MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 12th 2016
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Monday, September 12th 2016 - 10:38 UTC
Chile marked the 43 anniversary of the military coup headed by Pinochet that ousted Allende
Remembering a painful past, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet said on Sunday the truth must be told and justice be served for thousands of victims of the country’s dictatorship. She made the statement as Chileans marked the 43 anniversary of the coup which ousted democratically-elected President Salvador Allende and began the 17-year-long dictatorship of General Pinochet on September 11, 1973.
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Monday, September 12th 2016 - 10:19 UTC
Guyana working to establish an onshore oil and gas facility to boost the incipient industry
The Guyana government intends to establish an onshore oil and gas facility in the country as it seeks to fully optimize opportunities in petroleum exploration and production. The Ministry of Natural Resources, working in conjunction with the Ministries of Public Infrastructure and Business, says it believes that this facility is critical and said it is part of the raft of measures intended to ensure that Guyana keeps on the right trajectory in the development of the oil and gas industry.
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Monday, September 12th 2016 - 07:35 UTC
“President Macri is a normal person, has a normal head and common sense”
“The president we have now is normal, he has common sense and he wants to make the country normal and sooner than later, we'll be there; he has a normal world in his head”, said Carlos Melconian, head of Argentina's Bank of the Nation in reference to president Mauricio Macri, during a conference in Montevideo where he was invited to talk about “Argentina, the new rules of the game and their impact for Uruguay”,
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Monday, September 12th 2016 - 07:07 UTC
Hillary's pneumonia puts US presidential candidates' medical records on the campaign debate
United States presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's personal doctor revealed on Sunday that he Democratic nominee was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday, hours after Clinton drew attention for abruptly leaving a 9/11 memorial event at Ground Zero and was seen on video apparently being assisted getting into a van.
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Monday, September 12th 2016 - 06:52 UTC
Gibraltar celebrates National Day defiantly:“if Brexit means Brexit, then British means British”
Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo sent a firm message on Saturday, 10 September, the Rock's National Day, which was accompanied by strong support messages from the UK and a visiting delegation of MPs from all parties in Westminster
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Monday, September 12th 2016 - 06:33 UTC
Trade, investments and Falklands in Sir Alan Duncan's agenda in Buenos Aires
UK Foreign Office minister of state for the Americas and the Falkland Islands, Sir Alan Duncan begins this Monday a full agenda of activities in Buenos Aires with the purpose of promoting business, investments and normalizing bilateral relations, after more than a decade of distant when not frozen links under the Kirchner couple administrations. The Falkland Islands issue is also expected to be addressed but with “a constructive spirit”.
