Politics

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Protesting “yellow vests” have vandalized 60% of France's speed camera network

  

  Members of the “yellow vests” protest movement have vandalized almost 60% of France's entire speed camera network, the interior minister has said. Christophe Castaner said the willful damage was a threat to road safety and put lives in danger.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Japan' s Abe to the rescue: The “whole world” wants UK to avoid a no-deal Brexit

  

  The “whole world” wants the UK to avoid a no-deal Brexit, Japan's PM has claimed, after talks with Theresa May. Shinzo Abe pledged “total support” for the withdrawal agreement she has negotiated with the EU, which faces a crunch vote in the Commons on Tuesday.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 08:54 UTC

  Maduro sworn as president but most of the Americas reject his legitimacy

  

  Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was sworn into a second term on Thursday amid international calls for him to step down, a devastating economic crisis and growing diplomatic isolation.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  China's “insatiable appetite” for seafood is straining South America's resources

  

  China's “insatiable appetite” for seafood is straining the limited abilities of South American countries to enforce their maritime boundaries, according to an article in Dialogo, a website run by US Southern Command. Countries on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts have been affected, and most of the illicit fishing activity in those areas is done by Chinese vessels.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 08:34 UTC

  March of torches in Argentine cities to protest soaring costs of public services

  

  Tens of thousands of Argentines marched through Buenos Aires on Thursday evening carrying torches, in the first of a series of planned protests against President Mauricio Macri's austerity program and the soaring cost of public services.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 08:09 UTC

  Falklander leads Shackleton's “Endurance” search team in Weddell Sea

  

  Following on from Penguin News’ interview last week with Islander Mensun Bound, who was involved in the search for the Argentine submarine Ara San Juan, Mr Bound spoke of his current project, the search for Shackleton’s ship Endurance.

• Thursday, January 10th 2019 - 18:12 UTC

  Paraguay breaks relations with Venezuela on the day of the Maduro’s takeover

  

  Mario Abdo Benítez, president of Paraguay, announced on Thursday the rupture of diplomatic relations with Venezuela after threats from the Venezuelan president in response to the repudiation of his new mandate by the Lima Group, of which Paraguay is a member.

• Thursday, January 10th 2019 - 10:03 UTC

  Claims of Uruguayan ruling coalition involvement in money laundering with Chavista regimes

  

  Uruguay and Bolivia will be the only South American countries attending this Thursday the inauguration of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro for a second five year mandate. A regime which has become an increasingly international pariah for its non democratic practices, human rights abuses, and disastrous management of the economy creating a major humanitarian crisis with food and essential pharmaceutical shortages while some three million of Venezuelans have fled the country in desperation.

• Thursday, January 10th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  China/US technical trade talks end with “understanding of each others' concern”

  

  Trade talks between China and the United States this week were extensive, and helped establish a foundation for the resolution of each others' concerns, China's commerce ministry said on Thursday, but gave no details on the issues at stake.

• Thursday, January 10th 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Macri and Cristina Fernandez polarize political scenario, but a moderate opposition figure is emerging

  

  With some eight months to the Argentine primaries when presidential hopefuls for the October election to reelect or oust Mauricio Macri will be chosen, pollster Opinaia, shows that most pre-candidates have a greater negative than positive image. This is possible because of the disenchantment of Argentines with their political system and economic situation.