Stories for August 2015

Saturday, August 22nd 2015 - 07:56 UTC
Prosecution requests impeachment of Guatemala president Otto Perez

Guatemala’s prosecutor’s office said Friday that it has requested the Supreme Court's permission to start an impeachment process for President Otto Perez Molina over a sprawling corruption case that has held the country in the grip of political turmoil for months. The move came hours after the former vice president was placed under arrest for her own alleged role in the scandal.
Saturday, August 22nd 2015 - 02:46 UTC
Falklands' retail price index down to 0.3% in first half on lower fuel and power costs

The Falklands' Retail Price Index for the quarter ending June 30, 2015 decreased by 0.8%, meaning that the annual Retail Price Index (RPI) as at the end of June was 0.3%, helped by lower prices of fuel and power.
Saturday, August 22nd 2015 - 01:48 UTC
Magallanes warns of minus 10 Celsius temperatures this weekend

Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile must prepare for a weekend of freezing below zero temperatures announced the regional meteorological office. In the early mornings of Saturday and Sunday, the thermometer is expected to register 10 Celsius below zero, with the wind factor even lower.
Friday, August 21st 2015 - 11:35 UTC
Royal Navy's third Astute Class attack submarine ready for sea trials

Artful, the third of the U.K. Royal Navy’s new Astute Class attack submarines, has arrived at her Scottish base port from where she will carry out sea trials before entering service later this year, the U.K. Ministry of Defense announced.
Friday, August 21st 2015 - 07:49 UTC
Merkel calls for a free trade accord between the Europe Union and Mercosur

German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed Brazil's government on Thursday to further open its markets to foreign companies, and said she saw an opportunity to reach a free-trade deal between the European Union and the Mercosur trade bloc. Merkel is on a two-day visit to Brazil with a large delegation of government officials and representatives from German companies.
Friday, August 21st 2015 - 07:41 UTC
Rousseff admits a year of recession because of 'massive economic difficulties”

A slump in commodity markets will burden the global economy for some time to come, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff told Germany's Handelsblatt business daily, adding she hoped the Brazilian economy would pick up in a year.
Friday, August 21st 2015 - 07:27 UTC
Pro-Rousseff march turnout no match for Sunday's antigovernment protest

Brazil unions and left groups staged a string of protests in a show of support for President Dilma Rousseff, although turnout was markedly lower than at massive anti-government rallies over the weekend. The protests hit back at the growing push to impeach Rousseff, who less than a year into her second term is struggling for political survival.
Friday, August 21st 2015 - 07:08 UTC
Falklands anticipate a busy cruise season with the return of Norwegian Line

The return of the Norwegian Cruise Line to South America this season with nine planned calls to the Falkland Islands “is a massive boost to our cruise ship industry,” Sulivan Shipping Tourism Coordinator Samantha Marsh told Penguin News this week.
Friday, August 21st 2015 - 06:57 UTC
Brazil's July unemployment up for a seventh straight month

Brazil's unemployment rate rose for a seventh straight month in July to the highest in over five years, government data showed on Thursday. The non-seasonally adjusted jobless rate rose in July to 7.5% from 6.9% in June, statistics agency IBGE said.
Friday, August 21st 2015 - 06:42 UTC
Brazil's prosecution seeks to charge Lower House speaker and a Senator on Petrobras corruption

Brazilian prosecutors on Thursday asked the Federal Supreme Court to authorize prosecution of the speaker of the lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha, in a massive corruption case centered on state-controlled oil giant Petrobras.