Politics

Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Argentina to take over Mercosur's pro-tempore presidency amid Uruguay's solo deals

Argentina is to take over Tuesday the pro-tempore presidency of Mercosur from Uruguay in Montevideo, where the hosts' unilateral search for other markets behind the regional bloc's back has stirred controversies.
Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
Bolsonaro will not participate in Lula's taking office ceremony; who will deliver the presidential sash?

Outgoing Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has informed his immediate advisors and followers that he will not be participating in the January first taking office ceremony of president-elect Lula da Silva. “It has been 100% decided, there's no going back”, was the message from the conservative leader.
Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
Argentina signs deal with US regarding undeclared taxpayers' assets

Argentina's Superminister of Economy, Industry, and Agriculture Sergio Massa Monday signed an agreement with US Ambassador Marc Stanley for the automatic exchange between the two countries of information about undeclared assets owned by local taxpayers.
Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:00 UTC
Rishi Sunak’s daunting challenge, standing up to far right extremists

By Chris Patten - The United Kingdom’s new prime minister has inherited a mountain of economic problems, including runaway inflation and a shrinking GDP. To fix his predecessors’ blunders and avoid a humiliating electoral defeat, he must stand up to his party’s far-right extremists.
Monday, December 5th 2022 - 20:08 UTC
Argentine President denounces somber deals between judges, media, and Macrist officials

Argentine President Alberto Fernández sent a message through the national broadcast network announcing he would be instructing the Justice Ministry and the representative of the Executive Branch within the Council of the Magistracy to investigate a news report that a group of judges and other high-ranking officials had convened at the Patagonian estate of British tycoon Joe Lewis, who is said to be a close friend of former President Mauricio Macri's.
Monday, December 5th 2022 - 20:06 UTC
White House against Trump's attack on the Constitution

White House Spokesman Andrew Bates Sunday said in a statement that “attacking the Constitution and all it stands for is anathema to the soul of our nation and should be universally condemned.”
Monday, December 5th 2022 - 20:04 UTC
Argentine FM fears Uruguay's solo run might lead to Mercosur breakup

Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Monday said in Montevideo ahead of the Mercosur Presidential Summit that Uruguay's one-sided negotiations with foreign blocs could end up in the dissolution of the South American Common Market.
Monday, December 5th 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Mercosur Summit to kick off in Montevideo with CPTPP issue topping the agenda

The 61st Summit of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) is starting Monday in Montevideo. During the two-day event, Uruguay is to hand over the six-month pro tempore presidency of the group to Argentina.
Monday, December 5th 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Falklands tells MPs of its concern with registers of beneficial ownership

During the recent visit of members of the Falklands All-Party Parliamentary Group, a controversial and thorny issue came up at a media conference when Penguin News asked whether the Falklands and the effect on the Islands, were being considered amidst the requirement for British Overseas Territories (BOTs) to establish registers of beneficial ownership (*).
Monday, December 5th 2022 - 10:32 UTC
Brazil’s football shirt was a Bolsonaro symbol, but the World Cup is changing that

By Felipe Tirado (*) – Like many extremist and authoritarian leaders before him, outgoing Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro seized on national symbols during his rise to power and tried to make them his own. The national football shirt is a case in point. For years many Brazilians avoided wearing the famous yellow shirt because of its association with Bolsonaro and far-right politics.