Politics

• Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 11:12 UTC

  Putin favors “constructive” dialogue: but just as in love both sides must show an interest

  

  Vladimir Putin has said he is open to “constructive” dialogue with other states after being re-elected president of Russia with an increased majority. Saying there would be no “arms race”, he promised to cut defense spending.

• Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 10:44 UTC

  UK and EU agree on a “large part” of Brexit's implementation period, but issues remain

  

  UK and EU have agreed on a “large part” of the agreement that will lead to the “orderly withdrawal” of the UK. Negotiators Michel Barnier and David Davis said the deal on what the UK calls the implementation period was a “decisive step” in the Brexit process, although some of the issues still to be resolved include the Northern Ireland border.

• Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 10:17 UTC

  Peruvian president said removing him from office would amount to a coup détat

  

  Peru's embattled President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said on Monday he was confident of surviving an impeachment vote later this week. “I know that Thursday will be fine,” the conservative leader said in a speech in the Amazonian city of Iquitos.

• Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 10:15 UTC

  Francis balancing act in a letter to Argentines on the fifth anniversary of his pontificate

  

  In a letter addressed to Argentine women and men who expressed their closeness on the fifth anniversary of his pontificate March 13, Pope Francis said his love for Argentina continues to be “great and intense,” and also apologized for gestures he’s made that might have caused offense.

• Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 10:08 UTC

  “Progressive” governments wide spread corruption in the region threatens the political system

  

  The wave of corruption that has spread throughout Latin America has shaken regional institutions, disillusioned populations and should define the electoral cycle that many Latin American nations are going through.

• Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 09:35 UTC

  Ex-president Sarkozy, arrested for supposed illegal financing

  

  Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been arrested on Tuesday at west of Paris as part of an investigation that revealed he received millions of euros in illegal financing from the regime of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2007.

• Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 08:16 UTC

  Lula begins tour of south Brazil and meets Mujica, but it was a bad day for both leaders

  

  Protesters interrupted the start on Monday of an election campaign tour by former Brazilian president Lula da Silva, who leads opinion polls but faces a lengthy jail sentence for corruption. Police had to intervene to separate some 150 protesting farmers and Lula's supporters in Bage, where the populist leader was starting a bus tour of southern Brazil ahead of October 7 elections.

• Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 07:51 UTC

  Falklands: proposed second flight and stop in Argentina dominates public meeting debate

  

  A lively exchange took place during the Falkland Islands March 12 public meeting in which the proposed second commercial flight to a third country with a stop in Argentina was considered. The public was particularly interested in knowing if any “red lines” had been established and wanted confirmation that one of the stop options was not to be Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 07:35 UTC

  UK/EU transition includes Gibraltar, but Spain retains veto power

  

  The UK and the European Union have agreed the terms of a transition deal that covers Gibraltar but also maintains Spain’s controversial veto, according to a report from the Gibraltar Chronicle. Gibraltar is included within the territorial scope of a draft withdrawal agreement that also sets out arrangements to smooth the UK’s departure from the bloc after March 2019.

• Monday, March 19th 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  International Court to listen arguments from Bolivia and Chile on the disputed access to the Pacific

  

  Delegates from Bolivia and Chile will head to the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday morning, where they will present their arguments over a disputed 380 kilometer coastline on the Pacific Ocean.