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Honduran presidential candidate for the Libertad y Refundacion (LIBRE) party, Xiomara Castro, speaks at the party's headquarters after general elections in Tegucigalpa, on November 28, 2021.

Former first lady set to become Honduras' first woman president

Today 13:15 Former first lady Xiomara Castro appears set to become Honduras' first woman president after taking a commanding lead over the ruling party candidate.

Passengers arrive at Ezeiza international airport on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina introduces mandatory 10-day quarantine for arrivals from Africa

Today 13:08 As fears over spread of new Omicron Covid-19 variant sweep globe, Argentina's government announces all arrivals from Africa must undergo a 10-day period of mandatory isolation.

Pope Francis shakes hands with Economy Minister Martín Guzmán at the Vatican in February 2020, as IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva looks on.

ARGENTINE PONTIFF

Pope appoints Martín Guzmán to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Yesterdat 10:28 In the midst of negotiations for to reach a new agreement with the IMF, Pope Francis names Argentina's Economy Minister Martín Guzmán to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.

Coronavirus pandemic

Argentina tightens Covid rules amid fears over new variant

26-11-2021 20:04 Government introduces new Covid rules, including the implementation of a health pass to attend activities in closed spaces, amid growing concerns over a new coronavirus variant identified in South Africa.

Raúl Maradona (left) and Claudia Maradona, brother and sister of late footballer Diego Maradona, visit his grave on the first anniversary of his death in Bella Vista, Buenos Aires Province on November 25, 2021.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

World remembers Diego Maradona on first anniversary of his death

25-11-2021 21:52 Commemorative events take place across Argentina and the rest of the world, as supporters mark the first anniversary of Diego’s passing.

A stand by posters in homage to Diego Maradona is pictured at the so-called "Maradona square" in the Quartieri Spagnoli district of Naples on November 23, 2021.

Diego Armando Maradona (1960-2020)

The cult of Maradona runs strong in Naples, a year after his death

24-11-2021 17:26 It is almost 30 years since Diego Maradona ended his remarkable playing spell at Napoli, but a year on from his death, the Argentine is as present as ever in the Neapolitan world.

A handout picture provided by Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) shows the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi (C-R) and the Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation Mohammad Eslami (C-L) giving a press conference in the capital Tehran in the capital Tehran on November 23, 2021.

IRAN NUCLEAR DISPUTE

'No progress' on eve of Iran nuclear talks, says UN agency

24-11-2021 16:13 Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told a quarterly meeting of the agency's board that talks he held in Tehran on Tuesday were "inconclusive" despite being "constructive."

The Observer Head of the Electoral Observation Mission of the European Union (EUEOM), Isabel Santos speaks while presenting a preliminary report on the regional and municipal elections in Caracas on November 23, 2021.

Vote in Venezuela

EU observers report irregularities in Venezuela vote

23-11-2021 14:11 An EU observer mission on Tuesday reported irregularities in Venezuelan elections for governors and mayors over the weekend, in which opposition parties participated for the first time since 2017.

City Hall hopes to be attracting around 22,000 digital nomads each year to the capital by 2023.

NOVEMBER 26-27

Buenos Aires to host Latin America’s first conference for digital nomads

20-11-2021 12:32 Free hybrid event, organised by the City government and taking place November 26 and 27, seeks to build on Buenos Aires’ growing reputation as a great place for travellers working remotely.

Digital nomads

Cities should be quick to capitalise on growing numbers of digital nomads

20-11-2021 12:31 Cities like Buenos Aires, with high quality of life, human capital, levels of English, online connectivity, affordability, and vibrant cultural offerings, are well placed to attract digital nomads in the coming years.

by Fernando Straface, Secretary General & Secretary for Foreign Relations, Buenos Aires City Government

Players of Argentina listen to their anthem before the South American qualification football match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 against Brazil at the San Juan del Bicentenario stadium in San Juan, Argentina, on November 16, 2021.

WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

Argentina cap off glorious 2021 by securing ticket to Qatar 2022

18-11-2021 15:06 Albiceleste book their place at World Cup in Qatar, rounding off a glorious year for the Copa América 2021 champions.

Since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, almost 80 million people have been infected with HIV and 36.3 million people have died from complications of the viral illness. Worldwide, an estimated 37.7 million people were living with HIV in 2020.

