Stories for October 2016

Wednesday, October 26th 2016 - 10:57 UTC
PM Theresa May and Scotland´s First Minister Sturgeon clash over Brexit

British PM Theresa May and Scotland’s First Minister clashed at a Downing St Brexit summit dominated by a “very frank exchange of views”, Nicola Sturgeon revealed. Ms Sturgeon branded a warning from Number 10 that the devolved administrations must not try to undermine the UK’s negotiating position as “nonsense” as she labelled the talks between the PM and the leaders of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, as “deeply frustrating”.
Wednesday, October 26th 2016 - 10:35 UTC
Argentine private aircraft makes a direct Rio Gallegos flight to the Falklands for a four-day visit

Four Argentines who flew straight across from Rio Gallegos to Stanley airport in a private Beechcraft 55 and spent four days in the Falkland Islands, had only words of praise for the way they were considered and treated during the two months previous paperwork and when they finally reached their goal of visiting battle fields, cemeteries to honor the 1982 combatants who never returned.
Wednesday, October 26th 2016 - 05:48 UTC
Brazilian Lower House votes amendment to cap spending for twenty years

Brazilian President Michel Temer won another victory on Tuesday in his efforts to restore fiscal discipline when the lower house of Congress approved a constitutional amendment to cap spending for 20 years. Heavy public spending, a recession and a massive corruption scandal rocking Brazil's political establishment undermined confidence in Latin America's largest economy.
Wednesday, October 26th 2016 - 05:39 UTC
FAO recommends improvements to Chile's Fisheries Act: environment, food security and working conditions

President of Chile Michelle Bachelet received this week at the La Moneda presidential palace, the final report from FAO on the current situation of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Act (LPGA) governing this activity in Chile.
Tuesday, October 25th 2016 - 12:20 UTC
Temer urges Congress to approve bill easing oil industry regulation and Petrobras monopoly

President Michel Temer urged Congress on Monday to approve a bill that would ease oil industry regulation and strip state-controlled oil giant Petrobras of some of its privileges in Brazil's most promising oil fields. The proposed regulatory framework would “create new jobs” and “provide a new boost to investment in the sector,” Temer said in an address at the opening of the Rio Oil and Gas conference.
Tuesday, October 25th 2016 - 12:13 UTC
“Gibraltar forms part of the UK”, British ambassador Manley tells Spanish media

Gibraltar will be included in whatever deal the United Kingdom negotiates to leave the European Union, Britain’s ambassador to Spain has said. Simon Manley made the comment during a wide-ranging interview with the right-wing Spanish newspaper ABC, during which he also made clear “there is no turning back” from Brexit.
Tuesday, October 25th 2016 - 12:10 UTC
FCO Minister, Baroness Anelay, marks UN Day on its 70th anniversary

As Minister responsible for the United Nations, I see UN Day as a day of reflection about why the UN matters. The UN celebrated its 70th anniversary earlier this year, and the ambitions upon which the UN was founded remain as relevant and important today as they were at its inception.
Tuesday, October 25th 2016 - 11:52 UTC
Successful technical stop by an Avro RJ100 at St Helena airport

An Avro RJ100 jet aircraft, operated by Tronos Jet Maintenance and carrying two Atlantic Star Airlines personnel, successfully conducted a technical stop at St Helena Airport on Friday 21 October 2016, as part of a delivery flight to a customer in Chile.
Tuesday, October 25th 2016 - 11:34 UTC
Russia chooses wolf Zabivaka as the 2018 World Cup Mascot

A strong social media push propelled a wolf named Zabivaka to victory in the mascot race for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Zabivaka, or ‘the one who scores’ in Russian, received more than 530,000 votes, nearly doubling the second-place finisher the tiger. A cat received the fewest votes in the three-mascot race.
Tuesday, October 25th 2016 - 10:37 UTC
The “retributive” football spirit between Argentina and Uruguay

As could be expected soccer was not absent from the Argentina-Uruguay presidential summit in Buenos Aires on Monday. Mauricio Macri has been president of Boca Juniors, one of the two strongest and most popular Argentine sides and steered the club to reach several regional and continental cups.