Politics

• Monday, July 8th 2019 - 10:59 UTC

  Argentine presidential campaign takes off with ads on local television

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his rivals in the October election launched their campaign ads on local TV on Sunday, targeting undecided voters who will be key to choosing whether his policies remain in place another four years.

• Monday, July 8th 2019 - 10:58 UTC

  Politics and the significance of Brazil winning its ninth Copa America title

  

  Brazil’s soccer team won its ninth Copa America title on Sunday, wearing the squad’s legendary yellow and green jersey. But in the nation’s bitterly polarized political environment, some fans felt unable to wear the colors.

• Monday, July 8th 2019 - 10:15 UTC

  Power outage hits Venezuela's largest refinery complex

  

  Venezuela's largest refinery complex has been hit by a power outage, at a time of acute fuel shortages in parts of the crisis-torn oil producer, an opposition lawmaker said on Sunday.

• Monday, July 8th 2019 - 10:10 UTC

  UK takes distance from Ambassador Darroch's leaked memos on Trump; “we're not big fans of the UK envoy” says US president

  

  US President Donald Trump hit back on Sunday and the UK launched an inquiry after leaked memos revealed Britain's ambassador in the US had described the president and his White House as “inept” and “uniquely dysfunctional”.

• Monday, July 8th 2019 - 10:05 UTC

  Maduro confirms Vladimir Padrino as defense minister

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Sunday announced he will maintain Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino in his post, following months of rumors that top military brass would be replaced after a failed uprising in April.

• Monday, July 8th 2019 - 08:34 UTC

  Guaidó announces new round of dialogue with Maduro in Barbados

  

  Venezuela's self-declared interim president Juan Guaido said on Sunday a new dialogue between the opposition and President Nicolas Maduro's government would be held in Barbados. He did not specify a date for resumption of talks at the new venue, in the Caribbean, after earlier discussions stalled in Norway.

• Monday, July 8th 2019 - 08:08 UTC

  Unesco recognizes Australian aboriginal 6.000-year old sophisticated aquaculture

  

  An Aboriginal settlement older than the pyramids that provides evidence that indigenous Australians developed sophisticated aquaculture thousands of years ago has been granted World Heritage status, the UN has announced.

• Saturday, July 6th 2019 - 23:28 UTC

  Argentina sells two Pampa III jet trainers to Guatemala

  

  A contract for the sale of two Argentine Pampa III jet trainers to the Guatemalan Air Force has been signed in Buenos Aires. The deal, worth US$ 28 million, was signed on 3 July by the Argentine and Guatemalan defense ministers, Oscar Aguad and General Miguel Ralda respectively, along with Antonio Beltramone, the president of Argentine state aircraft manufacturer FAdeA.

• Saturday, July 6th 2019 - 12:50 UTC

  Brexit and Conservative nationalism: fantasy collides with reality next October

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - Oscar Wilde described fox-hunting as “the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible.” Brexit may be similarly defined as the unhinged in pursuit of the infeasible.

• Saturday, July 6th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Falkland Islands and Brazil: Agreement reached for historic commercial flight

  

  An agreement has been finalised with LATAM Airlines Brazil to introduce a second international commercial air link to the Falkland Islands with a weekly service from São Paulo/Guarulhos (with a monthly stop in Cordoba, Argentina), complementing the existing weekly flight to Santiago, Chile.