Politics

Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
“Auxilio Brasil” intended to benefit 17 million families with monthly payments approved in Congress

The massive social welfare program, Auxilio Brasil, promoted by the administration of president Jair Bolsonaro was passed this week in the Lower House and is expected to be approved in the Senate where leaders have promised to address it as a priority.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:32 UTC
Case of Argentine Ambassador in Bolivia to be brought before Congress in BA

Argentine opposition lawmakers have announced they would ask President Alberto Fernández to sack Adrián Basteiro as Ambassador to Bolivia after the diplomat was found engaging in domestic political acts in violation of international conventions regarding Consular representations.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Falklands member of the Table Tennis Federation, despite Argentina's objection

Argentina lost to the Falkland Islands at the International Table Tennis Federation, ITTF, where overwhelming support had the Islands registered as an independent member. This despite the strong allegations from the Argentine Table Tennis Federation president Fernando Joffre, at the ITTF annual assembly.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:23 UTC
Graf Spee's anchor ferried to future Battle of River Plate memorial site

The 7-ton anchor which once belonged to the Reichsmarine's Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee sank off the coast of Montevideo in December 1939, marking the end to the Battle of the River Plate against British Commonwealth forces at the beginning of World War II, has been ferried by lorry to Punta del Este to be a part of the Memorial site to be opened before the end of the year.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Honduras to choose new president amid increasing violence

Honduras goes to the polls Sunday amid growing concern over increasing violence, according to the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights (former Chilean two-time President Michelle Bachelet), the Croatian MEP Željana Zovko, head of the European Union's (EU) Observation Mission.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:19 UTC
Italy rescues the green-eyed “Afghan girl” from the Taliban chaotic country

The Italian government announced on Thursday that Sharbat Gula, who in 1985 gained worldwide fame as the green-eyed 'Afghan Girl' image by photojournalist Steve McCurry, is in Rome being evacuated from Afghanistan.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:10 UTC
China's best tennis player sexually abused, censored and disappeared by the Communist Party

By Yan Bennett and John Garrick – Chinese tennis star, Peng Shuai's apparent disappearance may have ended with a smattering of public events, which were carefully curated by state-run media and circulated in online clips. But many questions remain about the three weeks in which she was missing, and concerns linger over her well-being.
Friday, November 26th 2021 - 11:51 UTC
Argentine Ambassador involved in pro-Evo political demonstrations in Bolivia

Argentina's Ambassador to Bolivia Adrián Basteiro came under criticism once again Thursday for participating in a demonstration of Bolivia's ruling party Movement Towards Socialism headed by former President Evo Morales.
Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:54 UTC
Macron's support for Lula “a provocation” says Bolsonaro

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said that Former President Luiz Inácio Lulas Da Silva being received by France's head of state Emmanuel Macron last week was a “provocation.”
Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Europe under alert and WHO convenes emergency meeting as new starin of coronavirus detected

The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested an emergency meeting due to the appearance of a new strain of the coronavirus in Hong Kong, Botswana and South Africa.