Politics

• Tuesday, October 29th 2019 - 07:29 UTC

  IMF and US congratulate president elect Fernandez

  

  International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva on Monday congratulated Alberto Fernandez, winner of Argentina's presidential elections, and vowed to work with his government to stabilize the economy.

• Tuesday, October 29th 2019 - 07:04 UTC

  EU agrees to a three month Brexit; PM Johnson insists with a December election

  

  The European Union agreed to a Brexit delay of up to three months on Monday, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would push on with his bid to end Britain's political paralysis with an election on Dec 12.

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 16:57 UTC

  Bolsonaro hints Argentine might need to leave Mercosur

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said late Sunday upon departing from Abu Dhabi after a two-day state visit that if the policies of Argentina's next president affect Mercosur's agreement with the European Union (EU), a solution may be to remove the southern neighbours from the bloc.

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Transition in Argentina: Macri invites Alberto Fernandez to breakfast Monday morning at Government House

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri conceded defeat in Sunday's presidential election, congratulating rival Alberto Fernandez on winning the election.

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Winds of change in Uruguay: ruling coalition stumbles, next government will be “multicolor”

  

  Winds of change have swept in Uruguay. After fifteen years in office, and enjoying an absolute legislative majority, the Broad Front could lose control of the Executive on 24 November, when a runoff is scheduled among the two most voted candidates this Sunday.

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  President Macri defeated but confirmed as the next leader of the opposition

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri's performance this Sunday following the trashing defeat he suffered last August during the PASO primaries (48% to 32%), was in effect quite surprising. He managed to recover eight points and cut the difference from 16 to eight points, 48% to 41%, besides winning in the main electoral districts of Argentina except for the always decisive Buenos Aires province.

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Bolivian president claims political rivals are preparing a coup for this week

  

  Bolivia's President Evo Morales claimed on Sunday his political rivals were preparing a coup d'etat next week as strike action and protests against his controversial re-election continued.

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Piñera lifts state of emergency; new cabinet expected for this week

  

  Embattled Chilean President Sebastian Piñera announced on Sunday that a state of emergency that has lasted more than a week amid mass protests would be lifted at midnight.

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  UK Parliament to vote on government's call for an early election 12 December

  

  UK members of Parliament are due to vote this Monday on the government's call to have an election on 12 December. Boris Johnson said if the motion was approved, his Brexit bill would resume its progress through Parliament until that is dissolved on 6 November.

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:07 UTC

  Counter march with Catalonian and Spanish flags: “Enough! streets belong to everyone”

  

  Tens of thousands of people marched on Sunday for Spanish unity, staging a counter-rally in Barcelona a day after 300,000 Catalan separatists held a protest over the jailing of nine regional leaders.