MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 2nd 2015
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Monday, March 2nd 2015 - 05:35 UTC
Gibraltar police and customs given additional tobacco stop and search powers
Gibraltar police and customs officers have been given additional stop and search powers inside so-called tobacco ‘special zones’. Until now, officers required reasonable suspicion of a tobacco offence before they could stop vehicles and question the occupants.
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Monday, March 2nd 2015 - 05:22 UTC
Argentine bond prices going up “as the less time you have left in office”
Joseph Cotterill, the Financial Times journalist who was quoted by Argentine President Cristina Fernández during her Congress address as proof the country has recovered financially, responded critically to the Head of State.
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Monday, March 2nd 2015 - 01:24 UTC
Bilateral ceremony to certify that Chilean Tierra del Fuego is free of mines
Argentina and Chile on Monday will hold a ceremony certifying that the Chilean territory of Tierra del Fuego has been completely swept of mines, dating back to the late seventies, and in accordance with the 1999 Ottawa Convention commitments.
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Monday, March 2nd 2015 - 01:14 UTC
Maduro retaliates and will demand visas from US citizens travelling to Venezuela
President Nicolas Maduro said his government had captured American citizens involved in “espionage activities,” and said US citizens in the future will have to seek visas to come to Venezuela. Speaking during a rally, he said his government will prohibit some US officials from entering Venezuela in retaliation for a similar measure by the government of President Barack Obama against a group of Venezuelan public officials.
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Monday, March 2nd 2015 - 00:56 UTC
Bachelet visits 14-year-old girl who pled for euthanasia since she is suffering cystic fibrosis
Chile’s president went to a hospital on Saturday to meet with a 14-year-old girl who shocked the country by going on YouTube to plead for the leader to let doctors euthanize her because she is tired of her struggle with cystic fibrosis. The government quickly said no after the video began spreading on social media Thursday.
