Politics

Friday, July 7th 2017 - 06:00 UTC
UK will fund 21 projects from Argentine government agencies and civil society

The British Embassy in Argentina has selected 21 project bids submitted by government agencies and civil society organizations which will award almost 10 million pesos worth of funding during the second half of 2017. The initiative follows on the spirit of the 2016 September Joint Statement.
Thursday, July 6th 2017 - 19:29 UTC
The plight of Ascension Island residents cut off from the Falklands' Airbridge

Ascension Island, home to around 800 people, is even more cut off than it used to be after weekly flights linking the island to the UK were stopped - due to a dodgy runway and the wrong kind of RAF aircraft, according to a BBC report. The British overseas territory is the tip of an old volcano in the Atlantic Ocean, mid-way between Africa and Brazil. It's so remote, that when the Portuguese discovered it on Ascension Day in 1501, they didn't even bother colonizing it.
Thursday, July 6th 2017 - 07:04 UTC
Morales accuses Chile of violating International Court of Justice rules

Bolivian President Evo Morales accused his Chilean counterpart, Michelle Bachelet, of violating rules of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague by “revealing” the content of the report filed by that country in the dispute over the use of the Silala River, while causing an “unnecessary” conflict in the media.
Thursday, July 6th 2017 - 06:57 UTC
Brazilian plan to review purchase of Bolivian natural gas

Petrobras should cut the maximum amount of natural gas it buys from neighboring Bolivia in half in an effort to encourage domestic importers and distributors to enter the market, according to a Brazilian government study.
Thursday, July 6th 2017 - 04:53 UTC
Maduro's goons storm Venezuela National Assembly and beat up lawmakers

About a hundred government supporters stormed into Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly, where they beat up several lawmakers. Witnesses said the confrontation came after an assembly session to mark the country's Independence Day, Wednesday July 5th.
Thursday, July 6th 2017 - 04:26 UTC
Scandal in EU: Juncker calls the European parliament “totally ridiculous”

The head of the European Union’s executive called its parliament “totally ridiculous” during a spat over low MEP attendance. After EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker thanked the few dozens of the 700-plus MEPs for attending a plenary session, he insisted that “parliament is not serious” for failing to show up in large numbers for the keynote debate of the day.
Thursday, July 6th 2017 - 03:54 UTC
All eyes to be focused on gestures from the first face-to-face Trump-Putin meeting

The first face-to-face meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Hamburg. The Kremlin says terrorism; Syria and Ukraine will top its agenda.
Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 20:52 UTC
Brazilian industrial output grows for a second month during May

Industrial output in Brazil rose for a second straight month in May, government data showed on Tuesday, underpinning hopes that the economy will not fall back into recession despite an escalating political crisis.
Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 15:28 UTC
Icebreaker Almirante Irizar expected in Puerto Belgrano for high seas trials

The emblematic Argentine navy icebreaker Almirante Irizar, responsible for the country's Antarctic effort left Buenos Aires on Tuesday for high sea trials. The Atlantic incursion was its first in ten years, since in 2007 the icebreaker suffered a major fire that almost destroyed the vessel, originally built in Finland.
Wednesday, July 5th 2017 - 08:29 UTC
Close ally of President Temer arrested on charges of corruption in state bank

Brazilian police have arrested a close ally of President Michel Temer as part of a corruption investigation into a government-controlled bank. Geddel Vieira Lima, a former cabinet minister, had been in charge of Temer's relations with Congress.