Politics

• Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 21:27 UTC

  Singapore and Mercosur confirm negotiations for a free trade agreement

  

  Mercosur and Singapore have started negotiations for a free trade agreement, officials from both sides announced on Monday on the sidelines of the 13th Pacific Alliance Summit held in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 07:00 UTC

  EU waters down Mercosur expectations of a trade agreement next September

  

  Despite EU and Mercosur countries remaining committed to reaching a trade agreement, the European Commission did not endorse the South American bloc’s target to reach an agreement by September, as substantial gaps remain between the two sides.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 06:21 UTC

  Foreign secretary pleads for more EU flexibility in Brexit talks: fears of a “no deal by accident”

  

  A no-deal Brexit would damage British relations with Europe for a generation, Jeremy Hunt warned as he pleaded for Brussels to show more flexibility in negotiations. The Foreign Secretary used a visit to Berlin to say that while a failure to achieve a Brexit deal would be “challenging” for the UK, it would “thrive” in the long term.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 06:10 UTC

  Argentine natural gas for Chile beginning next October

  

  Argentina will begin exporting natural gas to Chile from October, the Argentine Energy Ministry said on Friday, following a meeting between the governments of both countries.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 05:39 UTC

  Want to beat me? Try at the voting booth

  

  By Lula da Silva, former president of Brazil - I have been imprisoned for more than 100 days. Meantime, unemployment is increasing, more and more fathers and mothers are finding themselves unable to support their families, and an absurd pricing policy for fuel caused a truckers' strike that provoked shortages in Brazilian cities.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 05:30 UTC

  IMF's Lagarde forced to return to Buenos Aires

  

  An American Airlines flight carrying International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde made an emergency landing in Argentina shortly after taking off from Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza airport on Sunday, several local media outlets reported.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 05:23 UTC

  Argentine military will be involved in domestic security issues, announces Macri

  

  In a radical reform of Argentina's defense doctrine, President Mauricio Macri said on Monday he is removing a ban on military involvement in fighting crime, terrorist threats and other internal security issues. Macri said he will modify a 2006 decree that limited the armed forces to defense against attacks by another country.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 04:28 UTC

  IMF underlined financial pressures risks for vulnerable emerging economies

  

  The IMF urged that trade conflicts be resolved via international cooperation, without resorting to exceptional measures, and underlined the world economy is facing increasing risks especially financial pressures in vulnerable emerging economies and the return of sovereign risks in parts of the Euro area.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 02:41 UTC

  G20 begin talks on global rules to tax the digital economy

  

  European finance leaders called for progress on global rules to tax the digital economy at a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in Argentina on Sunday, putting them at odds with U.S. counterparts.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 02:31 UTC

  Police violence in Rio remains as savage as 25 years ago, claims Amnesty

  

  The struggle to protect black Brazilian youths from police violence and deliver justice for the victims of the past remains as vital and relevant as ever, Amnesty International said on the 25th anniversary of the Candelária massacre, in which eight young boys were killed by off-duty police officers in Rio de Janeiro.