Politics

Wednesday, October 4th 2023 - 10:22 UTC
US: McCarthy unseated as House Speaker

Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy has been unseated as Speaker of the House of Representatives after merely 269 days in office, it was reported from Washington DC.
Wednesday, October 4th 2023 - 09:41 UTC
Chile extends state of emergency in violence-torn south

Chile's Senate Tuesday passed a bill to extend the current state of emergency in La Araucanía and part of Biobío in force since mid-May 2022 to allow the armed forces to participate in the fight against violent groups operating in the area due to the so-called “Mapuche conflict” involving indigenous communities, logging companies and law enforcement authorities.
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 20:18 UTC
PM Pedro Sánchez invited to form a new coalition, if he fails Spain will call a snap election January 14

Spanish political party leaders were called in for a new round of talks with King Felipe VI on Monday ahead of a fresh attempt to form a new government. After July's general election produced a strung parliament consisting of 350 legislators from 11 different parties, coalition-building has proven difficult.
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 20:15 UTC
Brazil to begin dredging stretches of the Amazon fluvial network because of the drought

Several Brazilian ministries have joined efforts in a desperate attempt to impede the gigantic Amazon basin and its fluvial network from continuing to lose water, result of a scorching drought and insufficient rainfall.
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 20:09 UTC
Despite Saudi Arabia's oil cut, OPEC+ production has increased boosted by Iran and Nigeria

Oil prices started to gradually recover during July, from a depressed second quarter, with the OPEC+ production cuts and the additional one million bpd reduction from the Saudi Arabia wells.
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 10:09 UTC
Brazil: Trade surplus projections upped for 2023

Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services (MDIC) has improved its projections for a foreign trade surplus this year from US$ 84.7 billion to US$ 93 billion, Agencia Brasil reported Monday.
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 10:04 UTC
UN okays sending peacekeepers to Haiti

The United Nations Security Council Monday acquiesced to the sending of an international force to help Haiti’s authorities get the country back on track amid mounting gang violence. Thirteen of the 15 council members voted for the mission. China and Russia abstained.
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 09:59 UTC
Argentina: Digital currency bill will not wait until election day

Argentina's Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa announced Monday that he would not wait for the results of the Oct. 22 polls to send to Congress the bill for the creation of the new digital currency he announced during Sunday's electoral debate. “We are going to launch the Argentine digital currency,” Massa told the C5N network.
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 09:55 UTC
Buenos Aires says Cleverly's trip to Falkland Islands is an “unnecessary provocation”

After British Secretary James Cleverly announced Sunday that he would be traveling to the Falklands to show his support for the Islanders' self-determination, the Argentine government replied that it was an “unnecessary provocation.”
Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 09:23 UTC
Brazil speaking for Mercosur supports Argentina's Falklands sovereignty claims at UN debate

The United Nations Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) began its general debate on decolonization and related items on Monday, with many speakers emphasizing the need to resolve the questions of the 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories, more than six decades after the General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. The Falklands/Malvinas case was speared by Brazil in representation of Mercosur, while as usual the Spanish representative criticized the Gibraltar situation.