Stories for March 2016

Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 22:54 UTC
Argentine congress overwhelmingly approves deal with creditors to end 15-year conflict

After 13 hours of debate, Argentina's senate voted overwhelmingly to approve a deal with creditors in the US, putting an end to a sovereign bonds' dispute that had lasted 15 years. The deal was reached in late February, and the Lower House passed it earlier this month. The senate began debating on Wednesday morning and on early Thursday passed the measure by 54 votes to 16.
Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 22:41 UTC
Controversy in Argentina over Malvinas invasion date: Macri will not attend any of the April 2 anniversary events

Malvinas veterans expressed great displeasure with the official announcement that Argentine president Mauricio Macri will not be attending any of the programmed events in different cities and provinces on the 34th anniversary of the Argentine April 2 invasion of the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, according to Buenos Aires media.
Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 15:28 UTC
Singapore's Changai best world airport; three Japanese terminals in top ten

Singapore’s Changi Airport has been named the best airport in the world for the fourth consecutive year in Skytrax’s World Airport Awards. Changi, which bagged the top spot for the seventh time, also won for best airport for leisure amenities and was hard to beat with a rooftop swimming pool and spa, free 24-hour cinema, and even butterfly and cactus gardens.
Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 08:25 UTC
Chile confirms the loss of 39.000 tons of salmon equivalent to toxic algae

Some 25 million of fish -- equivalent to 39,942 tons of dead biomass -- was the final balance of the emergency caused by algae bloom in 45 farms in the salmon farms of the southern region of Chile, Los Lagos, reported SERNAPESCA, director José Miguel Burgos. A several month’s bloom of toxic algae causes ravage in south Chile salmon and trout farms.
Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 06:37 UTC
Three mega-cruise vessels with 14.000 passengers coincide at St. Kitts and Nevis

Three mega luxury cruise liners – Oasis of the Seas, Navigator of the Seas, and Costa Favalosa coincides this week with close to 14,000 passengers at the Caribbean islands of St. Kitts and Nevis and, along with them, hopes of increased business for locals. The capital Basseterre and its environs were bustling with string-band musicians, taxi-drivers competing for tours, tourists soaking up the sun, restaurants and stores full of visitors, and vendors busily plying their trade.
Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 02:04 UTC
Rousseff cancels Washington trip to avoid Temer from becoming acting president

President Dilma Rousseff decided on Tuesday to cancel her planned trip to the United States next Thursday to participate in the 4th Nuclear Security Summit, to be held in Washington.
Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 00:46 UTC
“The Argentines are childish stalkers who menace us Falkland Islanders”

By Lisa Watson (*), published in The Telegraph - Having a neighbor like Argentina is like living next door to your stalker – someone who terrorizes you but then tearfully berates you for rejecting their advances.
Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 00:28 UTC
European Court supports UK ruling on Brazilian mistakenly shot dead in 2005

British authorities were right not to prosecute police officers over the killing of a Brazilian man who was shot dead on the London Underground after being mistaken for a suicide bomber, a European court ruled on Wednesday.
Thursday, March 31st 2016 - 00:14 UTC
Beijing reminds Argentina of the jigger sinking before a possible meeting of Macri with Xi Jinping

Beijing said that it “expects Argentina to perform according to law” in reference to the recent sinking of a Chinese flagged jigger by the country's Coast Guard and which was operating in Argentina's EEZ. The announcement is considered significant in Buenos Aires since Argentine president Mauricio Macri is expecting to meet his counterpart Xi Jinping in Washington, next Friday in the framework of the Nuclear security summit.
Wednesday, March 30th 2016 - 08:32 UTC
Brazil Finance minister disregards calls from Lula for tax breaks and more credit

Brazilian Finance Minister Nelson Barbosa said on Tuesday it is not the time for more tax breaks, disagreeing publicly with former president Lula da Silva's call for fiscal stimulus to revive a moribund economy.