Politics

• Thursday, April 30th 2020 - 05:49 UTC

  Biden prepared to announce a bipartisan unity cabinet before the November election

  

  United States Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Wednesday he would consider announcing the names of some cabinet officials before the election - and that some of the people might be Republicans.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 09:41 UTC

  Uruguay and Argentina presidents discuss the future of Mercosur

  

  Uruguayan president Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou and his Argentine peer, Alberto Fernandez held a half-hour video conference Tuesday mid-morning to address the recent decision by the current Argentine administration to freeze Mercosur free trade negotiations with potential new partners and instead concentrate efforts in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic and its sanitary, social, economic and employment consequences.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:59 UTC

  Brazil Supreme Court authorizes investigation of President Bolsonaro for alleged interference with the federal police

  

  A Supreme Court judge authorized an investigation of allegations that Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro tried to interfere in the work of the country’s federal police force for political motives, the top court said on its website.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:56 UTC

  Argentina's debt restructure haircut proposal “is not enough” and will have to be revisited, says ex IMF economist

  

  Argentina’s latest effort to restructure its overseas debt probably won’t be its last, according to ex IMF advisor and Harvard University economist Carmen Reinhart, who has sounded alarms overcoming emerging markets crises in Venezuela and Turkey.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  Argentine Coast Guard chases Chinese jigger operating in the country's EEZ

  

  The Argentine Coast Guard was finally unable to arrest a Chinese jigger operating in the country's EEZ, which managed to escape into international waters, the so-called mile 201. According to the force's report, the patrol vessel GC-27 “Prefecto Fique”, early Tuesday detected and pursued the jigger Lu Rond Yuan Yu 668, some 390 kilometers offshore Puerto Madryn.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Top Democrats Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi endorse Biden's White House bid

  

  Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton endorsed Joe Biden's White House bid on Tuesday (Apr 28), saying he is the type of “leader” the United States needs during the current coronavirus crisis.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  Bolsonaro confirms appointment of a close family friend as Brazil's top cop

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday named a family friend to head the federal police, days after his justice minister quit, and accused the president of meddling in law enforcement for political motives.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Millions of Americans have been unable to register for unemployment benefits

  

  Millions of Americans who have been thrown out of work during the coronavirus pandemic have been unable to register for unemployment benefits since the U.S. economy entered a free fall, according to a poll released on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:40 UTC

  Spain relaxes lockdown: professional athletes can begin to train next Monday

  

  Spain's professional footballers can start training again from next week, the prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, said on Tuesday as he announced plans to relax the country’s COVID-19 lockdown and bring the country back to normality by the end of June.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:30 UTC

  Trump again blames China for the pandemic, and is thinking “in ways to hold Beijing accountable”

  

  US President Donald Trump said that China could have stopped the coronavirus before it swept the globe and said his administration was conducting “serious investigations” into what happened.