BLOOMBERG

Argentine woman whose HIV vanished gives hope for finding elusive cure

17-11-2021 15:50 Thirty-year-old mother from Esperanza, Santa Fe Province, has the clinical features of an HIV “elite controller” – meaning her infection has been undetectable for years.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Russia taking 'sharp' dictatorial turn in closing Memorial, says rights group

17-11-2021 12:57 Russia moving to shut down the country's top human rights group Memorial shows that the Kremlin has taken a "sharp" dictatorial turn, says one of the leading organisation's founding members.

Players of Argentina applaud the crowd after drawing 0-0 with Brazil in a South American qualification football match for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at the San Juan del Bicentenario stadium in San Juan, Argentina, on November 16, 2021.

WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

Argentina book place at Qatar 2022 World Cup

17-11-2021 00:00 Argentina will be at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar; Albiceleste played out 0-0 draw with Brazil in San Juan, and results elsewhere meant that qualification has been secured.

A protest march in Glasgow by campaign group Fridays for Future during COP26 climate talks called for an end to climate injustice

ENVIRONMENT

Latin America’s climate to-do list after COP26

16-11-2021 16:23 Following intense talks, governments will now have to deliver on a set of commitments announced at the UK climate summit, from decarbonisation to ending deforestation

Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine is on track to be approved by the World Health Organization by the end of the year, according to the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund.

Coronavirus vaccines

Russia expects WHO approval of Sputnik V vaccine by year-end

16-11-2021 10:16 Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine is on track to be approved by the WHO by the end of the year, according to the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund.

The Lusail stadium under construction ahead of the 2022 World Cup Final, in Lusail, Qatar, on Tuesday, Sept.ember29, 2020.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Year before Qatar World Cup, Amnesty urges end to labour abuses

16-11-2021 10:12 A year before the World Cup in Qatar, Amnesty International Tuesday urged Qatar to end abuses against migrant workers, many of whom built the tournament's infrastructure.

Britain's President for COP26 Alok Sharma smiles as he makes his concluding remarks during the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on November 13, 2021.

ENVIRONMENT

COP26 climate deal clinched as nations rally to compromise

13-11-2021 17:13 Nearly 200 nations came together Saturday on a global deal to combat climate change after two weeks of painful negotiation, but fell short of what science says is needed to contain dangerous temperature rises.

The Buenos Aires British Cemetery (Cementerio Británico de Buenos Aires) hosted a Remembrance Day event this November 11.

COMMUNITY

Remembrance Day: Tributes paid to fallen at British Cemetery

12-11-2021 22:29 The Buenos Aires British Cemetery hosted a Remembrance Day event this November 11, attended by representatives from several entities from the British community.

by John Hunter

Martin Eurnekian, chairman of Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 SA.

BLOOMBERG

Corporación América plans US$300-million Uruguay airport investment

12-11-2021 14:12 Airport operator Corporación América Airports SA is boosting its bet on Uruguay after receiving a 20-year extension on a key international airport there while beefing up its presence in the South American country with some smaller airfields.

Former Manchester City player, Argentine striker Sergio Agüero, poses on the pitch of the Camp Nou stadium during his official presentation as new player of FC Barcelona on May 31, 2021.

FOOTBALL

Agüero denies 'rumours' he will never play again

12-11-2021 14:07 Barcelona forward dismisses rumours a heart condition had ended his playing career, insisting he hoped to be back in action within three months.

David Henderson arrives at the Cardiff Crown Court on November 12, 2021 to be sentenced in connection with the plane crash that killed footballer Emiliano Sala. Henderson, 67, who organised the 2019 flight that crashed, killing Sala, was found guilty last month of endangering the safety of an aircraft.

UK COURTS

Organiser of flight that killed footballer Emiliano Sala jailed for 18 months

12-11-2021 09:28 David Henderson, the businessman who organised the 2019 flight that killed Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in a crash in the English Channel, sentenced to 18 months in jail for endangering safety of aircraft.

Economy Minister Martín Guzmán, pictured during an interview with Perfil's Jorge Fontevecchia.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Martín Guzmán: ‘We want an agreement with IMF before March’

12-11-2021 00:01 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán discusses Argentina's talks with the International Monetary Fund at a crucial moment for the ruling Frente de Todos coalition – just days before the midterm elections.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

A herd of cattle goes through a public road inside Amazonia rainforest at the city of São Félix do Xingu, Para state, Brazil, on September 22, 2021.

