Stories for January 2016

Thursday, January 14th 2016 - 06:24 UTC
Gibraltar logged 431 Spanish vessels' incursions into territorial waters

The number of unlawful incursions by Spanish state vessels into British Gibraltar territorial waters rose last year compared to 2014. But the number of serious incidents tailed off in the final months of 2015 against the context of diplomatic efforts to increase cooperation at sea, according to a report published in the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Thursday, January 14th 2016 - 06:11 UTC
Falklands' Sea Lion development will utilize 18 wells to recover 220 mmbbls, anticipates Premier Oil

Premier Oil provided on Wednesday a Trading and Operations Update ahead of its 2015 Full Year Results which will be announced on Thursday 25 February 2016, which included an upbeat on its Falkland Islands operations mainly at the Sea Lion field.
Thursday, January 14th 2016 - 06:01 UTC
Riots in Sao Paulo as police disperses protestors over rising transport fares

Sao Paulo police on Tuesday night fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse protesters upset over rising transport fares, sparking memories of the 2013 street clashes in Brazil, this year's Olympic host. Riot cops wanted to prevent demonstrators from moving from the spot where they were gathered at one end of the city's major Paulista Avenue.
Thursday, January 14th 2016 - 05:48 UTC
Rio mayor confident the city has the funds to host the 2016 Olympic Games

The mayor of 2016 Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro insisted authorities had the finances to avoid disruption to the summer Games despite Brazil’s recession. Latin America's largest economy is suffering from a deep recession and soaring inflation -- a contrast to the boom times of 2009, when Rio won the right to host the Olympics.
Thursday, January 14th 2016 - 05:37 UTC
Suspended FIFA secretary general Jérôme Valcke has been sacked

“The FIFA Emergency Committee decided on 9 January 2016 to dismiss Jérôme Valcke from the position of FIFA secretary general with immediate effect. Jérôme Valcke is therefore no longer the secretary general of FIFA,” a FIFA statement said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, January 13th 2016 - 08:16 UTC
Airbus delivered 635 planes last year, but was below Boeing's record

Airbus delivered a record number of planes in 2015 but failed to dethrone Boeing as the world's biggest aircraft manufacturer. The European company delivered a record 635 planes last year, compared with a tally of 762 jets for Boeing.
Wednesday, January 13th 2016 - 08:11 UTC
Brazil agribusiness exports, the locomotive of foreign trade

Brazil's total agricultural exports slid 8.8% to US$88.2 billion in 2015, compared to the previous year, despite record sales of soybeans, corn, chicken, coffee and cellulose, officials said. The drop in sales was caused by falling prices for the commodities Brazil sells on the global market, Foreign Agribusiness Relations Secretary Tatiana Palermo said.
Wednesday, January 13th 2016 - 07:59 UTC
Former Petrobras manager states in plea-bargain that Lula was aware of the corruption scheme

Former head of Petrobras' international sector Nestor Cervero has made a statement as part of his plea bargain, in which he says that Brazilian former president Lula a Silva gave him a job in 2008 as “recognition” for his help in repaying a R$12 million (US$3 million) loan considered fraudulent by police.
Wednesday, January 13th 2016 - 07:46 UTC
Venezuela's First Lady claims her two 'narco-nephews' were kidnapped by DEA

Venezuela's first lady on Tuesday broke her silence on the arrest of her two nephews on drug trafficking charges, saying they were kidnapped by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.Cilia Flores, who serves in congress, told Venezuelan weekly Tal Cual that the U.S. was seeking revenge and trying to force the socialists from power in Venezuela.
Wednesday, January 13th 2016 - 05:34 UTC
Venezuela's 'super majority' power struggle paralyzes government

Venezuela sank deeper into a messy political crisis Tuesday as the opposition-controlled National Assembly suspended its session after the Supreme Court declared it null and void. Speaking before a nearly empty chamber, speaker Henry Ramos Allup, a fierce opponent of President Nicolas Maduro, declared the National Assembly lacked a quorum and would reconvene Wednesday morning.