Politics

Monday, February 8th 2021 - 08:49 UTC
US workers families earning US$ 60,000 per year should receive stimulus checks, Treasury Secretary Yellen

US workers earning US$ 60,000 per year should receive stimulus checks, said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday. “The exact details of how it should be targeted are to be determined, but struggling middle class families need help,” Yellen said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Monday, February 8th 2021 - 08:49 UTC
Chinese mourners paid tribute to Dr Li Wenliang, who broke the news of the Wuhan virus

Thousands of Chinese mourners took to social media on Saturday and Sunday to pay tribute to Li Wenliang, the doctor who first broke the news of a new mysterious virus in Wuhan, one year after he died from COVID-19.
Monday, February 8th 2021 - 08:37 UTC
Reagan's secretary of State, George Shultz dies at age of 100. He served in four different cabinet positions

President Ronald Reagan's Secretary of State, George Shultz, a resourceful strategist who helped dismantle the Cold War has died at the age of 100. An economics professor who saw himself more as a data-driven expert than an ideologue, Shultz had the rare distinction of serving in four different cabinet positions - including Treasury secretary with Richard Nixon.
Saturday, February 6th 2021 - 08:47 UTC
IMF chief Georgieva tells Argentina, “it takes two to tango”

The chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday that the fund is working towards reaching an agreement on a new loan deal with Argentina and the next round of meetings will focus on the details. However, “'it takes two to tango' so both sides need to do our part and find the pathway to an agreement, and we are not yet at that point.”
Saturday, February 6th 2021 - 08:38 UTC
Latin America's second economy grew 12% in third quarter but still 8,6%, below year to year

Mexico’s economy contracted 8.5% in 2020, the largest single-year drop since 1932 and the second consecutive year of economic contraction, worsened due to the Covid-19’s pandemic. Latin America's second economy, the gross domestic product grew 3.1% in the final three months of the year, according to preliminary data released on Friday by the National Statistics and Geography Institute.
Saturday, February 6th 2021 - 07:34 UTC
Falklands' “Restriction on Movement” declaration in full force until 18 February

The Falkland Islands Government Executive Council, ExCo, has agreed to the making and publication of a Declaration to bring into force regulations 11 (restrictions on movement) and 12 (restrictions on movement – specified areas) in order to ‘prevent, protect against, delay or otherwise control the incidence or transmission of coronavirus in the Falkland Islands.’ The regulations form part of the Infectious Diseases Control (Coronavirus) (No 2) Regulations.
Friday, February 5th 2021 - 12:57 UTC
Argentine farmers on alert: government does not rule out more taxes on food exports

Despite a recent accord with the government regarding corn exports, Argentine farmers are again on alert following statements from officials who did not rule out the possibility of increasing taxes on food exports as part of its effort to control high inflation.
Friday, February 5th 2021 - 12:39 UTC
Argentine oil and gas activity picking up in Vaca Muerta shale deposits

$The number of frac stages in Vaca Muerta rose 39% to 662 in January from 477 in November$

Fracking activity in Vaca Muerta, Argentina shot up in January to its highest level in 17 months, according to the Argentine unit of Houston-based services company NCS Multistage.
Friday, February 5th 2021 - 12:25 UTC
Ecuador Sunday election, a return to heterodox populist economic policies?

Uncertain times ahead for Ecuador, if after four years of orthodox economic policies to try and balance government accounts and restructure foreign debt are followed by promises of heterodox economics and populist handouts.
Friday, February 5th 2021 - 12:16 UTC
All ready for Sunday elections in Ecuador: 13 million eligible to vote on Sunday

Ecuador is ready to go to the polls on Sunday to elect a successor to President Lenin Moreno and legislative members of the National Assembly (Congress) amid the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s National Electoral Council (CNE) announced on Thursday.