Politics

• Wednesday, July 6th 2016 - 04:02 UTC

  Temer extends a Rio Olympic Games open arms message to the world

  

  With just a month to go to the Olympic Games, Michel Temer Brazil’s interim president, invites the world to experience the beauty of Rio de Janeiro. The following is his welcome message to the world’s athletes, officials and fans:

• Tuesday, July 5th 2016 - 07:49 UTC

  Temer calls for “national reunification” at a friendly agro-business forum

  

  Brazil's interim president, Michel Temer emphasized the role of agro-industry in the country's development and called for “national reunification” to guarantee jobs in the sector.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2016 - 07:41 UTC

  Petrobras: new round of arrest warrants in three different states

  

  Brazil’s federal police served five arrest warrants and conducted search and seizure operations in three states on Monday, in the latest round of a sweeping corruption probe around state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA. Police said contractors paid at least 39 million reais (US$ 12m) in bribes to executives of Petrobras, and rigged public auctions at Petrobras’ research centre Cenpes.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2016 - 06:54 UTC

  Macri begins official visit to Germany looking for trade and investment

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri arrived in Berlin on Monday, in his first official trip to the country and as part of an European tour aimed at strengthening Argentina’s ties with the European Union. Macri arrived from Brussels where he met EU authorities and the day before, was in Paris with president Francois Hollande.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2016 - 06:34 UTC

  Macri insists in Brussels: “Brexit or not, our Malvinas claim will never change”

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri said on Monday that his country's claim to the Falkland Islands remained unchanged following Britain's vote to leave the EU. “Brexit or not, our claim will never change,” Macri told reporters in Brussels after talks with European Union leaders.

• Monday, July 4th 2016 - 10:18 UTC

  Brazilian unemployment reached a record 11.2% in the March/May quarter

  

  Brazil's jobless rate remained stuck at a record 11.2% at the end of May, the government statistics office reported. The rate for March through May was unchanged from the previous quarter, with 11.4 million people officially out of work, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) said. A year ago, the jobless rate was 8.1%.

• Monday, July 4th 2016 - 10:05 UTC

  Czech president referendum proposal on EU and NATO, rattles Brussels

  

  The Czech government has no intention of holding any referendum on European Union or NATO membership, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka's office said in a statement, a week after Britain's surprise vote to leave the bloc.

• Monday, July 4th 2016 - 09:45 UTC

  New York Times gets involved in Rio Olympics Games catastrophe controversy

  

  Rio de Janeiro’s mayor lashed out Sunday at an opinion piece in The New York Times which warned of “catastrophe” at next month’s Olympic Games.

• Monday, July 4th 2016 - 09:35 UTC

  Austrian Euro-skeptic presidential candidate has a chance to turn narrow defeat into victory

  

  In a move that could turn into the next blow to the EU after Britain’s exit vote, Austria’s highest court ordered a rerun of the country’s presidential election. The landmark decision gives a right-wing candidate the chance to turn his narrow defeat into victory.

• Monday, July 4th 2016 - 09:20 UTC

  Pope Francis at peace with Macri: denies any problems, “he's a noble person”

  

  Pope Francis said he has no problems with Argentine president Mauricio Macri, whom he described as a well born, noble person, revealing that in the past, as mayor and archbishop of Buenos Aires, they had differences but always addressed them in private and positively.