Stories for 2016

Thursday, March 10th 2016 - 05:40 UTC
American Airlines axes Caracas New-York until market conditions improve

American Airlines said this week it will ax its Caracas to New York route on April 4 due to low demand just over three months after reinstating it. The surprise move comes amid a years-long battle between American Airlines Group and the Venezuelan government in which the world's largest airline says it has not been able to repatriate revenue.
Thursday, March 10th 2016 - 05:26 UTC
Murdoch and The Sun gets the Queen involved in the Brexit debate

Buckingham Palace said it had launched an official complaint with Britain's press watchdog on Wednesday over a newspaper report that Queen Elizabeth backs a British exit from the European Union, saying the monarch remains politically neutral.
Thursday, March 10th 2016 - 05:18 UTC
Argentine construction chamber admits 54.000 jobs losses in a “complicated transition”

Argentina's Construction Chamber president Juan Chediack said 54,000 jobs have been lost in the sector since December. In statements to a local radio, Chediack pointed out the drop in construction jobs was a result of two factors: ”2015 fiscal deficit that provoked the nonpayment of works, and high inflation that pretty much stopped private developments, which are important job engines.”
Thursday, March 10th 2016 - 05:03 UTC
United States joins worldwide effort against illegal fishing

The United States has brought added momentum to global efforts targeting illegal fishing by adhering to a FAO-brokered international pact.US Ambassador to the United Nations agencies in Rome, David Lane, this week formally presented FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva with the US' instrument of ratification of the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing.
Thursday, March 10th 2016 - 03:59 UTC
Spain's Socialists would continue “dialogue and friendship” with Gibraltar even with Brexit

Spain’s Socialist party would continue to advocate “dialogue and friendship” with Gibraltar even if the UK voted to leave the European Union, the PSOE’s MP for Cádiz said during a visit to the Rock.
Thursday, March 10th 2016 - 03:42 UTC
Brussels is waiting for Macri to renew relations, says top EU foreign affairs official

President Mauricio Macri has been invited to the European Union and “we are working so that when he arrives we will have several announcements to make and issues to materialize” said Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra after meeting in Buenos Aires with Federica Mogherini, EU High Representative for foreign affairs.
Thursday, March 10th 2016 - 03:23 UTC
Argentina's next ambassador in London invited to UK residence in Buenos Aires

British Ambassador in Buenos Aires Dr. John Freeman and Mrs Freeman welcomed Ambassador Carlos Sersale Di Cersiano and his partner Linette de Jager to the Residence and congratulated him on his appointment to London. The British ambassador wished both every success in the years ahead.
Wednesday, March 9th 2016 - 07:24 UTC
As of next May first, 90% of Pacific Alliance trade will be free of tariffs

The Pacific Alliance Additional Protocol becomes effective next May first, which means 90% of trade between Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico will be free of tariffs, while the remaining will be subject to gradual tariff liberation chronogram, according to Andres Rebolledo, head of Chile's International Economic Relations Department, Direcon.
Wednesday, March 9th 2016 - 07:13 UTC
Pacific Alliance four members committed “to solid and orderly public finances”

Pacific Alliance members' commitment to maintaining solid and orderly public finances, in a changing global economic environment is crucial to continue to attract investments, said Chile's Finance minister Rodrigo Valdes currently in New York with his peers from Peru, Colombia and Mexico, to promote the region.
Wednesday, March 9th 2016 - 06:47 UTC
Falklands celebrates “Tussac Tuesday”, one of the most valuable native plants

In rare coincidence with the International Women´s Day, the Falkland Islands celebrated ”Tussac Tuesday'', the Poa flabellata grass, one of the most valuable native plants to farmers and wildlife in the Islands. It is palatable all year round and can provide good supplementary forage for cattle, horses and sheep.