Politics

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Elections in Bolivia will have 92 OAS observers deployed

  

  The presidential election in Bolivia on October 20 will count with an Electoral Observation Mission from the Organization of American States (OAS), led by the former Foreign Minister of Costa Rica, Manuel González.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Brazil's Senate to hold a final vote on pension reform on 22 October

  

  Brazil’s Senate will hold the second and final vote on pension reform on Oct. 22, party leaders agreed on Tuesday night after long discussions, according to Senator Antonio Anastasia of the Brazilian Social Democratic Party.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Oil spill in Brazilian beaches is of Venezuelan origin, claims environment minister

  

  Large blots of oil that have turned up on more than 130 Brazilian beaches are “very probably” of Venezuelan origin, Brazil's environment minister said on Wednesday. The oil began appearing in early September and has been seen along a 2,000-kilometre stretch of the northeastern Atlantic coast - with around 130 tons of oil residue collected by Monday.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Mexico urged to implement labor reform to help speed ratification of the new North American free trade deal

  

  The leader of a U.S. congressional delegation to Mexico said that Mexico must take more concrete steps to implement its labor reform, after a trip aimed at speeding up ratification of the new North American free trade deal.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Brazilian navy has five ships trying to determine origin of the major oil spill

  

  Brazil's Navy said that it has five ships and an aircraft patrolling the northeastern region to find the cause of the oil spill. The effort involves 1,583 people as well as state port vessels and vehicles.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Extinction Rebellion protesters plan to shut down London City airport three days

  

  London City Airport was braced for disruption on Thursday after climate change protesters Extinction Rebellion vowed to occupy its terminal and shut down operations for three days as part of its action in the British capital.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  UK Trade secretary tells WTO conference, “Britain is back” as a sovereign nation

  

  Britain is looking forward to “taking back control” of its trade policy after it exits the European Union later this month, a government minister told the World Trade Organization on Wednesday. Speaking at a WTO conference, International Trade Secretary Liz Truss said her country was preparing to seize “a golden opportunity.”

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Brazil selling the only aircraft carrier in South America, A12 Sao Paulo

  

  The Brazilian navy has begun auctioning off its only aircraft carrier. The attempted sale of Sao Paulo leaves the Brazilian fleet with just one aviation vessel, the helicopter carrier Atlantico. And it effectively strands the navy’s small fleet of carrier-compatible Skyhawk fighters.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 09:13 UTC

  Attack on synagogue in Germany killing two people live-streamed on Twitch

  

  An anti-Semitic attack that killed at least two people in the German city of Halle on Wednesday was streamed live for 35 minutes, and eventually seen by around 2,200 people, the online platform Twitch said.

• Thursday, October 10th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

  Brazil will reopen its Antarctica base Comandante Ferraz next January

  

  The Brazilian Navy will inaugurate its new 4,500 m² Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station (EACF) in January 2020, the head of the Navy Programs Management Directorate (DGePM), Vice Admiral Petronio Augusto Siqueira de Aguiar, said earlier this month.