MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 16th 2016
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Monday, May 16th 2016 - 07:06 UTC
FIFA appoints a woman from Senegal first secretary general
FIFA has appointed Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura from Senegal as the federation's first female secretary general. She succeeds former FIFA No.2 Jerome Valcke, who was recently banned from football for 12 years for a series of ethics violations.
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Monday, May 16th 2016 - 06:57 UTC
Chile set clocks back sixty minutes on Sunday to winter time
As of midnight Sunday, May 15, Chile implemented winter time to save energy, which means clocks had to be put back a full sixty minutes. The measure is adopted every year following on a resolution from the Ministry of Energy and will be effective until 13 August.
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Monday, May 16th 2016 - 06:15 UTC
Temer government considering selling stakes of state controlled assets
Brazil's government is considering selling stakes in state-controlled assets including its postal company as well as holdings in transport, power and insurance firms in a bid to raise capital and streamline the public sector, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
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Monday, May 16th 2016 - 06:01 UTC
Brazil's Jewish community supports Temer; hopeful of normalization of relations with Israel
The elevation of a centrist vice president, Michel Temer, as Brazil’s president amid the impeachment process of Dilma Rousseff is expected to result in a less strained relationship between Brazil and Israel, as well as its Jewish community, Jewish leaders in Sao Paulo said.
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Monday, May 16th 2016 - 05:46 UTC
Brazil warns neighbors about “propagating falsehoods over the internal political process”
Brazil's interim government dismissed criticism by populist countries in Latin America, including Venezuela, Cuba and Bolivia, over the impeachment process of Dilma Rousseff, who was suspended as president by the senate.
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Monday, May 16th 2016 - 05:34 UTC
Hammond's Gibraltar visit triggered several hostility actions from Spain
Britain's Foreign Secretary's arrival and departure flights into Gibraltar last week were not allowed to overfly Spanish territory and flew over Portugal instead. This was one of several hostility incidents of Spanish officials towards London. The overfly ban was confirmed to Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation by the Convent (Governor's residence in the Rock).
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Monday, May 16th 2016 - 05:20 UTC
Malcorra's UN potential nomination sets off speculation about several names to replace her
Argentina's foreign minister Susana Malcorra manifest intention of becoming the first woman Secretary General of the United Nations, which has the support from president Mauricio Macri administration has set out domestic and international speculation.
