Politics

Wednesday, June 29th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
United Nations “Ocean emergency” conference opens in Lisbon

With climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution exacting a devastating toll on the world’s ocean — critical to food security, economic growth, and the environment — the 2022 UN Ocean Conference opened in Lisbon, Portugal with a call for a new chapter of ocean action driven by science, technology and innovation.
Wednesday, June 29th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Brazil confident of its OECD access roadmap, which should make EU/Mercosur deal more expeditious

Once Brazil has been admitted to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, the ratification process for the Mercosur/European Union trade agreement, will become more viable, according to Brazilian foreign minister Carlos Franca.
Wednesday, June 29th 2022 - 09:47 UTC
Ecuador: Lasso halts dialogue with Conaie after Army Sgt killed

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso Tuesday announced in a broadcast message that he was suspending all dialogue with the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) after the death of a military officer during an attack by rebel groups against a convoy in Amazonia.
Wednesday, June 29th 2022 - 09:16 UTC
Scotland proposes a second independence referendum on 19 October 2023

Scotland's first minister has proposed 19 October 2023 as the date for another referendum on independence. Nicola Sturgeon said the question would be the same as in the last referendum in 2014: “Should Scotland be an independent country?”.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 21:15 UTC
Bolsonaro says Brazil might buy diesel from Russia

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has hinted he might purchase diesel from Russia after a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin, who had reportedly vowed to guarantee the South American country a steady supply of fertilizers despite the ongoing war with Ukraine.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 21:13 UTC
Most Chileans oppose new Constitution

According to a survey released in Santiago Monday, 51% of Chileans would not support the new Constitution draft which seeks to replace the one from the Military Dictatorship era of General Augusto Pinochet.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Argentine President tells G7 dialogue was needed to solve Ukraine crisis

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday told attendees at the G7 Summit in Elmau, Germany, that tax havens “generate social hells,” and called for a new international financial architecture that would be inclusive of “the peripheries of the world.”
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Uruguay foresees economic growth, job creation and tax cuts

Uruguay's Economy Minister Azucena Arbeleche Monday said the Government foresees a 4.8% growth in 2022 and the creation of 40,000 jobs, which would make the lowering taxes feasible.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:23 UTC
Venezuelan carrier executives claim nothing wrong with 747

Emtrasur CEO César Pérez said in an interview that the Iranian crew members of the company's Boeing 747-300 seized at the Ezeiza International Airport were flight instructors and that the scandal that has unfolded was “ridiculous.”
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:19 UTC
New Petrobras CEO greenlighted pending objections

Caio Mário Paes de Andrade has been approved Monday as the new CEO of Brazil's state-run oil company to replace José Mauro Coelho, who lasted merely 68 days on the job.