Politics

Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 08:51 UTC
Trump downplays a trade deal with China ahead of Saturday's meeting with Xi in Buenos Aires

United States president Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will meet on Saturday in Argentina on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires, a U.S. media outlet reported on Monday. The two leaders will meet a day after the United States, Mexico and Canada sign a new trilateral trade agreement, the online edition of Inside U.S. Trade said.
Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 08:47 UTC
Trump not happy with GM's decision to cut 14.000 jobs and close several plants

President Donald Trump does not like the news that General Motors would close several plants and cut more some 14,000 jobs. Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn on Monday afternoon, Trump said he spoke with CEO Mary Barra and told her he wasn't happy with the decision. “I told her I'm not happy about it,” Trump told reporters.
Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 08:44 UTC
Italy confirms its high spending budget to “end poverty” and defies EU rules

Italy's government says it will stick to its high-spending budget plans, setting up a potential stand-off with the European Union over its deficit. PM Giuseppe Conte, who held talks with deputies Matteo Salvini and Luigi Di Maio on Monday, said the objectives for 2019 had already been fixed.
Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 08:15 UTC
Lula accused of money laundering in dealings with Equatorial Guinea

Brazil's jailed ex-president Lula da Silva's legal troubles mounted on Monday as he was accused by the Sao Paulo public prosecutor's office of money laundering in his dealings with Equatorial Guinea.
Monday, November 26th 2018 - 16:38 UTC
Hard times ahead for Argentina's Banco Nación president

Argentina's state-run Banco Nación President Javier González Fraga admitted borrowing from abroad is a possibility to face the current liquidity shortage, it was reported.
Monday, November 26th 2018 - 10:39 UTC
Argentina targets a strong global stability message at the G20 leaders' summit

With international tensions on trade set to come to a head at the Group of 20 Leaders Summit next weekend, Argentina is hoping to find agreement on improving global stability, even if deep disagreements remain. Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie said the November 30-December 1 meeting in Buenos Aires should stress the importance of trade itself, at a time that the former consensus against protectionism breaks down.
Monday, November 26th 2018 - 09:10 UTC
UK writes to EU: no Gibraltar sovereignty process against the wishes of its people

After the end of the European Council meeting, the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union, Ambassador Sir Tim Barrow, has written to the Secretaries General of the Council and Commission of the European Union.
Monday, November 26th 2018 - 08:38 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas air link and Cordoba stop over underlines “the historic reconciliation of UK and Argentina”

Argentina's foreign minister Jorge Faurie said that this week's G20 leaders' summit in Buenos Aires not only will it be historic since for the first time a meeting of such significance is taking place in South America, but also because of the symbolic reconciliation and constructive attitude between Argentina and the United Kingdom referred to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.
Monday, November 26th 2018 - 07:32 UTC
Venezuela complies with court order and pays for Canadian company nationalized assets

Cash-strapped Venezuela settled a US$1.2 billion arbitration claim that will prevent a creditor from stripping away its crown jewel foreign asset, the U.S.-based Citgo Petroleum Corp refining business, according to Canadian court documents.
Monday, November 26th 2018 - 07:27 UTC
Bolsonaro will not return Venezuelans: “they are fleeing a dictatorship supported by Lula and Dilma”

President-elect Jair Bolsonaro said his government would not send back the tens of thousands of Venezuelans who have sought refuge in Brazil from the economic breakdown in their populist ruled homeland.