Politics

Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Latin America’s strong recovery is losing momentum, underscoring reform needs

By Ilan Goldfain, Anna Ivanova and Jorge Roldos (*) – Governments will need to combine fighting inflation with structural policies that reignite growth.
Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:50 UTC
“Partygate”, majority of Brits want Boris out, polls show. Chancellor Sunak best positioned to replace him

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is the strongest candidate to replace the United Kingdom's Boris Johnson if he eventually has to step down as prime minister because of the ongoing investigations to the so called “partygate scandal”, including the celebration of his birthday in June 2020, in the midst of the lockdown..
Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:11 UTC
Argentina: Máximo Kirchner resigns as Lower House majority leader

The recent deal between the Argentine Government of President Alberto Fernández and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is taking its toll on the country's political leadership front after Lower House Majority Leader Máximo Kirchner announced Monday he would resign that position.
Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:03 UTC
Venezuelan NGO claims political prisoners risk never-ending trials

According to a Venezuelan Non-Government Organization, 13 inmates deemed to be political prisoners, have been transferred from the Ramo Verde detention center to regular jailhouses for ordinary criminals, which allegedly jeopardizes the judicial review of these cases.
Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:00 UTC
UK PM not to resign after early findings from Gray's report are published

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's remaining in office hangs in the balance following the release Monday of a report by senior civil servant Sue Gray which has supplied police investigators with over 300 photographs of the party or parties held at 10 Downing Street while COVID-19 lockdown mandates were in force.
Monday, January 31st 2022 - 21:55 UTC
Unemployment in Chile almost back at 2019 levels

Chilean authorities have reported Monday that unemployment nationwide had fallen in 2021 to 7.2% while in the same period of 2020 it had hit 10.3%. In the middle of the social uprisings of 2019 it had been recorded at 7.1%.
Monday, January 31st 2022 - 21:50 UTC
UN Security Council adjourns meeting but Russia only backed by China

US President Joseph Biden Monday dubbed the meeting held by the United Nations Security Council to discuss the Ukraine crisis, although no specific decision has been reached.
Monday, January 31st 2022 - 21:40 UTC
British PM wants to scrap EU red tape incorporated to UK legislation

The Government of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is devising a so-called “Brexit Freedoms” bill to scrap European Union regulations which were introduced into local legislation before departing from the bloc, it was announced Monday.
Monday, January 31st 2022 - 21:11 UTC
Canadian PM tests positive for COVID-19 while sheltering from protesters

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who last week was relocated to an undisclosed residence as the caravan of truckers gathered in Ottawa to protest against vaccination mandates, Monday announced on twitter he had tested positive for COVID-19.
Monday, January 31st 2022 - 12:55 UTC
Argentina decries British “show of force” in South Atlantic

Argentina's Foreign Ministry has labeled a new military deployment by the United Kingdom in the Falkland Islands as “a new and unjustified show of force and a deliberate departure from the calls of the numerous resolutions of the United Nations and other international organizations.”