Stories for October 2016

Monday, October 3rd 2016 - 08:52 UTC
Colombians turn their back on peace deal: Santos and FARC allies in rejection

Colombian voters appeared to have shocked their government, world leaders and pollsters by blasting away its hopes for a historic peace deal with the Marxist FARC rebels on Sunday, near-complete referendum results showed. Reversing the trend of earlier opinion polls, voters appeared to have narrowly defied the government's pleas to ratify its plan to put 52 years of bloody conflict behind them within months.
Monday, October 3rd 2016 - 08:36 UTC
Brazilians voters punish corruption-involved parties; Lula's drops to tenth place in municipal rating

Brazilians expressed their disenchantment and frustration on Sunday's municipal elections punishing parties involved in the major corruption schemes and political disputes as the country's economy has plunged into the worst economic recession almost a century including the loss of millions of jobs.
Monday, October 3rd 2016 - 08:09 UTC
Argentina claims Falklands' sovereignty at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva

Argentina again claimed Falkland Islands' sovereignty and called for bilateral negotiations, as indicated by the UN General Assembly, at the closing 33rd session of the Human Rights Council last Friday in Geneva.
Monday, October 3rd 2016 - 07:54 UTC
Yuan becomes global reserve currency but China will have to relax capital controls and the exchange rate

The Chinese currency Yuan entered a new phase in its journey to become more important to the world economy: starting on Saturday the Yuan is officially a member of the International Monetary Fund’s basket of global reserve currencies. Together, this group of currencies, known as Special Drawing Rights (SDR), forms a kind of pseudo-currency—used only by the IMF—to supplement countries’ official reserves.
Monday, October 3rd 2016 - 07:40 UTC
Temer visits Macri to address trade and making Mercosur more flexible and universal

Argentine president Mauricio Macri will be receiving his Brazilian peer Michel Temer in Buenos Aires on Monday morning to address bilateral relations in several fields, mainly political, trade, Mercosur, and security and development in the long shared border areas. According to official sources Temer´s delegation arrives with foreign minister Jose Serra, Industry and trade minister Marcos Pereira and head of defense Raul Jungmann.
Monday, October 3rd 2016 - 07:03 UTC
PM May announces Brexit process should be over by 2019 with strong limits on immigration policy

Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday that Britain would begin the process of withdrawing from the European Union by the end of March and suggested that she would seek a clean break that makes limits on immigration a priority.
Saturday, October 1st 2016 - 19:35 UTC
Cruise industry booming in Australia, the fourth largest source market

Australia will welcome an unprecedented number of cruise ships this summer, with more than 40 vessels sailing in local waters - including eight ships making their maiden visit over the next few months. Among the flotilla will be the largest ship to visit Australia, Royal Caribbean’s 167,000-ton Ovation of the Seas, as well as the youngest and most luxurious ship ever to cruise Oceania waters, the boutique Seabourn Encore, which will arrive two weeks after it is officially named in Singapore.
Saturday, October 1st 2016 - 11:53 UTC
A 32.8 feet Anaconda found in Brazil, largest snake in the world

Construction workers in Brazil have stumbled upon one of the most frightening creatures in the planet a ten meters long anaconda. The snake measuring 32.8 feet and weighing over 400 kilos, was discovered after the workers set off a controlled demolition explosion to destroy a cave in Belo Monte Dam to make way for their project.
Saturday, October 1st 2016 - 02:55 UTC
Malcorra summoned to Senate to explain Falklands' clauses in the joint statement

Foreign minister Susana Malcorra is scheduled to attend the Argentine Senate next Wednesday morning to expand on the recent Argentina/UK joint statement, particularly the South Atlantic chapter which deals with the Falkland Islands and alleged softening of the Argentine sovereignty claim.
Saturday, October 1st 2016 - 02:46 UTC
Sao Paulo mayor race has become a puppets' dispute between presidential hopefuls

Next Sunday Brazilians will be going to the polls to elect mayors and councilors in 5.570 cities and towns across the country in what is the first test of the mood of voters since the impeachment of president Dilma Rousseff last month.