Politics

• Saturday, November 26th 2016 - 13:23 UTC

  Temer administration further weakened by more corruption claims: calls for impeachment

  

  A Brazilian minister resigned on Friday amid allegations that he enlisted President Michel Temer's help to pressure a fellow Cabinet member to approve a luxury apartment development project in a preservation zone. The announcement feeds a growing scandal over alleged misuse of power that threatens Temer's presidency only six months after he replaced a predecessor ousted from office by Congress — and at a time corruption investigations have tarred many senior politicians.

• Saturday, November 26th 2016 - 12:18 UTC

  Switzerland has returned US$ 2bn of illicit funds stashed in its banks by dictators

  

  With a new law to help seize and repatriate illicit wealth stashed in Swiss banks by foreign dictators and a positive – but slow - track record, Switzerland is a leader in the return of illicit dictator funds, a top Swiss official claims. Over the past 30 years Switzerland has returned almost US$ 2 billion misappropriated and deposited in Swiss banks by “politically exposed persons” (PEPs).

• Saturday, November 26th 2016 - 12:05 UTC

  Shame on the USS Navy state of the art missile destroyer breaks down in Panama canal and has to be towed

  

  The most expensive destroyer ever built for the United States Navy has suffered an engineering problem in the Panama Canal and had to be towed to port. U.S. The 3rd Fleet spokesman Commander Ryan Perry says a vice admiral has directed the USS Zumwalt to remain at ex-Naval Station Rodman in Panama to address the issues. The ship was built at Bath Iron Works in Maine.

• Saturday, November 26th 2016 - 11:46 UTC

  Trump names experienced heavyweights in national security and White House counsel

  

  President-elect Donald Trump named KT McFarland as deputy national security adviser and Donald McGahn as his White House counsel. McFarland served in three separate Republican administrations, most notably as a spokeswoman for Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger under Ronald Reagan.

• Saturday, November 26th 2016 - 11:26 UTC

  International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

  

  By UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon - At long last, there is growing global recognition that violence against women and girls is a human rights violation, public health pandemic and serious obstacle to sustainable development. Yet there is still much more we can and must do to turn this awareness into meaningful prevention and response.

• Saturday, November 26th 2016 - 11:01 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez summoned to court in Buenos Aires: law enforcement will act if she refuses to comply

  

  Argentina's ex president Cristina Fernandez has been ordered to court next Tuesday by federal magistrate Claudio Bonadio, and warned that should she not abide she will be taken by public force to comply with the registry of finger prints and undergo a socio-environment report. The decision refers to the dollar futures case for which the ex president has been indicted.

• Saturday, November 26th 2016 - 09:52 UTC

  Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90; hero and bastard, revolutionary and dictator

  

  Fidel Castro, the fiery communist politician and Cuban revolutionary who led his country for almost half a century, has died. His health had been deteriorating since 2006, when he suffered from intestinal bleeding. He was 90 years old.

• Friday, November 25th 2016 - 16:26 UTC

  Peru foresees great economic expansion for 2017

  

  Peru's Economy and Finance Minister Alfredo Thorne said Thursday his country is set to record a growth of 4.8% as next year's budget was passed. Private investment in areas such as infrastructure will be the key.

• Friday, November 25th 2016 - 15:53 UTC

  Opposition governors give thumbs down to electronic vote reform for 2017

  

  Argentine province governors of the opposition Justicialist (Peronist) Party now embodied in the Kirchnerite Victory Front (FpV) Thursday instructed their representatives on the national Senate to vote against President Mauricio Macri's proposal for an reform that would include electronic voting tickets.

• Friday, November 25th 2016 - 08:54 UTC

  Uruguayan president off to Europe looking for investors for an ambitious infrastructure plan

  

  Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez is off to Europe for a two-week business and academic interests trip which begins on Friday in Spain and will continue in the Vatican, Austria and France. On Friday, Vazquez is scheduled to hold a private meeting with King Felipe IV of Spain, and on Monday with president Mariano Rajoy.