Stories for December 8th 2015

Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 09:36 UTC
A Positive Outlook for the Falklands at FIA's annual general meeting

The Falkland Islands have received assurances of sustained support from the British Parliament and from the Falkland Islands Association at that organisation’s annual general meeting in London where members were given a positive report of progress and economic development in the Islands.
Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 09:10 UTC
Now comes the main challenge for the fragile opposition coalition: running Venezuela

Venezuela's fragile opposition coalition which managed to come together to achieve victory over the Chavista government on Sunday, now faces the test of trying to stick together and use its newly won congressional authority to address the country’s deep economic problems and political rifts.
Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 09:08 UTC
No break for the Brazilian economy, according to the central bank

Analysts expect Brazil's economy to contract by 3.50% this year, with inflation hitting 10.44%, the Central Bank said on Monday. GDP and inflation estimates come from the Boletin Focus, a weekly Central Bank survey of analysts from about 100 private financial institutions on the state of the national economy.
Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 09:03 UTC
Impeachment battle takes off in Brazil; Rousseff calls for an early vote

Impeachment proceedings against Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff were delayed on Monday by a fight between supporters and opponents trying to stack a lower house committee that will report on whether she committed an impeachable offense.
Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 08:40 UTC
“Relations with Britain can't be limited to the Malvinas issue”, says Malcorra

Argentina's next foreign minister Susana Malcorra, who will have the task of reestablishing relations with 'all countries', including those with which there are pending or difficult situations, made it a point to underline British Prime Minister David Cameron's gesture of phoning president elect Mauricio Macri to congratulate him on his victory.
Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 01:13 UTC
Falklands' Battle Day, 8 December 1914, Act of Remembrance

The Falkland Islands will commemorate this Tuesday 8th December, the naval engagements of 8th December 1914, one of the Royal Navy's greatest victories during the First World War, which resulted in the sinking of a German imperial squadron that threatened to capture the Islands.
Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 01:06 UTC
Falklands' Battle Day commemorated in London

Battle Day was commemorated in the traditional manner at the Cenotaph in central London on Saturday 5th December. The traffic was stopped in Whitehall, and the service was conducted by former Rector of Christchurch Cathedral in Stanley the Rev. Dr. Richard Hines.
Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 00:27 UTC
Major food commodity prices down 18% over a year ago, says FAO index

Major food commodity prices fell in November, reversing about half their rise in the previous month, as the cost of internationally-traded staples, except for sugar, fell across the board. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 156.7 points in November, down 1.6 percent from its revised October average, and 18% below its value a year earlier.