Politics

Friday, September 11th 2020 - 08:33 UTC
Peruvian opposition want to sack the economy minister in the midst of the country's worst plunge

Peruvian opposition lawmakers filed a censure motion to oust the government’s economy minister, underscoring political tensions as the country rides out its deepest economic plunge in decades due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Friday, September 11th 2020 - 08:24 UTC
Trump's candidate will be the next president of the Inter-American Development bank

U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to run Latin America’s main financing institution appears poised to win the top job in this weekend’s election amid faltering regional opposition to having a U.S. citizen run the bank for the first time in 61 years.
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:49 UTC
Police conflict in Argentina, Thursday promises to be a day of winners and losers

Police officers in Buenos Aires Province of Argentina continued their protests on Wednesday to demand higher salaries and better working conditions, but the situation seems to be coming to an end following promises of announcements this Thursday meeting the demands.
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:22 UTC
Brazil's top prosecutor keeps active anti corruption task force that jailed ex-president Lula da Silva

The office of Brazil’s top prosecutor has decided to keep the country’s famed Car Wash anti-corruption task force active through Jan. 31, it said in a statement on Wednesday, in an at least temporary victory for the embattled group of prosecutors.
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:15 UTC
Head of Brazilian Army intelligence apparently dies of coronavirus

The head of Brazil's Army Intelligence Center (CIE), Gen. Carlos Sydriao, has apparently died from the coronavirus after 10 days of hospitalization.
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:01 UTC
France accuses the US of undermining talks to update digital age taxation

France accused the United States on Wednesday of seeking to undermine international talks to update cross-border taxation for the digital age and urged Europe to prepare an EU tax if the negotiations fail.
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 08:40 UTC
US revokes 1.000 Chinese nationals visas claiming security risks

The United States has revoked visas for more than 1,000 Chinese nationals under a May 29 presidential proclamation to suspend entry from China of students and researchers deemed security risks, a State Department spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 08:30 UTC
Johnson prepared to breach orderly EU exit treaty: Northern Ireland and Scotland pledge to fight the bill

Britain on Wednesday readied to intentionally breach its EU divorce treaty with new legislation that critics warned would undermine its global standing and any hopes for an orderly exit out of the world's biggest single market.
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 08:21 UTC
Brazil's supermarkets “committed” to lowering food prices announced Bolsonaro

Brazil’s supermarkets are “committed” to lowering the prices of basic foodstuffs, President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday, hours after the Justice Ministry said it would ask supermarkets to explain recent price increases for some products.
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 08:20 UTC
US former top spy contracted by Amazon

Amazon Inc said on Wednesday former National Security Agency chief Keith Alexander has joined the e-commerce giant's board.