Politics

Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 15:15 UTC
Brazilian establishment presidential candidate ensures five parties support and television free time

Five allied political parties endorsed the presidential nominee of the bigger business friendly Brazilian Social Democracy Party on Thursday, giving a boost to the man seen as the establishment candidate in Brazil's fractured political landscape.
Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 14:53 UTC
Relatives authorized to visit the grave of Argentine veteran buried in South Georgia

Family of the only Argentine naval officer killed and buried in South Georgia during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict will soon be able to visit their father's grave in Grytviken, according to reports in the Buenos Aires media.
Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 08:58 UTC
World Medical Association condemns killing of medic in Nicaragua

The killing of a medical student in Nicaragua has been condemned by the World Medical Association. Brazilian student Rayneia Lima was shot this week while driving home from her hospital shift in Managua, Nicaragua's capital city.
Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 08:33 UTC
Lula pledges to block or undo privatizations if returned to office

Brazilian jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged on Friday to block or undo privatizations if he is returned to the office he held from 2003 to 2010.
Friday, July 27th 2018 - 14:38 UTC
Venezuela: “opposition accomplice” on a way to a million percent inflation

The speed of economic events in Venezuela limits the possibility of conserving any forecast in the national economy for a long time. And it is that the economic instability in the Caribbean country accelerates as its own inflation against the unproductively of the state oil company, PDVSA.
Friday, July 27th 2018 - 08:45 UTC
BRICS implicit support for China in its trade dispute with United States

Five of the biggest emerging economies on Thursday stood by the multilateral system and vowed to strengthen economic cooperation in the face of US tariff threats and unilateralism. The heads of the so-called Brics – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – met for an annual summit dominated by the risk of a global US- led trade war, although leaders did not publicly mention President Donald Trump by name.
Friday, July 27th 2018 - 08:21 UTC
G20 agriculture ministers meet in Buenos Aires to address food and farming challenges

G20 agriculture ministers begin this Friday in Buenos Aires a two day meeting to draw up a roadmap to achieve a sustainable food future, one of the three priorities of the Argentine G20 presidency. These include comprehensive and responsible soil management, food waste reduction and the role of technology in agriculture.
Friday, July 27th 2018 - 07:41 UTC
US clears the way for natural gas exports to Latin America

The U.S. Energy Department on Wednesday cleared the way for faster approval of small scale exports of natural gas including liquefied natural gas to Latin American countries by issuing a rule that does away with a public interest review of the shipments.
Friday, July 27th 2018 - 07:22 UTC
Argentina questions Falklands release on a second flight: proposals are still under consideration

The Falkland Islands government announcement that it has chosen Latam as preferred operator to provide a second commercial flight between the Islands and the continent, with a stopover once a month in Argentina, did not come without a reaction from the Argentine government.
Thursday, July 26th 2018 - 19:47 UTC
Falklands chooses Latam as preferred operator for a second flight

The Chilean/Brazilian Latam airline has been chosen by the Falkland Islands Government as the preferred operator to provide a second commercial flight between the Falkland Islands and South America. The official announcement was made on Thursday, 26 July.