MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 20th 2016
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Thursday, October 20th 2016 - 21:23 UTC
Mini cabinet reshuffle in Chile ahead of Sunday's municipal elections
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced a slight reshuffling of her Cabinet on Wednesday, a few days ahead of local elections in which her coalition is expected to suffer losses. Center-left Bachelet replaced the ministers in charge of justice, energy and national assets, she said in a brief speech at the presidential palace in Santiago.
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Thursday, October 20th 2016 - 21:11 UTC
Brazilians reject fiscal discipline policy, and consider Temer's government “bad” or “terrible”
Brazilians have become more dissatisfied with the way President Michel Temer is running their country, a new poll says, as his policy of fiscal discipline continues to generate more public discontent.
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Thursday, October 20th 2016 - 21:05 UTC
Brazilian ex lawmaker who triggered fall of Rousseff arrested, and promises a “tell-all memoir”
The corruption-related arrest of a former top Brazilian lawmaker on Wednesday threatens to revive political turmoil and snap the momentum of a government economic reform campaign. Eduardo Cunha was taken into police custody Wednesday on accusations of corruption and money laundering related to oil platform contracts with state-controlled Petrobras. He denies the accusations.
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Thursday, October 20th 2016 - 20:31 UTC
Argentine navy admits testing refurbished Exocet missiles and torpedoes last February
The Argentine ministry of Defense has confirmed that the Navy was involved in military exercises in the high seas last February including firing an upgraded version of MM38 Exocet missiles and trials with a refurbished torpedo from a submarine, reports the Buenos Aires media.
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Thursday, October 20th 2016 - 12:50 UTC
Strong reactions from Andalucía and London to Garcia Margallo Gibraltar shared sovereignty rhetoric
The Junta de Andalucia has distanced itself from Spanish foreign minister Jose Manuel García Margallo’s joint sovereignty proposal for Gibraltar. Miguel Angel Vasquez says now is not the time to use inflammatory rhetoric or to talk about joint sovereignty.
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Thursday, October 20th 2016 - 08:50 UTC
Women take to the streets in Buenos Aires to protest wave of gender violence
Dressed in black, Argentine women took to the streets to protest the brutal rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl, the latest incident of gender violence to shock the country. Others walked off the job as a sign of protest, in what was described as women's first national strike. Similar demonstrations took place in solidarity in many Latin American cities from Montevideo to Mexico City.
