Former VP and now Senator Hamilton Mourão (Republicans) said that Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government wants to treat the military as "second-class citizens. The senator's speech is a response to the PT party's project to bar active military personnel from political positions. "The legislation is obvious: if the military is going to run for […]
The possible standing takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS is getting closer. According to a Financial Times (FT) report, UBS is offering “up to” US$1 billion for its smaller rival. The deal is expected to be wrapped up this evening – but major CS shareholders would have to go along. And there is now a […]
By Leonardo Coutinho (Opinion) Chile ran smoothly. It was a country full of good examples for the continent. But some Chileans were not happy. They fell for the Bolivarian tale, which said that the well-resolved country of the region was going from bad to worse. So it decided to revolutionize. In 2019, they took to […]
By Gabriel Sestrem The management of public security in the administration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT, progressive-globalist), under Minister Flávio Dino’s command, hit the skids at the beginning of the new federal administration. Since few proposals were made in the partial government program and during the election campaign, the scenario that began with […]
The President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, informed today that the number of deaths caused by the earthquake of magnitude 6.5 on the Richter scale that was registered today, Saturday, near the town of Balao, in the Ecuadorian province of Guayas (southwest), has risen to 12. “So far, the reports we have are 12 dead, 11 […]
By Horst Teubert and Dr. Peer Heinelt The German government is holding its first German-Japanese intergovernmental consultations in Tokyo this weekend, with plans to expand bilateral war exercises on the Pacific. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and six ministers, including Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, will meet their Japanese counterparts tomorrow for talks to intensify cooperation between the […]
The former US President is being investigated for possible bribes paid to a porn actress in the 2016 campaign. Former US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday (18), via a message posted on the Truth Social platform, that he is expected to be arrested next Tuesday due to a possible bribery charge paid to a […]
Credit Suisse is in advanced talks with its larger Swiss rival UBS about a deal to salvage Switzerland’s second-biggest bank in a bid to reassure investors before the markets open next week, several media reported Saturday. Embattled Credit Suisse was holding crisis talks this weekend, and urgent meetings with national banking and regulatory authorities said […]
