Stories for November 2016

Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 16:34 UTC
Argentine yacht rescued by Falklands en route back to Mar del Plata

The Argentine yacht “La Sanmartiniana”, which had been spotted and rescued, abandoned in the high seas, October 2015 by a Falklands Fisheries Protection patrol finally left the Islands on Sunday morning 27 November and is in route to Mar del Plata with a stop in Puerto Deseado, reported Robert King, Falkland Islands government Collector of Customs, Registar of Ships, Shipping Master, Receiver of Wreck and Admiralty Marshal.
Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 11:16 UTC
Plane carrying Chapecoense football team crashes on approach to Medellin

A Bolivian-registered airplane carrying the football players of Brazilian team Chapecoense crashed in a mountainous area as it approached Medellin's Jose Maria Cordova international airport around Monday midnight, local time. The team was due to play the first leg of the South American Cup (the second most important club continental competition) final against Libertadores Cup holders Atlético Nacional on Wednesday. Five survivors out of 81 people on board have been reported.
Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 09:47 UTC
No music to mark American Airlines landing in Havana

Passengers from Miami, wearing straw hats provided by American Airlines with the word “Cuba” on the back, were greeted with welcome signs in various languages, but no music as the first scheduled commercial flight from the US to Havana in more than 50 years landed Monday to the applause of passengers and a water-spraying salute from firetrucks.
Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 09:38 UTC
MI certifies Trump's win, Stein sticks to recount plans in WI, PA but nothing will change

Electoral officials for the state of Michigan certified Monday that Donald Trump won by 10,704 votes out of nearly 4.8 million to claim all of its 16 electoral votes. Green Party nominnee Jill Stein said she would continue with her petitions for vote recounts in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, although it would have taken a reversal in all three states for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to reach the presidency.
Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 09:32 UTC
First case of zika confirmed in Texas

Texas health officials have announced Monday their first case of Zika virus, making it the second US state to report such an occurrence after Florida. The victim is a woman who is not pregnant and has not traveled anywhere a Zika affected area in recent times, it was announced.
Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 09:01 UTC
US told by WTO to drop a special tax exemption that benefits Boeing

United States was given 90 days to drop a special tax exemption for the giant aerospace company Boeing because it amounts to an unlawful subsidy. The World Trade Organization (WTO) made the order after investigating a complaint from the European Union.
Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 08:49 UTC
Brazil lost 751,800 formal jobs in ten months of 2016

Brazil lost 751,800 formal jobs from January to October 2016, the country's Labour Ministry reported. According to the ministry's unemployment registry, the figures are only slightly better than the same period last year, when the Brazilian economy registered a net loss of 818,900 jobs.
Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 08:37 UTC
Brazil anticipates soy exports of 60m tons and 30m tons of corn from 2017

Brazil is getting ready for a blockbuster 2017 harvest and booming exports, amid favorable weather forecasts, according to recent estimates. With a plentiful harvest expected, Brazil’s National Grain Association predicts grain exports will rebound, with soybean exports of 60 MT in 2017, compared with some 51 MT for 2016. Corn exports will increase to 30 MT, compared with some 18.5 MT in 2016, the association reported.
Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 08:21 UTC
OECD optimistic about global growth; anticipates strong performance of Argentine economy next year

Fiscal initiatives could boost global economic growth, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Monday in its semi-annual economic forecast. The Paris-based think tank predicted a global gross domestic product (GPD) growth rate of 3.3% in 2017, a figure that remained unchanged from its last outlook released in June.
Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 08:02 UTC
Anti personnel mines conference opens in Santiago; Chile free of minefields by 2020

Ambassadors and representatives of nations that signed the Ottawa Convention called on Monday in Santiago for a quicker clearing of minefields, so that by 2025 the world will be completely free of landmines.