Politics

Thursday, May 18th 2017 - 11:57 UTC
An Argentine human rights reference indicted for misuse of public funds

A judge in Argentina has indicted the head of human rights organization the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo. Hebe de Bonafini, 88, has been charged with misusing public funds allocated to a social housing project.
Thursday, May 18th 2017 - 11:04 UTC
Army troops sent to western Venezuela region to quell riots and looting

Venezuela’s government said on Wednesday it was sending troops to the western region of Tachira, rocked by violence during anti-government protests, as the United Nations Security Council prepared to discuss the crisis.
Thursday, May 18th 2017 - 10:56 UTC
Brazilian ambassador will return to Venezuela next week

Brazil's ambassador to Venezuela, withdrawn last year during tensions between the two neighbors, will return to Caracas next week, Defense Minister Raul Jungmann said Wednesday.“Next Monday, the ambassador of Brazil will return to his place in Venezuela as a gesture of goodwill,” Jungmann told journalists in Brasilia.
Thursday, May 18th 2017 - 10:36 UTC
Brazil faces humanitarian crisis in Venezuelan border as thousands spill over

Brazil is concerned about growing numbers of refugees spilling over its border from Venezuela and is creating a plan to deal with a possible mass influx if the crisis in Venezuela worsens, Brazilian Defense Minister Raul Jungmann said on Wednesday.
Thursday, May 18th 2017 - 09:03 UTC
Seism in Brazil: Temer could soon be joining Rousseff at the removed ex presidents' club

Brazil's President Michel Temer faced calls for his removal Wednesday after a newspaper reported that he had been recorded discussing payments of hush money to a corrupt politician. Temer immediately denied the report in O Globo newspaper.
Wednesday, May 17th 2017 - 20:06 UTC
Stranded reefer loss in South Atlantic confirmed: “no oil pollution was observed”

The managers of “Uruguay Reefer”, the vessel adrift in the South Atlantic after she suffered massive water ingress finally sunk 210 NM outside the Falkland Islands Conservation Zone at 6.000 meters of water.
Wednesday, May 17th 2017 - 17:44 UTC
.Brazil seems to be climbing out of the worst recession in history

Brazil is set to show a return to growth, the Central Bank indicated Monday, raising hopes that Latin America’s biggest economy could be inching out of a two-year recession.
Wednesday, May 17th 2017 - 16:50 UTC
Mexico and US journalists demand justice following the killing of Valdez Cardenas

Journalists in the U.S. and Mexico are reeling from the death of Mexican reporter Javier Valdez Cardenas, who was shot dead on Monday in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, where he lived and worked. Valdez Cárdenas was an internationally recognized journalist who specialized in reporting on drug-trafficking and organized crime in Mexico.
Wednesday, May 17th 2017 - 16:06 UTC
Trump in deep water: Congress demands FBI turns over documents of Comey with the president

United States House of Representatives Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz is demanding the FBI hand over all documents detailing communications between President Donald Trump and fired agency Director James Comey within the next week.
Wednesday, May 17th 2017 - 10:23 UTC
European Court of Justice ruling could complicate post-Brexit EU/UK trade deal

A new decision in the European Court of Justice could complicate Theresa May’s task of securing a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU. The Luxembourg-based court has ruled that a free trade deal reached with Singapore in 2013 must be ratified by member states.