Stories for 2016

Friday, November 25th 2016 - 16:26 UTC
Peru foresees great economic expansion for 2017

Peru's Economy and Finance Minister Alfredo Thorne said Thursday his country is set to record a growth of 4.8% as next year's budget was passed. Private investment in areas such as infrastructure will be the key.
Friday, November 25th 2016 - 16:03 UTC
Hurricane Otto southernmost on record to hit Central America

Otto was by Thursday a dangerous Category 2 hurricane on a sparsely populated stretch of the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, while heavy rains from the storm were blamed for three deaths in Panama this week.
Friday, November 25th 2016 - 15:53 UTC
Opposition governors give thumbs down to electronic vote reform for 2017

Argentine province governors of the opposition Justicialist (Peronist) Party now embodied in the Kirchnerite Victory Front (FpV) Thursday instructed their representatives on the national Senate to vote against President Mauricio Macri's proposal for an reform that would include electronic voting tickets.
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.