Politics

• Friday, February 26th 2021 - 09:17 UTC

  Brazil's death toll in twelve months of coronavirus, 250,000

  

  One year ago on Thursday, Brazil confirmed its first case of coronavirus. The same day it recorded a quarter of a million deaths from the disease the virus causes and more than 10 million cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

• Friday, February 26th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Peruvian justice makes exception and authorizes euthanasia to psychologist

  

  Peru authorized for the first time to respect the decision of a psychologist to end her life when she deems it convenient and ordered the medical authorities to elaborate a protocol for the fulfillment of her wish.

• Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 10:37 UTC

  Bolsonaro praises Economy minister Guedes trying to overcome the Petrobras controversy

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro praised his Economy Minister Paulo Guedes as the “anchor” of his government, in an attempt to quash speculation of a deepening division between the two after Bolsonaro last week ousted Petrobras CEO triggering a plunge in markets.

• Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 10:22 UTC

  Argentina: the icon of Kirchners' business friends sentenced to 12 years in jail for money laundering

  

  Argentine justice despite its disrepute has inflicted a mighty blow to the dominant force of the country's political system since 2003, the Nestor and Cristina Kirchner couple, currently headed by the widow Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

• Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 10:20 UTC

  Optimistic forecast in coming months for Argentina's economic activity

  

  Argentina’s economic activity was down 10% during 2020 after falling 2.2% in December versus a year earlier, but better than the average fall analysts forecasted and that the initial government projections.

• Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 10:05 UTC

  Venezuela declares EU's head of delegation persona non grata and gives her 72 hours to leave the country

  

  Venezuela announced on Wednesday that the head of the European Union's delegation in Caracas had 72 hours to leave the country and declared her persona non grata after the bloc imposed new sanctions on Venezuelan officials this week.

• Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 09:37 UTC

  German Customs seize 23 tons of cocaine (from Paraguay) in biggest ever haul

  

  Investigators uncovered a total of 23 tons of cocaine with a street value of billions of Euros in a cross-European drugs bust, German customs said Wednesday. The cocaine was uncovered in Germany and Belgium.

• Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 09:37 UTC

  Australian bill confirms Facebook and Google agreement to pay local media for content

  

  After a last-gasp deal that watered-down binding rules Facebook and Google had fiercely opposed in return for the tech giants agreeing to pay local media companies, Australia's parliament passed landmark legislation on Thursday. The dispute was closely watched around the world.

• Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 09:36 UTC

  EU divided over travel certificates of vaccination; southern countries want to recover the summer season

  

  European Union leaders will agree on Thursday to work on certificates of vaccination for EU citizens who have had an anti-COVID shot, with southern EU countries that depend heavily on tourism desperate to rescue this summer's holiday season.

• Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Gangs' war in Ecuadorian jails death toll climbs to 79, and remains out of control

  

  Ecuador raised the death toll from riots in four jails to 79, including 18 prisoners who were found dismembered at one site, one of the bloodiest outbreaks of prison violence in the country’s history.