The Workers’ Party (PT) and party confederation Brazil of Hope—comprising the PT, the PCdoB, and the PV—today (Jul 21) officially announced former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as their candidate for the presidential elections in October. São Paulo’s ex-governor… Read More »Lula now presidential hopeful, Alckmin joins bid as running mate
The Foreign Office has failed to impose sanctions on key Iranians responsible for the arrest and intimidation of the British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe despite having been passed their names in September, MPs have claimed. Chris Bryant, a Labour member… Read More »MPs claim Foreign Office ‘inaction’ on sanctioning Iranians for hostage-taking
The Democratic Labor Party—PDT in the original Portuguese acronym—has officially announced Ciro Gomes’s bid for the presidency of Brazil. The announcement was made Wednesday afternoon (Jul 20). This is his fourth attempt to reach the post. In the last elections,… Read More »Ciro Gomes joins Brazil presidential race
The Home Office pushed through its policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda despite repeated concerns from UK government officials, it has emerged from documents submitted to a high court hearing. The government disclosed the documents, which raise numerous concerns… Read More »UK officials raised concerns over Rwanda policy, documents show
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said Monday (Jul 18) his government is working to find a “way out” regarding this year’s elections. “Obviously, we are fighting to come up with a way out of all this. We want a reliable and… Read More »Bolsonaro says he wants transparency in Brazil’s elections
Penny Mordaunt has Irish Catholic roots, it has emerged, but her staunch support for Brexit makes her an outlier not just among many of those with Irish heritage but among her extended family. “She is the only member of the… Read More »Penny Mordaunt has Irish roots, Tory leadership hopeful’s uncle reveals
The Home Office has been accused of misrepresenting the UN refugee agency’s stance on sending asylum seekers to Rwanda, in a new disagreement between the two organisations, the Guardian has learned. The Home Office and UNHCR have clashed previously over… Read More »Home Office in fresh row with UNHCR over Rwanda asylum policy
Keir Starmer has dismissed the acrimonious Conservative leadership race as a “travelling circus”, in which the candidates have demolished their party’s economic credibility by promising billions of pounds of unfunded tax cuts. Speaking on a visit to Berlin where he… Read More »‘Travelling circus’: Starmer says Tory hopefuls have lost economic credibility
President Jair Bolsonaro participated on Thursday (Jul. 14) in a National Congress session that enacted amendments to the Brazilian Constitution. They provide the creation of a state of emergency to extend social benefits until the end of the year. In… Read More »Brazil´s President expects lower inflation in 2023
Brazil’s National Congress has enacted an amendment to the Constitution outlining the conditions for a “state of emergency” in the country, thus allowing the government to extend the payment of social benefits until the end of the year. The constitutional… Read More »Brazil Congress enacts bill to extend welfare benefits until December