Politics

Thursday, August 15th 2019 - 05:14 UTC
Falklands/UK airbridge will continue via Cape Verde; Ascension runway may not be repaired until 2022

The contract to repair the 3,000-meter runway at RAF Ascension Island has yet to be awarded, and work may not be complete until 2022. It has been partially closed since April 2017. This means the Falkland Islands/Brize Norton airbridge will continue to operate through Cape Verde.
Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 18:33 UTC
Brazil: court injunction to prevent Bolsonaro's son appointment as ambassador in US

Brazilian federal prosecutors filed a court injunction on Tuesday seeking to bar the appointment of conservative president Jair Bolsonaro’s son Eduardo as ambassador to the United States due to his lack of experience as a diplomat.
Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 18:17 UTC
Brazil's mining industry given more time to close dangerous tailings dams

Brazil’s mining regulator on Monday extended the deadlines by up to four years for the closing of many dangerous mine tailings dams like the one that collapsed in January at a Vale SA facility, killing more than 240 people.
Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
French farmers protest trade deals with Canada and Mercosur

French anti-government protesters put up a large poster of Jean-Baptiste Moreau, one of President Emmanuel Macron's farming experts, with the word “Wanted” on it outside a local government building on Tuesday, as anger over recent trade deals escalates.
Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 09:39 UTC
Trump threatens to pull the US out of WTO: “they have been screwing us for years”

President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to pull the United States out of the World Trade Organization (WTO) if conditions are not improved. “We will leave if we have to,” Trump told a cheering audience of workers at a Shell chemical plant in Pennsylvania.
Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 09:08 UTC
What will be the IMF's reaction to the new Argentine political scenario?

Argentina's peso slipped further against the dollar Tuesday while the stock market partially recovered as South America's third-largest economy continued to take a pummeling in the wake of pro-business President Mauricio Macri's crushing defeat in party primaries.
Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 08:57 UTC
Facebook again caught ignoring privacy practices: it paid contractors to transcribe audio clips from its services

Facebook Inc has been paying outside contractors to transcribe audio clips from users of its services, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The company confirmed that it had been transcribing users' audio, and said it was no longer doing so, Bloomberg reported.
Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 08:49 UTC
FBI seeks to question Al-Qaeda suspect living in Brazil as legal resident

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is seeking to question an alleged Egyptian Al-Qaeda operative believed to be living in Brazil, and the South American country has pledged to cooperate with the United States in any way it can.
Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 08:40 UTC
Regulator opens Rio/Sao Paulo air bridge to third carrier, Azul

Brazil’s No. 3 airline, Azul SA, said on Monday it would start operating 17 flights per day between Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the country’s most transited route, currently dominated by the country’s No. 1 and 2 carriers.
Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 08:22 UTC
Alberto Fernández is no stranger to Argentine politics

Presidential candidate Alberto Fernández pulled off a resounding victory in Argentina’s primary elections last Sunday when he received 47% of the vote. Argentine President Mauricio Macri, a conservative leader known for tough austerity measures, received just 33% of the vote.