Stories for October 2016

Saturday, October 22nd 2016 - 10:31 UTC
Uruguay expects a no-growth cruise season; Buenos Aires port rates discourage companies

Uruguay is expecting some 150 cruise calls this coming season 2016/17 which begins next month and represents some 300.000 visitors, according to Tourism minister Liliam Kechichian who nevertheless admitted that growth prospects are somehow behind schedule because of the high costs of reaching and operating in the port of Buenos Aires.
Saturday, October 22nd 2016 - 10:20 UTC
Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Voyages will be operating from Miami by 2020

Sir Richard Branson’s new Caribbean cruise line is moving forward, and it’s got a new name. At a press conference in Miami on Tuesday, the new cruise line announced that it will now operate under the name Virgin Voyages.
Saturday, October 22nd 2016 - 09:33 UTC
US receives Monday OAS Electoral observation mission ahead of 8 November vote

Next Monday, October 24th, the Chief of the Organization of American States Electoral Observation Mission (OAS/EOM) to the United States, former Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla, will begin a preliminary visit to the United States during which she will hold meetings with key authorities and stakeholders of the electoral process in the states of Georgia and Pennsylvania, as well as the District of Columbia.
Saturday, October 22nd 2016 - 09:20 UTC
Diphtheria outbreak in Venezuela; CIA “germ warfare” claims the Chavista government

Diphtheria, an extremely contagious disease that has been mostly eradicated worldwide through vaccination, has reappeared in Venezuela and so far has killed four children with another twenty cases reported in just one month. The reappearance of diphtheria, a disease not seen in Venezuela in more than 20 years, is yet the worst symptom of the country's collapsed health system.
Saturday, October 22nd 2016 - 09:10 UTC
Trump's “rigged system” claim receives strong support in opinion polls

The Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gained on his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton among US voters this week, cutting her lead nearly in half, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling released on Friday. The polling data showed Trump's argument that the Nov. 8 election is “rigged” against him has resonated with members of his party.
Saturday, October 22nd 2016 - 08:46 UTC
Falklands and Chilean/British University sign MOU in Santiago on cooperation and exchange of students

Member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, Hon. Dr Barry Elsby MLA, continued his official trip in Chile by meeting with members of the Ministry of Education in Santiago on Wednesday.
Friday, October 21st 2016 - 18:17 UTC
Brazilian prosecution after another can of worms, the national development bank, BNDES

Brazil’s national development bank has frozen $13.5bn of funds for 47 overseas projects, including those in Angola, Mozambique, Cuba and the Dominican Republic, as yet more corruption charges are brought against politicians and executives arising from the Lava Jato corruption probe.
Friday, October 21st 2016 - 18:00 UTC
Falklands aims to double the number of nights spent by land-bases tourists by 2023

Falkland Islands Tourist Board Interim CEO, Steph Middleton gave a short presentation on the growth of visitor numbers in recent years at this week’s public meeting. She said there were 1,461 land-based tourists last year, spending about £2m or £120 per person per night - the best year since 2007-8.
Friday, October 21st 2016 - 14:20 UTC
Falklands in short supply of fresh produce, because of changes in Chilean Customs procedures

Falkland Islanders has been warned that fresh produce may be in short supply for some time to come due to changes in the Chilean Customs' procedures. Stanley Growers owner Tim Miller said that a large order for fruit and vegetables was not shipped from Santiago last week, as Customs officials at Punta Arenas insisted for the first time that LATAM airline provide them, in advance, with exact weight and contents of the cargo.
Friday, October 21st 2016 - 08:25 UTC
UK is still a full member of the EU and will attend all meetings, PM May tells Europe

Prime Minister Theresa May told EU leaders that Britain would not just rubber-stamp agreements made between the other member states when they meet as 27. In her first European Council, she said that as long as the UK was a full member of the EU, it wanted a seat at the table for discussions over the bloc’s future.