Politics

Saturday, April 14th 2018 - 11:08 UTC
Brazil's Attorney General charges presidential candidate with racism

One of the front-runners in Brazil's presidential campaign was charged with racism on Friday by the country's top prosecutor. Attorney General Raquel Dodge charged conservative deputy Jair Bolsonaro for statements comparing members of rural settlements founded by the descendants of slaves to animals. Members of the settlements are called “quilombolas” in Brazil.
Saturday, April 14th 2018 - 10:56 UTC
Ecuador and Colombia elite troops after Farc renegades who killed journalists and their driver

Ecuador on Friday confirmed the deaths of two journalists and their driver who had been kidnapped by renegade Colombian rebels -- and quickly launched a retaliatory military operation in the area where they were snatched.
Saturday, April 14th 2018 - 10:49 UTC
Corruption and Venezuela in the agenda of a subdued Summit of the Americas

Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra opened on Friday a subdued Summit of the Americas decrying widespread corruption and urging regional leaders to join forces in increasing transparency and boosting civil society. Addressing Western Hemisphere leaders in an auditorium where a number of seats were left notably empty, Peru's new president said that rather than accept corruption as a deep-seated scourge impossible to eliminate, governments should adopt concrete measures that prevent it from ever taking place.
Saturday, April 14th 2018 - 10:42 UTC
South Georgia fisheries licensing controversy reaches the leading media in UK

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was accused of betraying by handing lucrative licenses in the South Atlantic to foreign firms. The row erupted after it emerged that £75million worth of licenses in the South Atlantic have been handed to firms from Norway, Chile and New Zealand, according to reports in the UK media.
Friday, April 13th 2018 - 09:17 UTC
Photo of the year: Venezuelan Ronaldo Schemidt wins the World Press Photo

Venezuelan photographer Ronaldo Schemidt received on Thursday the World Press Photo of the year in Amsterdam, one of the most prestigious in photojournalism, for a photograph shot in May 2017 during the protests in Venezuela while working for Agence France-Presse (AFP) . In the photograph a protester appears in flames, in front of a graffiti in which a weapon appears shooting at the word “peace”.
Friday, April 13th 2018 - 09:07 UTC
Juncker insists that Brexit deal must “fully respect” Spain's veto on Gibraltar

Jean Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, has again underlined the EU’s position that the Brexit deal must “fully respect” the terms of the Gibraltar veto granted to Spain in the bloc’s negotiating guidelines.
Friday, April 13th 2018 - 08:55 UTC
Barnier: EU “unanimous solidarity” with the Spanish position on Gibraltar

The controversial ‘Clause 24’ veto granted to Spain by the European Union in its Brexit negotiating guidelines reflects the “unanimous solidarity” of the remaining EU members with the Spanish position on Gibraltar, the EU’s Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, said in an interview.
Friday, April 13th 2018 - 08:50 UTC
UK can still reverse its Brexit decision until 2021, says Michel Barnier

The EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier has said the UK can reverse its position on leaving the single market and customs union up until the end of the Brexit transition period. The EU official gave Theresa May until December 31 2020 to change her mind on Britain exiting the pair as it withdraws from the EU, saying: “So long as they have not left, during the transition period, everything is still possible.”
Friday, April 13th 2018 - 08:44 UTC
New Zealand bans new offshore exploration and targets a clean energy future

Permits for offshore oil and gas exploration will no longer be issued by the New Zealand Government as part of its commitment to a clean energy future. The move will not affect existing permits for exploration or extraction, meaning the industry is likely to continue in the nation for several more decades.
Thursday, April 12th 2018 - 09:08 UTC
Sixty Brazilian members of Congress added Lula to their names

More than 60 Brazilian members of congress from the opposition Worker's Party have formally changed their names. They have added the name 'Lula', after Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was jailed last weekend.