Politics

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 07:14 UTC

  Jail sentences for ex Ford executives for collaborating with Argentine military regime

  

  Two former Ford executives in Argentina have been given long jail sentences for collaborating with the country's brutal military regime in 1976-83. Factory manager Pedro Muller was sentenced to 10 years and ex-security chief Hector Sibilla given 12 years.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 06:37 UTC

  Mexico to invest US$ 30bn in the “Central American conundrum” and improve migration relations with US

  

  Mexico will invest more than US$ 30 billion in its poor southern states over the next five years, the foreign minister said, boosting the region economically as part of efforts to curb migration. Under pressure from the United States, Mexico is grappling to halt the northward flow of migrants fleeing violence and poverty in Central America.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2018 - 06:28 UTC

  Ex PM John Major calls to revoke Brexit and involving parliament and people in “a serious reflection”

  

  Britain must revoke its notice to quit the European Union with immediate effect to allow for “serious and profound reflection” by both parliament and the people, former Prime Minister John Major said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 10:47 UTC

  Maduro will disclose details of US-led plans to overthrow him if NYT, WaPo do not

  

  Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro has announced that in the coming days he is to hold a press conference to release details about a coup d'état against him in the making under coordination from the United States.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 10:34 UTC

  Strong Russian air fleet lands in Venezuela “for exercises”

  

  Two Russian long-range strategic Tupolev 160 bombers arrived at Caracas' Simon Bolívar airport Monday to participate in exercises aimed at strengthening the country's defense, it was announced.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  Macri's father and brother to testify in court over alleged corruption practices

  

  The brother and father of Argentina's President Mauricio Macri are to testify in court this week over their alleged involvement in a huge kickbacks scandal known as the “corruption notebooks” case, reports said on Monday.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

  Argentina creates a 395.000 acres marshlands park; land donated by the Tompkins Conservation

  

  A new national park in Argentina that will help protect the country’s incredible wetlands, forests and grasslands well into the future, as well as putting a new part of the country on travelers’ maps has been given the green light by the Argentine government.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 08:59 UTC

  Brazilian truckers block Rio/Sao Paulo highway, and ready to protest again

  

  Truckers in Brazil on Monday partially blocked the main highway between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, police said, an action that could harm the nation’s economy should the protests spread.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 08:44 UTC

  Arab League warns Bolsonaro on moving embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

  

  The Arab League has told Brazil's right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro that moving Brazil's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem would be a setback for relations with Arab countries. Such a move by Bolsonaro, who takes office on January first, would be a sharp shift in Brazilian foreign policy, which has traditionally backed a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

• Tuesday, December 11th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  French president yields to weeks of protests and rolls back most reforms

  

  French president Emmanuel Macron has promised a minimum wage rise and tax concessions in response to weeks of violent protests. France has seen four weekends of violent protests against fuel tax rises, living costs and other issues. Speaking in a televised address, Mr. Macron condemned the violence but said the protesters' anger was “deep, and in many ways legitimate”.