SPECIAL REPORT

Damaged Amazon rainforest teetering on the brink

11-11-2021 13:40 The Amazon, the world's biggest rainforest is now emitting more carbon than it absorbs. Its destruction has accelerated, especially in Brazil, where far-right President Jair Bolsonaro pushes to open protected lands and indigenous reservations to agribusiness and mining.

This handout picture taken and released by the Vatican Media on July 4, 2021 shows Pope Francis delivering the Sunday Angelus prayer from the window of his study overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

cop26 summit

Don't waste chance to save planet, pleads Pope Francis

11-11-2021 12:24 Pope Francis warned time was "running out" to save the planet while expressing regret at his absence from climate talks in Glasgow, in a letter published Thursday.

China's special climate envoy, Xie Zhenhua speaks during a joint China and US statement on a declaration enhancing climate action in the 2020's during the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow on November 10, 2021. A draft text at the COP26 climate summit urged countries on Wednesday to boost their emissions cutting goals by 2022, three years ahead of schedule, after data showed the world was far off track to limit warming to 1.5C.

ENVIRONMENT

China, United States issue joint declaration on climate crisis

10-11-2021 16:37 China and the United States issue rare joint declaration agreeing to work together to step up climate action this decade, pointing to one area of cooperation even as bilateral relations remain tense.

Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), deliveres the opening speech to the International Conference on a Decade of Progress after Fukushima-Daiichi at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on November 8, 2021.

INTERVIEW

Rafael Grossi: Climate crisis could give nuclear energy a second wind

08-11-2021 12:50 As the climate crisis deepens and the need to transition away from fossil fuels becomes more urgent, attitudes to nuclear energy may be shifting, says Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency

Lithium in Argentina

French, Chinese firms restart lithium project in Argentina

08-11-2021 10:35 French mining group Eramet said Monday it was reviving a joint project with China's Tsingshan to build a lithium production plant in the north of Argentina to supply the booming electric car industry.

Supporters of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and vice-presidential candidate, his wife, Rosario Murillo, pose with a flag of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) while celebrating after preliminary results, at Victoria Square in Managua on November 7, 2021.

Elections in Nicaragua

Nicaragua's Ortega wins new term in 'sham' election after opponents jailed

08-11-2021 10:05 Daniel Ortega won a fourth consecutive presidential term in Nicaragua Monday in a vote denounced by the United States as a "pantomime election." Authorities had banned country's main opposition alliance from contesting seats.

Bloomberg

In a world desperate for wheat, Australia and Argentina step up

08-11-2021 08:34 For the second season in a row, the stars are favoruably aligned for Australian wheat growers – a bumper harvest, a global shortage of one of the planet’s most important foods and world prices near nine-year highs.

President Alberto Fernández greets US President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders Summit in Rome.

G20 & COP26 SUMMITS

Fernández asks Biden for ‘greater flexibility’ in restructuring IMF debt

05-11-2021 18:22 Debt with the multilateral credit organisation was the main issue of the presidential agenda during his European tour to Rome and Glasgow.

Travellers arrive at Ezeiza International Airport (EZE) as quarantine restrictions are lifted in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Monday, November 1, 2021.

TOURISM & TRAVEL

Nation reopens borders to foreign tourists

05-11-2021 18:20 Starting November 1, Argentina has lifted restrictions to enter and exit the country from international airports.

EDITORIAL

Foreign policy in debt

05-11-2021 18:13 The current administration is a fragmented coalition projecting all its internal splits into external policy, with the result that its diplomatic discourse not only continues to be isolationist, self-indulgent and anachronistic but also ambiguous, inconsistent and unpredictable.

Greenwashing?

Overseas trips and the green agenda

05-11-2021 17:59 Argentina’s international agenda had moderate pretensions. President Fernández needed to show himself as the proactive leader of a country that has a say in world affairs, even if we don’t.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Bitfarms has announced its arrival in Patagonia, and although geographic clues have been avoided, it’s an open secret within the sector that the place will be Tierra del Fuego.

CRYPTOCURRENCIES

Cryptocurrencies: Argentina as a Bitcoin farmer

05-11-2021 17:44 A well-known Canadian company is bringing its Bitcoin ‘farms’ to Argentina. A look at the local temptations favouring this mining business.

by Mariana Sidoti Gigli

Handout photo released by the Miraflores presidential palace press office showing Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro (right) while showing documents with the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, (left) at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas on November 3, 2021. Khan arrived Sunday in Venezuela as part of a 10-day tour in Latin America.

