Stories for October 2016

Tuesday, October 11th 2016 - 09:06 UTC
Hilary leads Trump, according to NBC/WSJ latest opinion poll

Hilary Clinton has opened up a 14-percentage-point lead against Donald Trump nationally, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Monday. The survey found that in a two-way race between the two nominees, Clinton leads Trump 52% to 38%, up from a 7-percentage-point lead last month.
Tuesday, October 11th 2016 - 08:58 UTC
Small states self determination symposium in Gibraltar; Falklands represented by MLA Ian Hansen

A two-day symposium on small states and the right to self-determination will open at the Garrison Library in Gibraltar this Thursday. Currently in its fourth edition these symposiums focus on issues that impact on Gibraltar and other like territories within a European and global framework. The Falkland Islands is represented by lawmaker MLA Ian Hansen
Tuesday, October 11th 2016 - 08:52 UTC
Brazil congress limiting Petrobras monopoly over subsalt oil resources

Brazil's lower chamber of Congress approved this week the main points of a bill removing a requirement that state-led oil company Petrobras be the sole operator of vast offshore oil reserves in the costly subsalt layer with a minimum 30% stake in their development.
Tuesday, October 11th 2016 - 08:49 UTC
Month to month inflation in Brazil during September was the lowest since 1998

Brazil's inflation continued its slow fall in September in a positive sign for the new government as it wrestles to end the worst recession in nearly a century. The 12 month rate fell to 8.48%, down from 8.97% August hitting its lowest level for the month since 1998.
Tuesday, October 11th 2016 - 08:20 UTC
Economics Nobel for two professors pioneers in contracts' design on privatizing public services and CEO's bonuses

Two U.S.-based professors won the Nobel prize in economics on Monday for studying how to best design contracts, work that sheds light on when it makes sense to give a CEO a bonus or privatize public services like schools, hospitals and prisons.
Tuesday, October 11th 2016 - 08:05 UTC
Lula da Silva formally charged with corruption related to contracts in Angola

Brazilian prosecutors said on Monday they had charged former President Lula da Silva and Marcelo Odebrecht, ex-CEO of engineering group Odebrecht SA, with corruption related to contracts in Angola.
Tuesday, October 11th 2016 - 06:28 UTC
Argentine ambassador denies any links between Falklands issue and Malcorra's frustrated UN bid

Argentine ambassador in UK on Monday rejected pointblank that the veto to foreign minister Susana Malcorra's UN Secretary General candidacy could have been linked in any way to the Falklands/Malvinas dispute between UK and Argentina.
Tuesday, October 11th 2016 - 04:11 UTC
Hugo Chavez Peace Prize awarded to Vladimir Putin by Maduro

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Friday announced the creation of peace prize in honor of late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, and said he was awarding it to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The announcement comes on the same day that the Nobel Committee awarded its annual Peace Prize to Juan Manuel Santos, president of neighboring Colombia, for his role in negotiating a peace agreement with Marxist FARC rebels.
Tuesday, October 11th 2016 - 03:20 UTC
Brazil's prosecutor office questions spending cap: fears it could limit corruption investigations

Brazil’s Prosecutor-General’s Office questioned the constitutionality of President Michel Temer’s proposed public spending cap and recommended that Congress shelve the austerity measures. The office said in a statement the proposal interferes with the autonomy of other federal powers and would weaken the country’s judicial system, handicapping efforts to combat corruption.
Monday, October 10th 2016 - 23:28 UTC
Brazil's economy could again rank eighth world largest next year, says IMF

Brazil's economy is expected to return to growth next year and with a decrease in the value of the dollar vis-a-vis the Real in recent months, the country is back on track to becoming the world's eighth largest GDP in 2017 according to the IMF. Since last year, Brazil has been ranked ninth (2 positions below its ranking in 2014) due to the recession that started at the end of 2014.