Politics

• Thursday, April 12th 2018 - 07:57 UTC

  Icebreaker Irizar returns from its first Antarctica campaign in ten years

  

  Argentina's icebreaker Almirante Irizar is back in Buenos Aires at the end of its first Antarctic campaign in ten years, following the fire that almost knocked the Finnish built vessel out of action. She left on 26 December and completed 107 days in the high seas and Antarctica's ice.

• Thursday, April 12th 2018 - 07:32 UTC

  UK Chief Secretary in Brazil to build relationships and promote investments

  

  UK Chief Secretary Elizabeth Truss is this week visiting Brasilia and Sao Paulo for bilateral meetings with authorities and will follow-up on the second UK-Brazil Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD), particularly on infrastructure. Latest figures show that bilateral trade between UK and Brazil is worth £5.4 billion a year.

• Thursday, April 12th 2018 - 07:28 UTC

  Brazil confirms austerity policy with the new team economic team

  

  Brazilian President Michel Temer has officially nominated eleven new ministers, the government's official bulletin said, giving continuity to the government's reform program ahead of the general elections in October.

• Thursday, April 12th 2018 - 07:20 UTC

  EC president furious with Brexit: “only a united Europe can be a sovereign Europe”

  

  European Council President Donald Tusk has said Brexit makes him furious, and called on Europe to unite during a speech in Dublin. The statesman warned it would take very little time to demolish the structures of peace and unity built up in the continent.

• Wednesday, April 11th 2018 - 09:41 UTC

  Zuckerberg manages first congressional hearing but many questions remain about Facebook's privacy policy

  

  Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg testified about data privacy on Tuesday in a marathon hearing before the United States Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees. Here are seven takeaways.

• Wednesday, April 11th 2018 - 08:47 UTC

  Brazil Supreme Court delays considering change to a law that could release jailed Lula

  

  A Justice on Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a delay until next week of a debate on changing a law that could, if passed, lead to the imminent release of recently jailed ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

• Wednesday, April 11th 2018 - 08:46 UTC

  Paraguay: EU election observation mission recommends more transparency in parties financing

  

  The head of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EOM) in Paraguay, Romanian liberal Euro-deputy Renate Weber, insisted on the need for “complete transparency in the financing of political parties and the election campaign” ahead of the general election next April 22

• Tuesday, April 10th 2018 - 14:40 UTC

  Trump cancels trip to Americas' summit because of Syrian situation; Pence will represent him in Lima

  

  After threatening a military strike against Syria, President Donald Trump on Tuesday canceled plans to travel to Peru later this week, choosing to stay in the United States to manage the response to an apparent chemical weapons attack.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2018 - 09:09 UTC

  Sharing cash for farmers, one of the biggest post Brexit challenge, say experts

  

  Quitting the European Union means the UK will have to go back to the drawing board over devolution, constitutional experts have warned. Wrangles over sharing out cash for farmers will be one of the biggest challenges ministers face, according to the Institute for Government (IfG).

• Tuesday, April 10th 2018 - 08:55 UTC

  Temer names trusted official a Mines and Energy minister, ahead of decisive privatizations

  

  Brazil’s President Michel Temer named Wellington Moreira Franco to take over the Mines and Energy Ministry, a key portfolio that includes overseeing the proposed privatization of Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (Eletrobras).