Politics

• Tuesday, August 21st 2018 - 08:10 UTC

  Brazilian election increasingly polarized: Lula's support increases and so does far right Bolsonaro

  

  Jailed former president Lula da Silva has increased his support by five percentage points and would win Brazil's October presidential election if he was allowed to run, a poll by CNT/MDA showed on Monday. The survey, which was last taken in May, found that almost half of the leftist leader's supporters would transfer their votes to his running mate Fernando Haddad if Lula is disqualified from Brazil's most uncertain race in decades.

• Tuesday, August 21st 2018 - 08:05 UTC

  Venezuelan refugees restarted pouring into northern Brazil

  

  Brazil's government has not ruled out closing its border with Venezuela at Pacaraima, in Roraima state, but sees obstacles to doing so because of international treaties it has signed, Political Affairs Minister Carlos Marun said on Monday.

• Monday, August 20th 2018 - 08:14 UTC

  Falklands Development Corporation has a new Development Manager, Michael Poole

  

  The former Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, Michael Poole took up the position of Development Manager at the Falkland Islands Development Corporation at the start of the month, heading the Business Development team.

• Monday, August 20th 2018 - 07:52 UTC

  HMS Exeter sunk in 1942 by Japan has been plundered by Chinese pirates

  

  Ten British ships sunk during the Second World War and designated as war graves have been plundered for scrap metal by Chinese pirates, an investigation by The Mail on Sunday has found. They include HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Exeter which was involved in the River Plate battle against the Graf Spee, closely operating from the Falkland Islands.

• Monday, August 20th 2018 - 07:32 UTC

  Messages of condolence and praise, from all over the world for Kofi Annan

  

  Kofi Annan, the only black African to become UN secretary-general, has died. The 80-year-old “passed away peacefully on Saturday after a short illness”, the foundation named after him said. His home country, Ghana, has declared a week of national mourning. Condolence messages have been pouring from all the world and international figures.

• Monday, August 20th 2018 - 07:20 UTC

  Maduro launches new currency with five zeroes less but the same misery for the people

  

  Uncertainty reigned in Venezuela after President Nicolas Maduro unveiled a major economic reform plan aimed at halting the spiraling hyperinflation that has thrown the oil-rich, cash-poor country into chaos. Ahead of a major currency overhaul on Monday, when Caracas will start issuing new banknotes after slashing five zeroes off the crippled Bolívar, Maduro detailed other measures he hopes will pull Venezuela out of crisis.

• Monday, August 20th 2018 - 07:08 UTC

  Brazil sending troops to Venezuela border following clashes between locals and refugees

  

  Brazil is sending additional troops to its northern frontier after residents of one of its border towns attacked Venezuelan immigrants, forcing hundreds of them to flee back into their country. Brazil's Ministry of Public Security said over the weekend it would send an additional 60 soldiers to Roraima on Monday, reinforcing a contingent already operating in the northern state.

• Sunday, August 19th 2018 - 18:26 UTC

  Complications for the diaspora: Venezuelans can only flee with a passport to Peru or Ecuador

  

  The Ministry of the Interior of Peru has announced that as of the dawn of next Saturday, August 25, Venezuelans will be required to present their passport to be admitted to the country. This measure coincides with that taken by Ecuador this week when it reached record figures in the entry of Venezuelan citizens in that country. The National Superintendency of Migrations of Peru recorded last Saturday the largest number of Venezuelan citizens who entered the country in a single day: more than 5,100.

• Saturday, August 18th 2018 - 08:13 UTC

  Donald Trump wants US companies 'to stop quarterly reporting & go to a six month system'

  

  Donald Trump has called for US companies to issue financial reports just twice a year rather than four times. The US President said he has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to consider altering rules requiring firms to report every quarter.

• Saturday, August 18th 2018 - 07:38 UTC

  UN Human Rights Committee asks Lula be allowed to exercise political rights

  

  The United Nations Human Rights Committee, a panel of independent experts, on Friday said it had requested that the Brazilian government allow imprisoned former president Lula da Silva to exercise his political rights as a presidential candidate.