Stories for November 2016

Friday, November 25th 2016 - 08:54 UTC
Uruguayan president off to Europe looking for investors for an ambitious infrastructure plan

Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez is off to Europe for a two-week business and academic interests trip which begins on Friday in Spain and will continue in the Vatican, Austria and France. On Friday, Vazquez is scheduled to hold a private meeting with King Felipe IV of Spain, and on Monday with president Mariano Rajoy.
Friday, November 25th 2016 - 08:37 UTC
Uruguay expects 10% increase in international tourist arrivals this summer

Uruguay's deputy tourism minister said that based on current trends the number of international tourist arrivals during the current summer season, which peaks in December and January, should rise by more than 10%.
Friday, November 25th 2016 - 08:14 UTC
Spanish U turn: “Gibraltar will be part of Brexit negotiations; we want to help in this process”

Gibraltar “will be part” of the Brexit negotiations, Spain’s Minister for Education, Culture and Sport said on Wednesday, suggesting a marked shift from the hardline stance adopted by former Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo.
Friday, November 25th 2016 - 07:20 UTC
Falklands' mine clearance progresses steadily: 82 fields still to be neutralized

Minefield clearance in the Falklands is going well on the current phase which will run until June 2017, Dynasafe Bactec Ltd. Program manager Guy Marot confirmed this week to Penguin News. Work to date has involved technical survey and clearance work in the Eliza Cove area (south east Stanley) and Goose Green, and is scheduled to continue after Christmas in the Mount Longdon and Hearndon Waters (Murrell) minefields, and Port Howard on West Falklands.
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.