Stories for 2016

Monday, March 7th 2016 - 04:34 UTC
Panama wants to be Home Port for cruises, but companies are 'asking too much'

Panama is holding tough negotiations with cruise lines hoping they will return to the country, using local facilities as Home Port, but government authorities admit that the demands from the companies are too high.
Monday, March 7th 2016 - 04:26 UTC
Montevideo/Falklands/Malvinas air link is “viable”, says ex Uruguayan president

Uruguay's former president Luis Lacalle Herrera said that an air bridge between Montevideo and the Falklands/Malvinas Islands is 'viable' and was optimistic about such an opportunity in the near future.
Monday, March 7th 2016 - 04:06 UTC
Tax agreement between United Kingdom and Uruguay

United Kingdom and Uruguay signed a convention to avoid double taxation and prevent fiscal evasion related to taxes on income and on capital. British Ambassador Ben Lyster-Binns and the Uruguayan Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa signed the agreement in a ceremony at the Palacio Santos in Montevideo.
Saturday, March 5th 2016 - 10:33 UTC
Olympics organizers in Rio do Janeiro struggling with tickets, 50% remain unsold

With five months to go before the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian organizers are struggling to sell tickets for South America’s first games. The IOC president Thomas Bach said the locals will buy up tickets at the last minute.
Saturday, March 5th 2016 - 10:24 UTC
UN requests to know why Argentine social leader Milagro Sala remains in jail

United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention wants Argentine President Mauricio Macri to explain why social leader Milagro Sala has been in jail for almost two months. The request comes two weeks after the UN Group accepted a filing submitted by the Centre of Legal and Social Studies (CELS), Amnesty International and Andhes, a group of lawyers from the northern area of the country.
Saturday, March 5th 2016 - 08:59 UTC
Malcorra sides with Lula da Silva, “hard to believe” what he's going through

Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra sided with former president Lula da Silva arguing that it is hard to believe that a leader with such a record is under a criminal investigation, and underlined that all the economic and political scenario of Brazil has a great impact in Argentina.
Saturday, March 5th 2016 - 08:52 UTC
Spain will bring up the issue of Gibraltar, 'the very next day' UK votes to leave European Union

The caretaker Spanish Foreign Secretary, Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo, has declared that he will bring up the question of Gibraltar ‘the very next day’ if the UK votes to leave the European Union on 23rd June. The interview has been described by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo as an example of why it's so much more important for Gibraltar to remain in Europe.
Saturday, March 5th 2016 - 06:37 UTC
Argentina downgrades Malvinas Department, but sovereignty claim “remains as strong as ever”

The Argentine government announced it downgraded the Malvinas Islands department at the Foreign ministry, but minister Susana Malcorra insisted that the sovereignty claim over the South Atlantic Islands “remains” as strong as ever and will advance in different forms, probably more subtle, and with Gibraltar as a reference.
Saturday, March 5th 2016 - 06:29 UTC
US jobs market in February underlines strength of the economy

The United States economy added 242,000 jobs in February, far better than the 190,000 expected by economists. The Labor Department numbers underlined the strength of the US economy and may allow the Federal Reserve to gradually raise interest rates this year. Another 30,000 jobs were also added to the previous estimates for December and January.
Friday, March 4th 2016 - 21:10 UTC
Brazil political system in shock: police question Lula da Silva for three hours and raid his properties

Brazilian police on Friday questioned former President Lula da Silva for over three hours and searched his home and other properties linked to him and his family, one of the most dramatic developments yet in the sprawling corruption case at the oil giant Petrobras.