MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 23rd 2016
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Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 - 15:02 UTC
British government sells 721m Lloyds shares; stake down to 8%
The British government has taken advantage of recent share price strength and sold 721m Lloyds Banking Group shares. The share sale reduces the government’s stake in the lender to just under 8%. In total, the taxpayer owns a cool 5.7bn shares in Lloyds.
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Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 - 11:50 UTC
Macri-Trump families links much closer that believed; Ivanka speaks to Argentine president
Ivanka Trump, daughter of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, briefly joined her father's telephone call with Argentine President Mauricio Macri earlier this month, Macri's spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 - 11:41 UTC
Uruguay ratifies OAS convention for human rights protection of the elderly
Uruguay became the first member state of the Organization of American States (OAS) to deposit the instrument of ratification of the Inter-American Convention on the Protection of the Human Rights of Elderly Persons. The Permanent Representative of Uruguay, Hugo Cayrús, recalled that the legislature of his country ratified the Convention in September.
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Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 - 10:59 UTC
Partnership with Latin America and the Caribbean strategic for China
Chinese President said that his country's alliance with Latin America and Caribbean countries was of “strategic” importance as he opened the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Media Leaders Summit in Santiago.
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Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 - 09:00 UTC
Malcorra confirms Falklands' representation in UK delegation to Red Cross discussions in Geneva
Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra confirmed on Tuesday that next month there will be a meeting with representatives from the British government to advance in the agreement to start rolling the humanitarian mission headed by the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC, for the identification of former Argentine combatants buried at the Darwin cemetery in Falklands and which remain as unknown soldiers. The minister also said that Falklands will be part of the UK representation.