Human rights

ICC to probe possible Venezuela rights violations

05-11-2021 01:06 International Criminal Court to investigate whether crimes against humanity were committed during Venezuela's clampdown on anti-government protests in 2017

A handout picture released by Brazilian Presidency shows Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (R) and his Minister of Communication Fabio Faria during the auction of 5G mobile telephony bands infrastructure at the National Telecommunications Agency in Brasilia, on November 4, 2021.

5G IN LATIN AMERICA

Brazil opens 5G tender, seeking US$9 billion in investment

05-11-2021 00:55 Brazil launched its 5G network tender on Thursday, the largest in the history of its telecommunications sector. The government is seeking total investments of 50 billion reais (US$9 billion).

Paris Saint-Germain forwards Lionel Messi (left), Neymar (centre) and the French side's head coach Mauricio Pochettino attend a training session at the Camp des Loges Paris Saint-Germain football club's training ground in Saint-Germain-en-Laye on august 13, 2021.

FRENCH FOOTBALL

Can Pochettino get all-star PSG to fulfil potential?

05-11-2021 00:48 Mauricio Pochettino has Paris Saint-Germain cruising in Ligue 1, and yet the Argentine is still struggling to get the best out of an all-star team in the French capital.

Driving the frenzy is the silvery metal’s allure as a commodity of the future: It’s one of the key components for the rechargeable batteries used to power electric vehicles.

LITHIUM

Lithium's rally isn't slowing as costs rise for electric vehicles, batteries

03-11-2021 07:00 Electric vehicles have lithium booming — and this time, there is no bust in sight.

BLOOMBERG

Interest rates aren’t the only weapon in global inflation fight

01-11-2021 09:00 As the cost of living surges all over the world, governments aren’t leaving the job of containing inflation to their central banks. They’re responding in other ways too.

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, International Monetary Fund (FMI) Managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, Director General, World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Director general, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Qu Dongyu, President of the European Council Charles Michel, and Japan's senior deputy foreign minister for economic affairs, Hiroshi Suzuki throw a coin in the water during a visit to the Trevi fountain in central Rome on October 31, 2021 on the sidelines of the G20 of World Leaders Summit.

G20 Leaders Summit

G20 disappoints on key climate target as eyes turn to Glasgow

31-10-2021 22:57 G20 major economies commit key goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, but negotiators had to water down initial proposals to get everyone to sign off on final communiqué.

Handout picture released by the Presidency shows President Alberto Fernández walking to meet Italy's Prime Minister, Mario Draghi (out of frame), during the welcoming of leaders for the G20 of World Leaders Summit on October 30, 2021 at the convention centre "La Nuvola" in the EUR district of Rome.

G20 Leaders Summit

What's in the global tax reform agreed by the G20?

31-10-2021 08:35 After years of negotiations, G20 leaders on Saturday endorsed an historic deal aimed at ending tax havens, although some developing countries complain it still falls short.

IMF DEBT TALKS

Fernández vows to be 'firm' in talks with IMF

30-10-2021 17:35 President Alberto Fernández vows to negotiate "firmly" with the International Monetary Fund; Meets US President Joe Biden briefly on sidelines of G20 summit.

President Alberto Fernández and Economy Minister Martín Guzmán meet with IMF officials including Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on the sidelines of the G20 Leaders Summit in Rome.

Bloomberg

In a win for Argentina, G20 statement to mention IMF surcharges

30-10-2021 17:15 In a diplomatic nod to Argentina, leaders at the G20 Summit in Rome are planning to task their finance chiefs to look at the surcharge policy at the International Monetary Fund.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro delivers a speech during the announcement of sponsorship of Olympic sports team by the state bank Caixa Economica Federal at Planalto Palace on June 1, 2021.

G20 Leaders Summit

Brazil’s Bolsonaro gets G20 cold shoulder as Amazon fires rage

30-10-2021 08:23 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been under constant attack from the Amazon rainforest’s soaring deforestation, is set to be given the cold shoulder at the G20 summit in Rome.

Digital dystopia

The lies behind Zuckerberg’s Meta & Google’s Goodness

29-10-2021 23:37 It is clear that the level of complexity behind managing and supervising content on the Facebook family of products is extreme, yet Zuckerberg simply doesn’t seem interested in it.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

A traveller walks through Ezeiza International Airport.

