Politics

Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
Beijing and Taiwan jockeying for influence in Honduras

Next January 27, the president-elect of Honduras in Central America, a country known to live off the drugs trade and international aid will be taking office. Xiomara Castro, the first woman president of the country, and an icon of the left-wing progressive parties of Latin America promised during her campaign that her administration would cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan and establish full relations with Beijing, as recently happened in neighboring Nicaragua.
Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:22 UTC
Venezuela's elderly demand better pensions

Retired Venezuelan health care workers Wednesday staged a protest in demand for better pensions, claiming that what they were earning were “miserable salaries” with which they were being “starved to death”
Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:05 UTC
Royal Navy has her first ever female admiral: “someone has to be the first”

The Royal Navy's first-ever female admiral has taken command – smashing a century-old glass ceiling in the service. After 25 years' service, Jude Terry takes the helm as Director of People and Training and Naval Secretary.
Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 08:06 UTC
PM Mottley poised for landslide reelection victory in Barbados

Mia Mottley looked poised to be re-elected as Prime Minister of Barbados, while projections heralded the Barbados Labor Party (BLP) will hold more than two-thirds of the seats in Parliament following Wednesday's (Jan. 19) elections.
Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 20:45 UTC
UK to lift Plan B COVID-19 restrictions, PM announces

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed Wednesday that his so-called Plan B sanitary restrictions applied in the Government's fight against COVID-19 will be lifted as of next week.
Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 20:24 UTC
Ingrid Betancourt to run again for President of Colombia

Ingrid Betancourt, a politician who was captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas while campaigning for the presidency and held hostage for six years, Tuesday announced she would run again.
Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 20:20 UTC
US adds Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia to list of destinations to avoid due to covid

The United States' Centers for Disease Control has added 22 countries to the level four travel warning list due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases, particularly of the omicron variant.
Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Argentine FM holds meetings in DC as planned

Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero was told Tuesday in Washington DC by his colleague, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, that the United States “strongly supported negotiations with the IMF.”
Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 09:25 UTC
Conservative Maltese woman picked to head European Parliament

The European Parliament Tuesday chose Maltese MEP Roberta Metsola to become its new speaker following the sudden death last week of Italian David Sassoli.
Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 09:12 UTC
Chile's future First Lady to add a feminist twist to the job

Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric, 35, has been involved with 32-year-old Social scientist Irina Karamanos since 2019. She has now decided that although not married, she will take on her new role as First Lady and “reformulate” it with a feminist vision, it was reported Tuesday.