Politics

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  Bolsonaro makes the academic more attendance flexible

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro enacted a law to exempt schools from having to meet a minimum number of school days amid the Covid-19 pandemic, making this academic year more flexible.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Trump accuses Venezuelan president Maduro of blocking humanitarian evacuation flights for US citizens

  

  The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is blocking US citizens in the country from leaving, rebuffing efforts by Washington to arrange humanitarian evacuation flights, a State Department spokeswoman said on Thursday.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  UK/EU Brexit talks now include the unwanted migrants crossing the English channel

  

  The European Union has so far rebuffed British calls for talks on a deal to allow London to send unwanted migrants back to Europe from 2021, and could use the issue as potential leverage in wider Brexit negotiations, diplomats and officials said.

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Rio de Janeiro iconic Copacabana Palace reopens after the pandemic lockdown

  

  The Copacabana Palace, an iconic luxury hotel on the Rio de Janeiro waterfront, reopened on Thursday after the coronavirus pandemic forced it to close for the first time in its 97-year history.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 10:58 UTC

  Falklands' return humanitarian flight: ample media coverage to the cancelling by Argentina

  

  The Argentine government decision to impede a return humanitarian flight from Montevideo to Mount Pleasant Complex in the Falkland Islands received ample coverage in the Uruguayan and Argentine media.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 10:55 UTC

  Investor's concern with the shaky Argentine economy, despite the deal with bond holders

  

  Argentine bonds extended a recent dip after the government formalized its US$ 65 billion debt restructuring offer, underscoring investor concern about the country’s shaky economy despite creditors’ rallying behind a deal.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 10:51 UTC

  Ex Colombian president Uribe, under investigation, resigned his Senate seat

  

  Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who is under investigation for alleged witness tampering, resigned his Senate seat on Tuesday after being placed under house arrest earlier this month.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 08:42 UTC

  Trump sues New Jersey state for implementing mail voting in November's presidential election

  

  The re-election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump has sued New Jersey, following a decision on Friday by its Democratic governor to mail a ballot to every voter in the state for November’s elections, as well as hold in-person voting amid the coronavirus pandemic.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 07:42 UTC

  Most people catch Covid-19 in house to house transmission, UK Health secretary Hancock

  

  Britain is unlikely to follow France in ordering people to wear face coverings at work because its test and trace scheme shows most people catch COVID-19 in house-to-house transmission, health secretary Matt Hancock said on Wednesday (Aug 19).

• Wednesday, August 19th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Falklands or Malvinas? Market-based referendum proposal

  

  By Steve Hank (*) – On August 4, Argentina, the world’s biggest deadbeat, announced that it had reached a deal with its creditors on its US$ 65 billion worth of defaulted debt. The next day, the United Nations Decolonization Committee — the C24 — unanimously passed a resolution urging the United Kingdom and Argentina to resolve their differences over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands. Or, are they the Malvinas?