Global pandemic

New rules for travelling Argentines visiting Europe, UK

29-10-2021 23:26 The United Kingdom and the European Union changed entry rules for Argentines this week, with new details regarding vaccination.

The G20 Leaders Summit, Rome, October 2021.

cop26 summit

A guide to G20 Leaders – and why a climate deal is so hard

29-10-2021 21:59 Here is your guide to the complicated considerations of some of the leaders as they attend, or dial in, to the two-day summit.

Fiona Clouder, the UK's COP26 Ambassador for Latin America, meets with Argentina's environment minister Juan Cabandié

COP26 SUMMIT

COP26 ambassador: Climate action ‘can raise the profile of Latin America’

29-10-2021 21:49 Fiona Clouder, COP26 Regional Ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean, discusses the upcoming climate summit and its implications for the region.

by Fermín Koop, Diálogo Chino

This photo taken and handout by the Vatican Media on October 29, 2021 shows Pope Francis meeting with US President Joe Biden during a private audience at The Vatican, ahead of an upcoming G20 summit of world leaders to discuss climate change, Covid-19 and the post-pandemic global recovery.

CATHOLIC LEADERS MEET

Biden sidesteps abortion issue in meeting with Pope Francis

29-10-2021 12:46 President Joe Biden said Pope Francis called him a "good Catholic" as they met Friday at the Vatican at the start of a European trip aimed at reasserting the United States' international credentials.

What's in a name?

Facebook’s new name draws critics – but at least it’s not Tronc

29-10-2021 11:25 The company that runs the world’s largest and most controversial social network has a new name. The reactions ranged from “like” to “angry emoji face.”

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Facebook changes name to Meta in embrace of virtual reality

29-10-2021 10:54 Facebook Inc is re-christening itself Meta Platforms Inc, decoupling its corporate identity from the eponymous social network mired in toxic content, and highlighting a shift to an emerging computing platform focused on virtual reality.

President Alberto Fernández and First Lady Fabiola Yáñez pose for a photograph with the flight crew of the plane taking his to Rome for the G20 Leaders Summit.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Fernández flies to Rome for G20 with a dozen bilaterals on his agenda

29-10-2021 01:28 President has meetings lined up with Kristalina Georgieva, Angela Merkel, Pedro Sánchez, Úrsula von der Leyen, Queen Máxima and the director-general of the World Health Organisation, among others.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Pablo Ceriani, chief executive officer of Aerolíneas Argentina SA, speaks during an interview at the company's headquarters at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery in Buenos Aires on Monday, May 18, 2020.

BLOOMBERG

Aerolíneas chief: Domestic flight traffic won’t recover until mid-2022

28-10-2021 13:33 Argentina’s flagship carrier expects domestic operations to reach pre-pandemic levels by July of next year, according to its top executive Pablo Ceriani.

ENVIRONMENT

Brazil's Bolsonaro to skip United Nations climate talks

28-10-2021 13:01 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will skip climate talks in Glasgow next week and instead visit an Italian town awarding him honorary citizenship.

Alejandro Domínguez, head of the South American football's governing body CONMEBOL, presents the draw for Qatar 2022 South American qualifiers in Asunción, Paraguay, Tuesday, December 17, 2019.

WORLD CUP

CONMEBOL shoots down Infantino's biennial World Cup idea

28-10-2021 12:54 South American football governing body CONMEBOL on Wednesday rejected a FIFA proposal to hold the World Cup every two years.

David Henderson arrives at the Cardiff Crown Court on October 18, 2021 to be tried in connection with the plane crash that killed footballer Emiliano Sala. Henderson was charged last year for endangering the safety of an aircraft and attempting to discharge a passenger without valid permission or authorisation. Henderson, who denies the charges, is alleged to have arranged the flight to bring the former Nantes striker from France to Cardiff, where he was due to begin training with the Welsh club, which was then in the Premier League. The plane crashed into the sea near the Channel island of Guernsey, killing Sala, 28, and its pilot.

Death of Emiliano Sala

Businessman who organised flight that killed Emiliano Sala convicted

28-10-2021 10:16 David Henderson, the 67-year-old businessman who organised the flight in which Emiliano Sala died, found guilty of endangering the safety of an aircraft by a majority jury verdict at Cardiff Crown Court.

