Politics

Tuesday, June 11th 2019 - 08:05 UTC
Paraguayan president will visit Bolivia and sign a dozen cooperation accords

The first bi-national Bolivia-Paraguay partnership scheduled for this week will result in at least twelve cooperation agreements between the two nations, announced Paraguayan Ambassador in La Paz Terumi Matsuo.
Tuesday, June 11th 2019 - 07:58 UTC
Falklands: another Argentine combatant remains identified

Another Argentine combatant fallen during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict and buried in the Falkland Islands, has been identified, which brings the number of those still without a name to nine out of a total of 122 graves.
Tuesday, June 11th 2019 - 07:31 UTC
Leaks have “Car Wash” team on the defensive; Lula's defense accuses prosecutors of preventing him run for president

Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro and federal prosecutors scrambled to respond on Monday to reports published by news website The Intercept based on what it said were leaked messages from a corruption probe.
Tuesday, June 11th 2019 - 07:18 UTC
Argentina recalls the Day of Affirmation of its Rights over the South Atlantic Islands

Argentina recalled on Monday, 10 June, a new anniversary of the creation in 1829 of the “Political and Military command headquarters of the Malvinas Islands and adjacencies to Cape Horn in the Atlantic Sea”, and which has been incorporated to the official calendar as the Day of Affirmation of Argentine Rights over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and its surrounding maritime spaces.
Monday, June 10th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Brazil’s Lava Jato: Recordings questioned impartiality from Sergio Moro and prosecutors in sentencing Lula da Silva

The Intercept Brazil investigation media published private conversations between public agents who participated in the Lava Jato operation in Brazil and questioned the impartiality of the investigation, which led to the imprisonment of former President Lula da Silva.
Monday, June 10th 2019 - 09:24 UTC
Brazil will supply Argentina with German built submarines in need of repair

Brazil will be supplying the Argentine navy with four IKL German manufactured submarines, two at a time, which are in need of repair and refurbishment before they become operational, and also help with the training of personnel for the vessels.
Monday, June 10th 2019 - 08:56 UTC
Brazilian manufactured cargo plane undergoing certification tests in United States

The Brazilian Air Force visited the Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) in the US a month ago to run a series of low-altitude cargo extraction tests as part of a certification process for their new cargo plane.
Monday, June 10th 2019 - 08:42 UTC
UK/South Korea sign in principle, first a post-Brexit free trade agreement

The UK and South Korea have signed an in principle free trade agreement (FTA) that seeks to maintain existing trade arrangements post-Brexit. International Trade Secretary Liam Fox signed the deal with his South Korean counterpart Yoo Myung-hee in Seoul.
Monday, June 10th 2019 - 08:27 UTC
A million people take to the streets of Hong Kong to protest extraditions to China

A huge peaceful protest in Hong Kong against controversial plans to allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland descended into violence early on Monday as police fought running battles with small pockets of demonstrators.
Monday, June 10th 2019 - 08:22 UTC
Germany willing to renegotiate Brexit deal, reports foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt

 British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, a contender to replace Theresa May as prime minister, said on Sunday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had indicated the EU would be willing to renegotiate the Brexit divorce deal.