Stories for November 24th 2016

Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 20:19 UTC
Mexican cement manufacturer after deal building up Trump's wall

Mexican cement manufacturer Cementos Chihuahua expressed its interest in becoming a supplier for the construction of the border wall between Mexico and the US which has been announced by US President-elect Donald Trump during his campaign.
Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 20:14 UTC
Mercosur talks: No summit and Argentina will take over on December 14 rumoured

The presidency of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) in supposedly in the hands of Venezuela, who is said to have been suspended from full membership for failing to comply with the bloc's statutes.
Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 16:40 UTC
Trump calls for unity in Thanksgiving message and includes two women in the cabinet

In his first Thanksgiving Message as US President-elect, Donald Trump has called for unity following a “long and bruising political campaign”. He also announced the selection of the first two women in her cabinet, education and UN ambassador.
Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 16:27 UTC
Odebrecht in world record plea and leniency deal: ready to pay US$ 2 billion for Petrobras corruption

Federal prosecutors and Odebrecht SA have agreed on the world's biggest plea and leniency deal under which the embattled engineering conglomerate would pay around 7 billion Reais (US$ 2 billion) in fines related to its role in Brazil's biggest corruption scandal, local media reported.
Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 16:13 UTC
Foreign Office tells Trump there's “no vacancy for the job of UK ambassador in Washington”

Britain dismissed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's unprecedented expression of support for Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage to be made British ambassador to Washington, saying pointedly that there is no vacancy for the job. Trump, who after his election victory met Farage before any EU leaders, said on Twitter that “many people” would like to see the former metals trader turned politician as Britain's ambassador.
Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 16:09 UTC
Brazilian cash-strapped states agree to back structural reform in exchange for financial aid

Brazil's federal government reached a deal to help cash-strapped states with their fiscal woes in exchange for support from governors on deeper structural reforms including pension reform and the capping of public employee salaries.
Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 15:51 UTC
Malcorra grateful to Panama for the standing and historic support in Malvinas sovereignty dispute

Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra thanked her Panama peer Isabel de Saint Malo for the standing historic support from Panama to Argentina´s sovereignty claim over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, (under UK control), and looked forward to strengthening the excellent bilateral relations, according to an official Wednesday release from San Martin Palace.
Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 15:13 UTC
Santos and FARC sign new peace agreement; new version submitted for a vote in Congress

Colombia's government and FARC guerrillas will sign a new peace accord on Thursday, after a previous agreement to end their half-century-old war was defeated in a referendum, both parties said. The new, revised accord will be submitted to Congress for approval, rather than put to another referendum, they added.
Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 14:20 UTC
No layoffs until March 2017 in Argentina

The Argentine government reached an agreement Wednesday with businessmen and CGT union leaders that there will be no layoffs until March 2017, to give workers reassurances that that there is a commitment to create new jobs and to preserve the existing ones.
Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 13:49 UTC
Trump not believed to dare start tariffs war out of fear of WTO fines

Zhang Xiangchen, China's deputy international trade representative, said his country would defend its rights under World Trade Organization tariff rules should Trump uphold his campaign threats to levy punitive duties on China-made goods, which, according to an Auxtralian expert, is “very unlikely” to happen.