News of parliament

Chile same-sex marriage vote delayed, abortion bill shelved

30-11-2021 16:05 Chile's parliament on Tuesday postponed a vote on a long-awaited bill to legalise same-sex marriage and shelved another to decriminalise abortion.

BRITISH POLITICS

UK stunned as Conservative MP David Amess stabbed to death

15-10-2021 12:18 British MP David Amess dies after being stabbed "multiple times" by an attacker during an event in his local constituency in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, southeast England.

LGBT+ RIGHTS

Chile senators approve gay marriage bill; one step left

21-07-2021 15:21 Senators in Chile passed a long-awaited bill Wednesday authorising same-sex marriage in what gay campaigners hope will be the penultimate step to its final approval.

Midterms in Mexico

AMLO’s wings clipped with Mexico bloc set to lose super-majority

07-06-2021 13:00 President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s coalition is on course to lose its super-majority in Mexico's lower house after key midterm elections, according to initial results.

Global pandemic

UK failed public 'disastrously' with its Covid response, says ex-PM aide

26-05-2021 11:22 The British government "disastrously" failed the public by mishandling the start of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's former top adviser told lawmakers on Wednesday.

Asia

Yoshihide Suga named Japan's prime minister, succeeding Abe

16-09-2020 15:54 Japan's Parliament elected Yoshihide Suga as prime minister Wednesday, replacing long-serving leader Shinzo Abe with his right-hand man.

Democracy in Crisis

Venezuelan police fire tear gas at opposition protest

10-03-2020 15:55 Some of the protesters responded by throwing stones at the police, while others fled the scene.

Gender equality

Women account for quarter of world's MPs, but progress slowing

08-03-2020 07:00 A quarter of all lawmakers serving in national parliaments worldwide are women, the International Parliamentary Union said Friday, warning though that progress towards gender parity was slowing amid significant "pushback".

Venezuela in Crisis

Venezuela National Assembly authorises Guaidó to use frozen funds

28-02-2020 11:54 Opposition-controlled legislature released the funds so that opposition leader, who is recognised by 50 countries as the troubled nation's interim president, can continue representing the country abroad.

EU DEPARTURE

Brexit deal cleared by EU Parliament; UK set to leave Friday

29-01-2020 16:02 Legislators approve withdrawal agreement that will end the 47-year membership of Britain. EU parliament will soon shrink by 73 members.

News of parliament

Chile same-sex marriage vote delayed, abortion bill shelved

UK stunned as Conservative MP David Amess stabbed to death

Chile senators approve gay marriage bill; one step left

AMLO’s wings clipped with Mexico bloc set to lose super-majority

UK failed public 'disastrously' with its Covid response, says ex-PM aide

Yoshihide Suga named Japan's prime minister, succeeding Abe

Venezuelan police fire tear gas at opposition protest

Women account for quarter of world's MPs, but progress slowing

Venezuela National Assembly authorises Guaidó to use frozen funds

Brexit deal cleared by EU Parliament; UK set to leave Friday

Covid erupts in Argentina at height of summer vacation season

Venezuela breaks one of world’s longest hyperinflation bouts

Colombia presidential front-runner Gustavo Petro seeks global anti-oil bloc

Venezuela: the decline of an oil giant in crisis

Latin American security contractors bitter after serving in US wars

La sexta extinción masiva de la Tierra es real y ya comenzó, advierten científicos

Luis D'Elía volvió a cuestionar a la Vicepresidenta: “¿Cristina Kirchner? Bien, gracias”

La ANMAT aclaró que hubo un "error de tipeo" y que la vacuna AstraZeneca no contiene grafeno | Perfil

Luana Volnovich le dará explicaciones a Alberto Fernández por sus vacaciones en México

Con lluvias y sin luz: las inundaciones "sin precedentes" de Uruguay en imágenes