Politics

• Thursday, January 2nd 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Argentine president calls for “social responsibility” from business people, otherwise government will intervene

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez called for “social responsibility” from business people demanding they don't increase prices above reasonable levels, since “fighting inflation is a battle that involves all of us”.

• Thursday, January 2nd 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Challenging second year ahead for Brazilian president Bolsonaro

  

  Beginning his second year as Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro has held firm to his combative culture-warrior policies while feuding with critics at home and abroad — an approach that has thrilled many supporters while eroding his efforts to win allies and lift the world’s ninth-largest economy out of its doldrums.

• Thursday, January 2nd 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Mendoza reinstates law that protects water resources following public uproar over a bill favoring mining

  

  A controversial mining law that sparked massive protests in the province of Mendoza in Argentina’s western-central region was finally abolished. The province's governor Rodolfo Suárez presented a formal request before the legislature on Monday, and with 34 votes in favor and 2 against, the Senate approved the annulment.

• Thursday, January 2nd 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  US/China Phase One trade deal to be signed 15 January at the White House

  

  A partial new US-China trade agreement will be signed in the middle of next month, US President Donald Trump said, announcing that he will also then travel to China for continued talks.

• Thursday, January 2nd 2020 - 08:48 UTC

  Australia on fire: thousands evacuate coastal communities; political storm brewing

  

  Thousands of tourists have been given less than 48 hours to evacuate fire-ravaged coastal communities as Australia braces for a heatwave on Saturday expected to fan deadly bushfires.

• Thursday, January 2nd 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  Mexican president openly admits the power of drug lords

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador declared an end to the days of collusion between crime and government, saying in a holiday address there was a time when drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was as powerful as the country's president.

• Thursday, January 2nd 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  Colombia's capital first woman mayor promises to fight “racism, class distinctions and xenophobia”

  

  Bogota's first woman mayor Claudia Lopez took office on Wednesday, promising leadership in the troubled Colombian capital and pledging to fight “racism, class distinctions and xenophobia.”

• Thursday, January 2nd 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Pope apologizes for slapping a woman who had grabbed him, “we lose patience many times”

  

  Pope Francis apologized on Wednesday for slapping a woman who had grabbed him as he greeted a crowd of devotees, shortly before he delivered a speech denouncing ”every form of violence against women.

• Tuesday, December 31st 2019 - 13:15 UTC

  On request from Alberto Fernandez, YPF rolls back a 5% increase in fuel prices

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez asked the state-managed oil company YPF to roll back a 5% increase on fuels scheduled to become effective, January first, and which would have a major impact on inflation and food prices.

• Tuesday, December 31st 2019 - 13:10 UTC

  Argentina will honor payments this week of bonds totaling some US$ 850 million

  

  The Argentine government announced that this week it will honor payments of some US$ 850 million, which correspond to two different sovereign bonds, one of them a century maturing bond issued in 2017 during the administration of ex-president Mauricio Macri.