Politics

• Thursday, November 30th 2017 - 09:07 UTC

  Bolivian court rules Evo Morales can bid for a fourth term, despite voters' rejection in a referendum

  

  Bolivia's highest court cleared the way for President Evo Morales to run for a fourth term in 2019 despite voters' rejection of such a move in a referendum last year.

• Thursday, November 30th 2017 - 08:57 UTC

  Theresa May: Brexit bill “still in negotiations”; rules out paying “huge sums to the EU every year”

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May insisted on Wednesday there is still no agreement on the UK's Brexit bill despite reports British officials have committed up to £50bn to the EU. British newspapers reported on Tuesday that an agreement had been reached on the divorce bill and mentioned 50bn Euros.

• Thursday, November 30th 2017 - 08:46 UTC

  London prepared to devolve powers to Belfast as part of Brexit deal, reports The Times

  

  Britain is considering devolving certain powers to Northern Ireland to avoid the possibility of a hard border with the Republic of Ireland after Brexit, according to a report from The Times.

• Thursday, November 30th 2017 - 07:53 UTC

  ARA San Juan: since Falklands' conflict, Buenos Aires and London have never been closer

  

  Under the suggestive heading, Clarin correspondent Maria Laura Avignolo writes that the Argentine tragedy of the submarine ARA San Juan has brought ever so close Argentine and British military for the first time since the Falklands conflict. And not surprisingly the support effort includes using the MPA complex in the Islands, if needed.

• Thursday, November 30th 2017 - 07:26 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez and Menem take the oath and become Senators until 2023

  

  Twenty three newly elected Senators took the oath of office in Argentina on Wednesday morning including ex presidents Carlos Menem, Adolfo Rodriguez Saa and Cristina Fernandez. The midterm election to renew a third of the Upper house was held in October and the new legislature will formally begin 10 December.

• Thursday, November 30th 2017 - 07:16 UTC

  Argentina cuts taxes on imported electronic products: challenge for Tierra del Fuego industry

  

  Argentina cut taxes on electronics products in a bid to lower consumer prices, the government said in its official gazette on Wednesday, after reaching a deal with companies and workers in the southern manufacturing hub of Tierra del Fuego.

• Wednesday, November 29th 2017 - 08:10 UTC

  Fed chief candidate anticipates US economy is ready to end “accommodation”

  

  Jerome “Jay” Powell, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, is about to become “the most important economic policymaker in the world”. At least that's how one senator put it at Powell's confirmation hearing in Washington on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, November 29th 2017 - 08:04 UTC

  Mexican ruling party unveils presidential candidate in the July election

  

  Finance minister Jose Antonio Meade threw his hat in the ring to become the presidential candidate of Mexico’s ruling party in the July 2018 election, hours after resigning his post as finance minister.

• Wednesday, November 29th 2017 - 07:39 UTC

  EU and London reach agreement on Brexit “divorce bill”, says Daily Telegraph

  

  Westminster has reached an agreement with Brussels, in principle, on its so-called Brexit 'divorce bill', according to the Daily Telegraph. The report saw Sterling rapidly cut its losses to trade 0.24% higher at 1.3351, which was up from an intraday low of 1.3220.

• Wednesday, November 29th 2017 - 07:09 UTC

  Theresa May updates BOTs leaders on Brexit, financial services and reconstruction efforts

  

  A delegation from the Falkland Islands attended on Tuesday 10 Downing Street where Prime Minister Theresa May welcomed leaders from ten British Overseas Territories Street for the start of their annual Joint Ministerial Council meeting. The Falklands' were represented by lawmakers MLA Teslyn Barkman, MLA Roger Edwards and Sukey Cameron OBE, Falklands government representative in London.