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Stories for November 1st 2016

• Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 05:17 UTC

  Argentina and Uruguay involved in hake assessment cruise in the River Plate

  

  Argentina and Uruguay are involved in a joint demersal assessment cruise with the purpose of estimating the hake hubbsi biomass, sizes and age, as well as other resources up to a depth of approximately 300 meters.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 04:59 UTC

  Squall hits Piriapolis - all of Uruguay under metheorological orange alert

  

  From 6 am till Tuesday midnight, according to Inumet. Montevideo, Colonia and other key cities are code yellow. Some experts also speak of tornadoes.The Mayor of Maldonado, Enrique Antia, moved to Piriápolis to see first hand the consequences left by the squall that reached 180 kilometers per hour on Monday, and affected several parts of the city.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 02:29 UTC

  Maduro and opposition leaders meet under the mediation of Vatican envoys

  

  For the first time in at least two years, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his political team have met with several opposition leaders in attempt to defuse the country’s political crisis. The opposition’s main demand is to revive a suspended a recall referendum that could lead to the ouster of President Maduro. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in recent days to support to recall effort.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 02:16 UTC

  Brazil municipal elections runoff ratify “non political” candidates

  

  Marcelo Crivella on Sunday won the mayor's race in Rio de Janeiro, beating leftist Marcelo Freixo by a wide margin. Crivella, with the Brazilian Republican party, garnered 59.35% of the votes to 40.65% for Freixo, who is with the Socialism and Freedom Party.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 02:05 UTC

  Bank of England governor will step down in June 2019, after Brexit is over

  

  Bank of England governor Mark Carney says he will step down in June 2019. It means he will serve one additional year beyond the five-year term he committed to when he took the post, but will still be two years short of the usual eight years governors serve.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2016 - 01:30 UTC

  Insignia marks the official beginning of the cruise season for Punta Arenas

  

  With the arrival this Monday of M/V Insignia to Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile, and capital of the Magallanes region has officially declared opened the 2016/17 cruise season. It is estimated that 102.000 tourists will be visiting the region, although the number of vessel calls will drop drastically from 121 to 86.