Stories for October 15th 2014

Wednesday, October 15th 2014 - 08:16 UTC
Oil prices hit new lows with prospects of further slide; excess supply, weak demand

Global oil prices have fallen further after the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported higher output and cut its forecast for demand growth. Brent crude fell 2.72 to 86.17 dollars a barrel before seeing a slight recovery, while US crude dropped 1.75 to 83.99.
Wednesday, October 15th 2014 - 07:54 UTC
Mujica running for a Senate seat, since he anticipates a weak government

Uruguay president Jose Mujica believes that the next parliament to emerge from the 26 October general election will have a difficult conformation, complicating the government's performance and that is the reason why he accepted to run for a Senate seat.
Wednesday, October 15th 2014 - 07:38 UTC
“Chile Day” in London underlines the very close links with the UK

Chilean authorities and business people opened the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday as part of the “Chile Day 2014” which is the country's foremost promotion event abroad for the financial and business sectors. UK Foreign Office Minister of State for Latin America Hugo Swire underlined that Chile in “a key partner in the region”.

Oil prices hit new lows with prospects of further slide; excess supply, weak demand