Stories for November 1st 2016

Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 18:36 UTC
Argentina invests heavily in major dry bulk and vegetable oils port terminal

Bunge and Aceitera General Deheza S.A. (AGD) announced they will jointly invest US$100 million in Puerto General San Martin’s T6 industrial complex and port terminal. Puerto General San Martin is an inland port in Argentina that sits on the Paraná River.
Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 18:28 UTC
The Falkland Islands Police celebrate 170 Years

The Royal Falkland Islands Police Force (RFIP) is celebrating its birthday having been first established on the 1st November 170 years ago in 1846 with the appointment of Mr Francis Parry as Chief Constable. The Constables Ordinance of 1846, which was first enacted by the Colonies Legislative Council on 27th October of that same year, brought about the birth of an establishment that has remained at the service of the public ever since.
Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 16:25 UTC
Brazilian chancellor name, Serra emerges in Petrobras investigation, dating back to 2010 campaign

Brazil's current foreign minister Jose Serra name has emerged in the Petrobras investigation of companies, politicians and company's unfaithful officials. The construction group Odebrecht provided two names to the Lava Jato (Car Wash) investigation as being those who carried out operations that transferred R$ 23 million (US$ 7.3 million) from the construction company to the 2010 presidential campaign of Jose Serra, in off-the-books transactions.
Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 14:21 UTC
Gentoo penguins proving to be the sturdiest in Antarctica

A forty year study on a remote Antarctic island shows that while populations of two penguin species are declining, while a third is increasing. Analysis of census data from Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands reveals that, between 1978 and 2016, the number of chinstrap penguin pairs declined by nearly 70%.
Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 12:40 UTC
EMBRAER agrees to pay US$ 205m to settle corruption charges

Brazil's aircraft manufacturer Embraer has agreed to pay some US$205 million to settle corruption charges involving sales of military and civil airplanes to four customers. records to conceal illicit payments.
Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 10:18 UTC
Spinach effective in helping detect landmines, according to MIT field work

Scientists have transformed the humble spinach plant into a bomb detector. By embedding tiny tubes in the plants' leaves, they can be made to pick up chemicals called nitro-aromatics, which are found in landmines and buried munitions. Real-time information can then be wirelessly relayed to a handheld device.
Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 09:48 UTC
Norovirus outbreak in Massachusetts shellfish growing areas

The norovirus which has caused havoc to the cruise industry had emerged in Massachusetts waters forcing the closure of shell fishing within Wellfleet Harbor. The ban imposed by the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) has been set since October 28, but does not include bay and sea scallop adductor muscles and carnivorous snails, including conchs and whelks.
Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 08:11 UTC
Argentina 2016/17 wheat production estimated at 14.4m tons and 8m tons exports

Argentina’s wheat production is estimated at 14.4 million tons in 2016-17 and total exports are estimated at 8.03 million tons, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Services (FAS) said in its latest report. The main market is expected to be Brazil, the historic, natural market for Argentine wheat and flour.
Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 07:57 UTC
Meirelles insists in overhaul of social security rules to restore public finance order in Brazil

Brazil must push ahead with reforms, including a proposed cap on government spending and an overhaul of social security rules, to restore long-term order to public finances in Latin America's biggest economy, according to the country's finance minister.
Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 07:30 UTC
CFK says she is a victim of political harassment - equals her case to Lula's

The former Argentine president said she is no friends with entrepreneur Lazaro Baez, who was awarded around 80 percent of all public works in the province of Santa Cruz when governed by her late husband and eventually president Nestor Kirchner.