Politics

• Tuesday, October 8th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Higher prices for vegetable oils and meat during September, FAO report

  

  Global food prices were steady in September, as lower sugar prices were offset by increased quotations for vegetable oils and meat. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly-traded food commodities, averaged 170 points in September, virtually unchanged from August and 3.3 per cent higher than in the same month in 2018.

• Tuesday, October 8th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Brazil willing to open uranium deposits to private sector companies

  

  Brazil’s mines and energy minister, Bento Albuquerque, said the country expects to resume production at the country’s only uranium mine before the end of the year and would open the sector to private companies.

• Tuesday, October 8th 2019 - 08:33 UTC

  Trump hails trade agreements with Japan in agriculture and digital commerce

  

  President Donald Trump on Monday hailed a banner day for American farmers, announcing two trade agreements with Japan that he said would deepen economic ties in agriculture and digital commerce.

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Opinion Polls in Argentina indicate Fernandez will be the next president

  

  Caution minded since Argentine public opinion polls were so far off the mark during the August Primary mandatory elections which triggered the current major political and financial upheaval in the country...

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Alberto Fernandez candidate stumbles in Salta province primary

  

  The just over a million registered voters in the Argentine northern province of Salta, next to Bolivia, went to the polls on Sunday to choose candidates for the coming provincial election of governor, lawmakers and city councillors, to be held on 10 November.

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Ecuador in turmoil: shopkeepers arrested for raising food prices while street clashes continue

  

  Ecuadorean authorities began arresting shopkeepers for raising food prices as indigenous groups clashed with security forces on Sunday in the fourth day of protests against President Lenin Moreno's austerity measures.

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Portugal's incumbent Prime Minister and stability policies win election

  

  Portugal's incumbent Prime Minister Antonio Costa's Socialists won a general election on Sunday after presiding over a period of solid economic growth following years of austerity, near total results showed. The Socialist Party (PS) took 37% of the vote, followed by the centre-right Social Democrats (PSD) with 28%, with 98% of constituencies counted, according to the interior ministry.

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:37 UTC

  Pope Francis opens Amazon synod calling to listen the “cry of Mother Land” and condemning “destructive interests”

  

  Pope Francis opened a synod Sunday to champion the Amazon's poverty-stricken and isolated indigenous communities by condemning the destructive “interests” he blamed for the fires that devastated the region.

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Trump faces a second whistleblower, accusing him of alleged abuse of power

  

  A second whistleblower has come forward, this one with first-hand information of the events that triggered an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump for alleged abuse of power, the informant's lawyer said on Sunday.

• Monday, October 7th 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  Barça withdraws medals awarded to Franco in 1951, 1971, and 1974

  

  Barcelona's football club members have voted overwhelmingly to withdraw medals awarded to Francisco Franco, finally ending the much-maligned distinctions the Catalan club granted to Spain's dictator.