Politics

• Tuesday, December 10th 2019 - 17:25 UTC

  Brazilian VP attends presidential inauguration in Argentina, calls for mutual help

  

  Brazil's Vicepresident Hamilton Mourao Tuesday said in Buenos Aires that his country and Argentina must help each other as he attended President Alberto Fernández' inauguration after news reports had heralded the Jair Bolsonaro administration was not sending any dignitaries for the occasion.

• Tuesday, December 10th 2019 - 13:52 UTC

  Mexico pulls ambassador from Buenos Aires after being caught red handed

  

  Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard Monday ordered the prompt return of Ambassador Oscar Ricardo Valero Recio Becerra from his Argentina commission after surveillance footage caught the diplomat red-handed trying to shoplift a nine-US-dollar book from an iconic Buenos Aires bookstore.

• Tuesday, December 10th 2019 - 11:30 UTC

  Peronism is back in Argentina: Alberto Fernández assumes as President

  

  Peronism will return to power in Argentina from Tuesday. The political force will do it in the hands of the elected President, Alberto Fernández, who will go to the Casa Rosada, the presidential headquarters, at noon after presenting the oath in the Congress to the outgoing vice president, Gabriela Michetti

• Tuesday, December 10th 2019 - 11:21 UTC

  Chilean Air Force Hercules aircraft goes missing enroute to Antarctica

  

  A Chilean Air Force (FACh) Hercules C130 aircraft took off at 4.55 p.m. local time Monday from the southern city of Punta Arenas and lost radio contact at 6.13 p.m. on its way to Antarctica, according to a press release from the defense authorities. The US built airplane was carrying 38 people on board, 17 crew members and 21 passengers.

• Monday, December 9th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Brazil will send no delegate to Argentine president Fernandez inauguration, media reports

  

  Brazil’s government scrapped plans to send a delegate to Alberto Fernandez’s inauguration ceremony in Argentina, representing an escalation in tensions between South America’s top economies.

• Monday, December 9th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Macri and Fernandez embrace, for a few seconds, at the Lujan Basilica

  

  Outgoing Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his successor Alberto Fernandez embraced for a few seconds on Sunday at the Lujan Basilica, the country's main sanctuary to the Virgin Mary. The gesture was minimum and a few seconds but it was done on request from the Catholic Church.

• Monday, December 9th 2019 - 09:37 UTC

  “The Rapist is You!”, born in Chile has become a mighty global roar against sexual violence

  

  From quiet beginnings just a few weeks ago, The Rapist is You! - the creation of four performance artists from a Chilean feminist group - has turned into a mighty global roar against sexual violence.

• Monday, December 9th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  France braces for a fifth day of public transport chaos as strike against pension reform persists

  

  French commuters and tourists braced for a fifth day of public transport chaos Monday as the government prepared to respond to widespread anger over pension reform that has sparked open-ended walkouts.

• Monday, December 9th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Britain's campaign enters frenetic final with Conservatives leading

  

  Britain's general election campaign enters its frenetic final stages this Monday with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn desperately seeking votes ahead of Thursday's crucial poll. Johnson is hoping to regain the Conservative majority lost by his predecessor Theresa May in the last election, just two years ago, while Corbyn is aiming to upset the odds and usher in the first Labour government for nine years.

• Monday, December 9th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Finland selects a woman the youngest prime minister, 34-year old Sanna Marin

  

  Finland's transportation minister Sanna Marin was selected by her Social Democratic party on Sunday to become the country's youngest prime minister ever, taking over after the resignation of Antti Rinne. The 34-year-old Marin, whose party is the largest in a five-member governing coalition, will be the world's youngest serving prime minister when she takes office in the coming days.