Politics

Monday, November 11th 2024 - 09:56 UTC
Lula may resume air travel after last month's domestic accident

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva went Sunday to the Sírio-Libanês Hospital in Brasília for a checkup on his domestic accident from days ago, after which he was cleared to resume air travel. According to a medical bulletin, he was found symptom-free from the incident he suffered on October 19th. He also showed an improvement from previous tests and was thus pronounced fit to carry on with his usual activities.
Monday, November 11th 2024 - 09:36 UTC
Bolivian president promises prompt return to normalcy

Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora said this weekend that the supply of diesel fuel and the prices of family basket items would be normalized in the next 10 days after over three weeks of road blockades by followers of former President Evo Morales who want him to run in next year's elections and be spared the rape and human traffic charges against him.
Sunday, November 10th 2024 - 15:23 UTC
France lobbying among EU partners to veto trade agreement with Mercosur

French Agriculture minister, Annie Genevard has declared to her country’s media that Paris is trying to convince “maximum number of countries”, such as Belgium, Bulgaria, Austria, Ireland and “even maybe Italy” to set up a veto system to impede the signing of a trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, the South American trade group.
Saturday, November 9th 2024 - 11:55 UTC
Falklands MPC Typhoons ‘take over’ military airport in Rio do Janeiro

Brazilian media reports that on Friday, Rio de Janeiro’s airspace experienced an unusual day with the arrival of British fighters and temporary airport closures. A Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft declared an emergency near the Brazilian coast while flying over the Atlantic.
Saturday, November 9th 2024 - 10:26 UTC
Spanish language Royal Academy incorporates the word “Che” to its latest dictionary edition

The River Plate word “che,” (‘chey’ in Falklands), has been officially incorporated into the latest edition of the Spanish Real Academy in recognition of the dynamic and inclusive Spanish language and its many linguistic versions in Latin America.
Friday, November 8th 2024 - 22:26 UTC
Bolivia's Constitutional Court rules Evo may never run again for president

Bolivia's Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal (TCP) ruled Friday once again that former President Juan Evo Morales Ayma is banned from running again for such an office, given the number of terms already served. The TCP thus insisted that no elected authority can seek a third term after having been reelected consecutively or otherwise.
Friday, November 8th 2024 - 21:51 UTC
Ramp handling company out, Aerolíneas Argentinas might follow suit

The Aerolíneas Argentinas pilots agreed not to stage any further strikes as long as wage negotiations with the Argentine government keep going on, pilots union leader
Mateo Ferreira told reporters after Friday's meeting. “We are reassuring passengers that at least the pilots' union will not take measures of force,” he stressed. If no arrangement is reached, “a crisis procedure” would be set in motion, whereby “the arbitrator is the Labor Secretary,” he also explained.
Friday, November 8th 2024 - 19:21 UTC
US Federal Reserve cuts rate by 25 basis points, but future decisions to be conditioned by Trump and Republicans dominance

The US Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point, on Thursday, the same week in which Donald Trump was swept in as elected president with a Legislative and Judicial branch packed with his conservative populists.
Friday, November 8th 2024 - 19:17 UTC
Bank of England cut the key interest rate to 4.75%, but anticipates a more cautious approach to further trims

The Bank of England in an almost unanimous decision cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, a boost relief for mortgage holders, but also raised its inflation forecast following on Labor’s government budget and global uncertainty, which most probably conditions future policy easing.
Friday, November 8th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
“Falklands are British”, an unequivocal message from UK Minister for the Armed Forces

Plymouth has a long and rich naval history. It is celebrated as where Sir Francis Drake played bowls as the Spanish Armada loomed in 1588 and as a key embarkation point for invading Allied forces on D-Day. However, the city’s critical role in the Falklands War is perhaps less widely appreciated.