Politics

• Sunday, October 28th 2018 - 18:00 UTC

  Fitch cautious about UK as no-deal Brexit scenario looks inevitable

  

  The increased likelihood of a no-deal Brexit scenario has led ratings agency Fitch to envision serious damages to the United Kingdom's economy for future assessments, although it maintained Britain's long-term AA grade... For now.

• Sunday, October 28th 2018 - 17:06 UTC

  Haddad and Bolsonaro already voted in decisive elections for Brazil and the region

  

  One in Sao Paulo and the other in Rio de Janeiro; the candidates Jair Bolsonaro and Fernando Haddad cast their votes this morning with the confidence that the surveys give to Bolsonaro, and the hope of the latter to reverse this advantage, warning Bolsonaro's threat to Brazil's democracy in the most polarized presidential elections in the recent history of the country.

• Sunday, October 28th 2018 - 16:55 UTC

  Last minute polls confirm Bolsonaro will be Brazil's next elected president

  

  The ultra right candidate Jair Bolsonaro continued ahead of Fernando Haddad in the runoff for the Brazilian presidency scheduled to take place this Sunday, 28 October. According to the latest public opinion poll, released late Saturday, the ex Army captain and paratrooper had a 54% of valid votes support while the Workers Party hopeful stood at 46%, that is an eight points difference.

• Sunday, October 28th 2018 - 16:50 UTC

  Venezuela angered by Germany's joining list of countries that want Maduro before ICC

  

  The Venezuelan Foreign Minister Friday summoned Germany's ambassador in Caracas, Daniel Kriener, to deliver a note of protest for Berlin's express support to an International Criminal Court (ICC) enquiry into alleged human rights violations by the Nicolás Maduro regime.

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 14:53 UTC

  Attack on Venezuelan opposition leader said to be slow-motion assassination

  

  Former Colombian President Andrés Pastrana said Wednesday's attack against Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was to poison her with a delayed-effect substance.

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 09:50 UTC

  Markets confident of Bolsonaro victory: stocks up 2% and Real logs sixth straight sessions' win

  

  Brazilian stocks index, Bovespa, rose nearly 2% on Friday ahead of this weekend's presidential election, whole Brazil's Real further consolidated. The MSCI's index of emerging market stocks in the region gained 1.24%. Although, the region's markets fared better than emerging markets elsewhere, they were on track to end a five-week winning streak.

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 09:48 UTC

  Suspect with a long criminal record charged with mailing explosives to critics of president Trump

  

  A man living in the state of Florida and with a decades-long criminal record was arrested and charged Friday with mailing at least 13 packages containing explosive devices to critics of President Donald Trump, authorities said.

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 09:43 UTC

  Government and consumer spending boosts US economy in third quarter

  

  The US economy slowed less than expected in the third quarter as a tariff-related drop in soybean exports was partially offset by the strongest consumer spending in nearly four years, keeping it on track to hit the Trump administration’s 3% growth target this year.

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 09:29 UTC

  UK and Overseas Territories: “perhaps a review of relations is appropriate”

  

  For years there was consensus between the major UK political parties about the Overseas Territories, but that has now changed and the OTs now face a “more hostile and less supportive UK political class,” Dr Peter Clegg said, adding that perhaps a review of relations is appropriate, one which would “offer the Territories more autonomy, address the UN’s decolonization agenda, and give the Territories a stronger foreign policy voice.”

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  S&P lowers Italy's outlook to negative; criticizes Rome's economic and fiscal policies

  

  Standard & Poor’s on Friday left Italy’s sovereign debt rating unchanged but lowered its outlook to negative from stable, saying that the new government’s policy plans were weighing on the country’s growth and debt prospects.