Politics

Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 09:41 UTC
Brazilian conservatives want Temer to join presidential race

While the upcoming presidential elections seemed an inevitable clash between the incumbent rightwing Jair Bolsonaro and the former PT Lula Da Silva, Brazilian media rocked the political stage Wednesday with rumors that former President Michel Temer might join the race on behalf of the conservative Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).
Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 09:35 UTC
Mercosur clinches Singapore FTA, announces CET cuts

The governments of all four members of Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay) Wednesday agreed in Asunción to lower the bloc's common external tariffs (CET) by 10%.
Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 09:20 UTC
Biden does not have cancer, despite confusing speech

US President Joseph Biden Wednesday delivered a confusing message which prompted listeners to wonder whether he had actually confirmed he had cancer.
Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 07:13 UTC
Brazilians will again eat three meals a day, vowed Lula

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Dda Silva Wednesday said during a visit to his native state of Pernambuco that people in his country will go back to eating at least three meals a day if he beats the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the Oct. 2 elections.
Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 07:04 UTC
Iran files petition on behalf of its Emtrasur 747 crewmembers

The Government of Iran has requested Argentina's Judiciary lifts the travel ban on the five Asian country's nationals who have been staying at a hotel near the Ezeiza international airport following the seizing of a Venezuela-flagged Boeing 747-300.
Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 06:51 UTC
And then they were 2: Sunak and Truss

Following Wednesday's round of voting, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss finally made it to the showdown against former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak in the contest for Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister.
Wednesday, July 20th 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Despite Mercosur summit in Paraguay, Bolsonaro keeps cutting tariffs for critical inputs of industry and medicine

Although Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is not attending the Mercosur summit in Paraguay, his administration continues with its policy of unilaterally reducing the common external tariff. In this case Brazil's Foreign Trade Chamber Executive Committee approved the reduction of import tariffs on thirteen items, including medicines, medical equipment, printing ink and polypropylene resin. Tariffs were cut to zero or reduced to 2%, from 2% and 6,5%.
Wednesday, July 20th 2022 - 10:39 UTC
EU eyes CELAC for food; Mercosur “a more complicated issue”

Josep Borrell, the European Union's top diplomat, has said Latin America would host a CELAC meeting sometime next year, but admitted that ratifying the 2019 trade agreement with Mercosur was “a more complicated issue.”
Wednesday, July 20th 2022 - 10:35 UTC
A decommissioned C 130 Hercules to honor Argentine combatants fallen in the Falklands' war

A decommissioned Hercules C 130 from the Argentine Air Force and which was involved in combat, transport, surveillance, and supply operations during the Falkland Islands war has arrived at Pilar, a city in the province of Buenos Aires, where there is a monument to the fallen during the 1982 conflict.
Wednesday, July 20th 2022 - 10:34 UTC
Bolsonaro tells foreign diplomats about “unreliable” voting machine

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro summoned some 40 foreign ambassadors to his Brasilia residence Monday. During the event, he gave yet another speech on the alleged cracks of the country's electronic voting system.