Politics

Saturday, March 20th 2021 - 08:44 UTC
G7 finance ministers agree on “a new and sizeable” increase in IMF capital; US demands transparency

REUTERS – The world's seven largest advanced economies have agreed to support the first expansion of the International Monetary Fund's reserves since 2009, a step meant to help developing countries cope with the coronavirus pandemic, Britain announced on Friday.
Saturday, March 20th 2021 - 08:44 UTC
Boris Johnson received the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, “I did not feel a thing”

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received his first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Friday and urged the public to do the same, saying “he did not feel a thing.”
Saturday, March 20th 2021 - 08:25 UTC
Argentine football teams launch project to help families who lost members to military dictatorships

Argentine football rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate launched a joint project on Friday aimed at giving a voice to the families of club members who went missing during the country’s right-wing dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s.
Saturday, March 20th 2021 - 08:07 UTC
Gang warfare next to Mexico City leaves 13 police officers on patrol massacred

Bullet casings still littered the ground on Friday in Coatepec Harinas, a troubled municipality southwest of Mexico City where 13 police officers on patrol were brutally murdered in an ambush by suspected drug gang members.
Friday, March 19th 2021 - 15:09 UTC
Falkland Islands Government gives nod to public consultation on Marine Management Areas

The Falkland Islands Government’s Executive Council has approved the launch of a public consultation on a series of proposed Marine Management Areas (MMAs) in Falklands waters, according to documents published this week.
Friday, March 19th 2021 - 09:46 UTC
Falklands ready to receive third batch of Covid-19 vaccines

The Falkland Islands Government has received confirmation that it will receive a third batch of Covid-19 vaccines and, while the exact timing is yet to be confirmed, it is anticipated that these will arrive in the week beginning 22 March.
Friday, March 19th 2021 - 09:10 UTC
Banco do Brasil CEO resigns after clashing with Bolsonaro over an austerity plan to close 200 branches

Brazil’s largest state bank CEO quit on Thursday after crashing earlier this year with President Jair Bolsonaro over an austerity drive. Andre Brandao resigned as chief executive officer of Banco do Brasil SA, the nation’s second-biggest bank by assets, the company said in a regulatory filing.
Friday, March 19th 2021 - 08:46 UTC
New Brazilian health minister pledges to continue with Bolsonaro's policies

Brazil reported a record number of COVID-19 deaths just as the country's new health minister nominee pledged to continue the controversial policies of president Jair Bolsonaro, who has downplayed the severity of the disease.
Thursday, March 18th 2021 - 20:28 UTC
UK, Argentina and the Falklands signed an agreement for the second phase to identify soldiers fallen in 1982

The governments of the United Kingdom, the Falkland Islands and Argentina agreed on Thursday to carry out a new stage of the Humanitarian Project Plan that began in 2017 and has allowed the identification of 115 Argentine soldiers fallen during the 1982 armed conflict. The agreement was signed at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva, Switzerland and the Plan will be resumed in August, as confirmed by the British Embassy in Buenos Aires.
Thursday, March 18th 2021 - 09:35 UTC
Falklands: begins second phase to identify Argentine soldiers remains

The accord for the second phase of the humanitarian initiative to identify the remains of Argentine combatants buried at the Argentine military cemetery in the Falkland Islands is scheduled to be signed this Thursday in Geneva, while work could be starting by next August.