule changes brought in under the government of new far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 12:24 UTC

  Embraer/Boeing marriage receives the blessing from Brazil's government

  

  The Brazilian government on Thursday said it would allow a proposed tie-up between plane makers Embraer SA and Boeing Co to go forward, capping weeks of uncertainty in which President Jair Bolsonaro expressed his hesitation.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Falklands' health service preparing for a Brexit impact on medical supplies

  

  Brexit will hit the supply of medicines to the Falkland Islands, however, it is unclear to what extent, indicated Falklands Chief Medical Officer Dr Rebecca Edwards to Penguin News this week.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Protesting “yellow vests” have vandalized 60% of France's speed camera network

  

  Members of the “yellow vests” protest movement have vandalized almost 60% of France's entire speed camera network, the interior minister has said. Christophe Castaner said the willful damage was a threat to road safety and put lives in danger.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Japan' s Abe to the rescue: The “whole world” wants UK to avoid a no-deal Brexit

  

  The “whole world” wants the UK to avoid a no-deal Brexit, Japan's PM has claimed, after talks with Theresa May. Shinzo Abe pledged “total support” for the withdrawal agreement she has negotiated with the EU, which faces a crunch vote in the Commons on Tuesday.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 08:54 UTC

  Maduro sworn as president but most of the Americas reject his legitimacy

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was sworn into a second term on Thursday amid international calls for him to step down, a devastating economic crisis and growing diplomatic isolation.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  China's “insatiable appetite” for seafood is straining South America's resources

  

  China's “insatiable appetite” for seafood is straining the limited abilities of South American countries to enforce their maritime boundaries, according to an article in Dialogo, a website run by US Southern Command. Countries on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts have been affected, and most of the illicit fishing activity in those areas is done by Chinese vessels.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 08:34 UTC

  March of torches in Argentine cities to protest soaring costs of public services

  

  Tens of thousands of Argentines marched through Buenos Aires on Thursday evening carrying torches, in the first of a series of planned protests against President Mauricio Macri's austerity program and the soaring cost of public services.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 08:09 UTC

  Falklander leads Shackleton's “Endurance” search team in Weddell Sea

  

  Following on from Penguin News’ interview last week with Islander Mensun Bound, who was involved in the search for the Argentine submarine Ara San Juan, Mr Bound spoke of his current project, the search for Shackleton’s ship Endurance.

• Thursday, January 10th 2019 - 18:12 UTC

  Paraguay breaks relations with Venezuela on the day of the Maduro’s takeover

  

  Mario Abdo Benítez, president of Paraguay, announced on Thursday the rupture of diplomatic relations with Venezuela after threats from the Venezuelan president in response to the repudiation of his new mandate by the Lima Group, of which Paraguay is a member.