Politics

Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 18:19 UTC
Bolsonaro says Brazil part of the solution, not the problem regarding climate change

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro insisted his country was a part of the solution and not of the problem of climate change. Bolsonaro's remarks came after the participation of Environment Minister Joaquim Leite in a side event at the UN COP 26 Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, which the Brazilian head of state chose not to attend and stay in Italy instead.
Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:59 UTC
Uruguay reopens borders to fully immunized foreigners

Around 3,000 foreign tourists arrived in Uruguay before sunset Monday after borders were fully reopened to vaccinated travellers following nearly two years of closure to fight COVID-19.
Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Greta Thunberg says COP26 leaders only “pretend” to care

Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg said in the streets of Glasgow that “Leadership is out here, not inside COP26.”
Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:05 UTC
Australian firm pledges US $ 8 bn to green hydrogen development in Argentina

The Argentine Government has reached an understanding with a leading Australian firm to move forward with local production of clean energy. President Alberto Fernández made the announcement Monday from Glasgow, where he is attending the UN COP26 Climate Summit.
Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 09:01 UTC
Brazil's Labour Ministry bans sacking of unvaccinated workers

Brazil's Labour Minister Onyx Lorenzoni has signed a resolution banning the dismissal of workers because they are not vaccinated against COVID-19. The ministerial document also labels such a requirement on the part of employers as “discriminatory.”
Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 08:54 UTC
Peru's largest copper mine halts operations due to peasants' strike

Peru's Antamina copper mine had to halt operations Sunday due to a strike by a rural community that decided to block one of the roads through which output is carried.
Tuesday, November 2nd 2021 - 08:40 UTC
Not Yet on Track: Climate Threat Demands More Ambitious Global Action

By Kristalina Georgieva, IMF Managing Director – In 1785, Robert Burns reflected on how humanity has come to dominate our planet: “I’m truly sorry man’s dominion, has broken nature’s social union,” he wrote. The Scottish poet’s words still ring true two centuries later.
Monday, November 1st 2021 - 21:50 UTC
Bolsonaro tells WHO boss he was the only leader under investigation for genocide regarding COVID-19

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was recorded telling World Health Organization (WHO) Director Tedros Adhanom he was the only head of state charged with crimes against humanity for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation is said to have taken place on the sides of the G20 Summit in Rome.
Monday, November 1st 2021 - 20:35 UTC
Biden tells Glasgow attendees the 2020s will determine the next generations regarding climate change

US President Joseph Biden Monday said the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow should mark “the starting point of a decade of ambition and innovation” to fight climate change, which he believed is an “existential threat.” The summit is often billed as essential to putting the landmark 2015 Paris climate accord into action.
Monday, November 1st 2021 - 20:24 UTC
British PM says world leaders facing climate change were like James Bond against the end of the world

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Monday insisted on the responsibilities world leaders are facing, during his opening speech at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26).