Stories for October 1st 2015

Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 08:58 UTC
Rousseff's approval ratings languish: two thirds consider her government “bad or terrible”

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's approval ratings languished in September, held down by the country’s economic and political crises, as her opposition in Congress considers opening impeachment proceedings.
Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 08:51 UTC
Petrobras hikes gasoline and diesel prices to help with the company's finances

Brazil's state-controlled Petrobras unexpectedly increased wholesale gasoline and diesel prices in the domestic market, potentially widening a controversial premium to international prices. The heavily indebted company said that the gasoline price would increase by 6%, and diesel by 4%, as of this Wednesday.
Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 08:45 UTC
Slumping demand from China and Brazil put a drag on world trade, says WTO

The World Trade Organization shaved half a percentage point off its global trade projections for 2015, after a disappointing first half of the year left export growth weakened across the developing world. World merchandise trade volume is expected to rise 2.8% for the year, down from April projections of 3.3%. The WTO also revised its 2016 projections to 3.9%, from 4.0%.
Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 08:31 UTC
A homage, ‘Keep calm and carry on’

By Alex Salmond (*) - I do not know if Artur Mas, the president of Catalonia, deliberately chose the eclipse of the super-moon as the day on which to hold the most important election in Catalonia’s democratic history.
Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 08:19 UTC
Argentina launches the three-ton ARSAT-2 telecommunications satellite

Argentina on Wednesday launched the ARSAT-2 spacecraft from a site in French Guyana, with the goal of providing telecommunication services across much of the Western hemisphere. ARSAT (Argentine Satellite Solutions), a state-owned company created in 2006, monitored the launch and operation of ARSAT-2 from the Benavídez Ground Station in northern Buenos Aires province.
Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 08:13 UTC
Falklands: Cameron calls on Caribbean islands to support Islands right to self determination

British Prime Minister David Cameron has urged Caribbean countries to stop giving support to Argentine sovereignty claims over the Falkland Islands He told the Jamaican parliament it was time to “stand up for the rights of small islands” to self-determination.
Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 08:06 UTC
Falkland Islands Association Honorary Secretary Colin Wright obituary

It is with great regret that we have to report the death of Colin Wright, Honorary Secretary of the Falkland Islands Association (FIA), on 30 September 2015. He will be sorely missed by his many colleagues and friends.
Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 07:54 UTC
Cameron rules out reparations for slave trade and urges Caribbean countries to 'move on'

Prime Minister David Cameron has ruled out making reparations for Britain's role in the historic slave trade and urged Caribbean countries to “move on”. Cameron acknowledged that “these wounds run very deep” during his visit to Jamaica, where he faced calls to apologize from campaigners.
Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 07:26 UTC
Labour ‘absolutely’ committed to Gibraltar’s self-determination

The Gibraltar Chronicle reports that Britain’s Labour Party this week gave an ‘absolute’ commitment to uphold the right of the people of Gibraltar to self-determination. Speaking at a reception organized by the Gibraltar Government on the fringe of the Labour Party conference in Brighton, Hilary Benn, the shadow Foreign Secretary, was unequivocal with his words.
Thursday, October 1st 2015 - 05:19 UTC
Falklands: Argentina waiting for a reply to its project to identify remains buried at Darwin

Argentina is concerned that there has been no reply from the UK regarding its initiative and request to identify the remains of the Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery, or Argentine memorial, in the Falkland Islands, according to a release from the Argentine foreign ministry.