CRIME & SECURITY

Sailor commits double murder on tanker in Río de la Plata, gives himself up

27-10-2021 21:45 A double murder took place in the River Plate aboard a tanker with an Argentine crew and flying the Maltese flag of convenience, it was revealed last weekend. A 52-year-old crewman shot dead the captain and first mate of the vessel, before giving himself up.

Actor Nicolás Goldschmidt, who plays Diego Maradona at a young age in 'Sueno bendito,' a mini series produced by Amazon Prime, gives an interview at the Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires.

CULTURE & SPORTS

Amazon's new series on life of Maradona set to premiere in Argentina

27-10-2021 16:56 A new television series chronicling the life of football idol Diego Maradona premieres in Argentina on Thursday.

FRENCH PRESIDENT

UBA awards Emmanuel Macron a doctorate for work on environment

27-10-2021 15:25 Buenos Aires University (UBA) Chancellor Alberto Barbieri on Tuesday awarded a ‘honoris causa’ doctorate to French President Emmanuel Macron for his role in the struggle to preserve the environment.

LGBTQ rights

US issues first passport with 'X' gender

27-10-2021 13:01 The United States on Wednesday announced its first passport with "X" for gender, a landmark step for people outside the binary male or female categories.

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.

BLOOMBERG

Nearly 200 IMF staffers urge Georgieva to explain softening of Brazil climate language

27-10-2021 12:53 Almost 200 IMF staff sign petition asking Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva to clarify details of actions that led to the softening of a warning about environmental risks to Brazil’s economy.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures during an event to announce the clinical study of the use of Nitazoxanide in an early treatment against Covid-19, at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on October 19, 2020.

Environment: COP26

Brazil plans combative strategy for climate talks

26-10-2021 17:03 Jair Bolsonaro's government will pursue a confrontational negotiating strategy at the upcoming UN climate summit, renewing calls for other countries to pay Brazil to preserve the Amazon.

DIPLOMACY

Biden's nominee for US envoy criticises Argentina’s policy on Venezuela and Cuba

26-10-2021 16:36 Marc Stanley, Joe Biden’s nominee for next US ambassador to Argentina, uses confirmation hearing to criticise Argentina’s foreign policy approach on Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua, while calling for a “macroeconomic plan” from Alberto Fernández administration.

In this file photo taken on July 17, 2020 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II poses after confering the honour of a knighthood upon 100-year-old veteran Captain Tom Moore during an investiture at Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London.

UNITED KINGDOM

Queen Elizabeth II won’t attend COP26 climate summit in Glasgow

26-10-2021 16:34 Ninety-five-year-old monarch will not attend a reception next week at the United Nations climate change summit hosted by the United Kingdom, and will send a video message instead.

PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY

UK court told man accused over Emiliano Sala's plane crash was not 'reckless'

26-10-2021 14:31 The lawyer defending a man on trial over the 2019 plane crash that killed Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala said on Tuesday his involvement in the tragedy was "purely a paperwork issue."

MUSIC

¿Quién es? Soy yo – Pimpinela launch 40th anniversary tour

26-10-2021 13:30 Pimpinela shook the music scene with the theatrical "singing duels" of the 1980s. Four decades on, siblings Lucía and Joaquín Galán are not even thinking of retiring, launching a 40th anniversary tour in the United States.

Diego Armando Maradona has died at the age of 60.

FOOTBALL

Barcelona and Boca Juniors to play 'Maradona Cup' in Saudi Arabia

26-10-2021 10:14 Barcelona and Boca Juniors, two of Diego Maradona's former clubs, will play a friendly in honour of the late Argentine icon on December 14 in Saudi Arabia.

This general view shows a haze of pollution over Lyon, south-eastern France on October 15, 2021.

ENVIRONMENT

Greenhouse gas levels reach record high amid COP26 worries

25-10-2021 15:00 Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached record levels last year, the United Nations said on Monday in a stark warning ahead of the COP26 summit.

A climate change mural on an archway near to the SEC (Scottish Event Campus) the location for the upcoming COP26 climate talks in Glasgow on Wednesday, October 20, 2021.

ENVIRONMENT

Climate talks in times of crisis: Your roadmap to COP26

25-10-2021 11:15 Glasgow will welcome world leaders and thousands of attendees for the crucial COP26 United Nations summit on climate change in November.