Politics

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

  Argentina creates a 395.000 acres marshlands park; land donated by the Tompkins Conservation

  

  A new national park in Argentina that will help protect the country’s incredible wetlands, forests and grasslands well into the future, as well as putting a new part of the country on travelers’ maps has been given the green light by the Argentine government.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 08:59 UTC

  Brazilian truckers block Rio/Sao Paulo highway, and ready to protest again

  

  Truckers in Brazil on Monday partially blocked the main highway between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, police said, an action that could harm the nation’s economy should the protests spread.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 08:44 UTC

  Arab League warns Bolsonaro on moving embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

  

  The Arab League has told Brazil's right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro that moving Brazil's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would be a setback for relations with Arab countries. Such a move by Bolsonaro, who takes office on January first, would be a sharp shift in Brazilian foreign policy, which has traditionally backed a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  French president yields to weeks of protests and rolls back most reforms

  

  French president Emmanuel Macron has promised a minimum wage rise and tax concessions in response to weeks of violent protests. France has seen four weekends of violent protests against fuel tax rises, living costs and other issues. Speaking in a televised address, Mr. Macron condemned the violence but said the protesters' anger was “deep, and in many ways legitimate”.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 08:29 UTC

  Operation to rescue Brexit deal: PM May flies to Holland, Germany and Brussels

  

  Theresa May will meet European leaders and EU officials later for talks aimed at rescuing her Brexit deal. She will hold talks with Dutch PM Mark Rutte and Germany's Angela Merkel after postponing MPs' final vote on the deal. The UK PM has said she needs “further assurances” about the Northern Ireland border plan to get Commons backing.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 08:24 UTC

  OAS Mission congratulates Peruvians for the peaceful Sunday vote

  

  The Electoral Experts Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) congratulated Peruvian citizens for a peaceful vote in which they expressed their will in a decisive way. The Mission also congratulated electoral authorities on their ability to organize in a short-term the national referendum on December 9.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 08:19 UTC

  Embraer-Boeing deal clears provisional injunction, but now depends on Bolsonaro's administration

  

  A Brazilian federal court has overturned a provisional injunction that blocked a proposed tie-up between plane makers Embraer and Boeing, Embraer said on Monday in a securities filing. Brazil's Embraer announced in July its intention to sell 80% of its commercial aviation business to Chicago-based Boeing for US$ 3.8 billion. Embraer has said the deal is crucial for its survival.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 07:37 UTC

  Argentina, UK to co-chair LGBT rights organisation for two years

  

  Argentina and the United Kingdom have been chosen Monday to co-chair the Equal Rights Coalition for two years starting next June, to succeed Chile and Canada at the helm of the first-ever intergovernmental organisation dedicated to the protection of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBT) people around the world.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 18:30 UTC

  Europe Court of Justice rules UK can cancel Brexit without altering terms of her membership

  

  The European Court of Justice has ruled the UK can cancel Brexit without the permission of the other 27 EU members. The ECJ judges ruled this could be done without altering the terms of Britain's membership.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 18:24 UTC

  PM May and EU trapped in “Brussels optimism”; Brexit deal debate suspended

  

  Theresa May says she has called off Tuesday's crucial vote on her Brexit deal because it “would be rejected by a significant margin”. She said MPs backed much of the deal she has struck with the EU but there was concern over the Northern Irish backstop.