Stories for 2016

Wednesday, November 16th 2016 - 10:01 UTC
Cristina Fernandez furious with Macri for the accusations against her mother

Argentine ex president Cristina Fernandez strongly defended her mother Ofelia Wilhelm who has been accused by the federal justice of fraud and pointed to president Mauricio Macri for the official investigation warning that “no matter how many cases are dumped on me, the fact is people don't make enough money to reach the end of the month”.
Wednesday, November 16th 2016 - 09:51 UTC
Canadian PM will pay official visits to Cuba, Argentina and attend APEC summit in Peru

Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau will pay official visits to Cuba and Argentina from November 15 to 18, and will travel to Peru from November 19 to 20 to participate in the 2016 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ meeting.
Wednesday, November 16th 2016 - 09:38 UTC
IMF anticipates a more gradual recovery of the Brazilian economy than forecasted

International Monetary Fund's executive board said on Tuesday that the Brazilian economy could be close to pulling out of a grueling recession, but faces a long and bumpy recovery that hinges on the approval of unpopular reforms. In its considerations of the IMF staff's annual report on Brazil, the executive board said that despite the new government's efforts to avoid a fiscal crisis they expected a gradual recovery in Latin America's top economy.
Wednesday, November 16th 2016 - 09:27 UTC
Argentina plans to cull 100.000 beavers devastating Tierra del Fuego woodlands

Argentina will cull 100,000 beavers which are devastating southern woodlands by gnawing down huge trees, officials said this week. The plague of big-toothed rodents has struck in the Tierra del Fuego province, a far southern region known as “the End of the World.”
Wednesday, November 16th 2016 - 09:19 UTC
Argentina's main network Telefe with 26,8m subscribers sold to Viacom for US$345m

Viacom Inc, the owner of Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and MTV, said on Tuesday it had bought Argentine broadcaster Television Federal SA (Telefe) from telecom carrier Telefonica SAfor US$345 million in cash. The deal to buy the Spanish-language network and content producer is part of Viacom's plan to boost its presence in Argentina and Latin America.
Wednesday, November 16th 2016 - 09:16 UTC
Brazil's annual inflation below 8%; October's 0.26% increase was the lowest since 2000

Brazil's annual inflation rate in October fell below 8% for the first time since February 2015, keeping the door open for small interest rate cuts as a deep recession lingers. Prices rose 7.87% in the 12 months through October, down from an annual increase of 8.48% in the previous month, statistics bureau IBGE said.
Wednesday, November 16th 2016 - 09:06 UTC
Trump receives Japan's Abe in New York expecting to reassure Asian allies

Donald Trump is expected to use his first meeting with a foreign leader as U.S. president-elect this week to try to reassure Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other Asian allies rattled by his campaign rhetoric, advisers to Trump said. Abe, a political blue blood and veteran lawmaker, and Trump, a brash outsider with no diplomatic or government experience, have differences on policy issues such as free trade.
Wednesday, November 16th 2016 - 08:55 UTC
Brazil and Argentina crop and yield estimates on the increase

Brazil and Argentina production estimates are going up, but hailstorms ruined soybean and corn crops in Argentina’s Santa Fe Province. However, La Niña is forecast to be relatively mild this year, according to NOAA forecasters.
Wednesday, November 16th 2016 - 08:47 UTC
EU farmers on alert at the prospect of increased imports of beef from Mercosur

Cheaper imports from Mercosur and the recovering dairy market will push down EU beef production and prices, states in a long-awaited impact study released by the European Union. Dairy and pigmeat exports will see steady gains, says the report, which looked at the cost of 12 pending trade deals on EU agri-food markets.
Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 20:09 UTC
World cereal production remains strong; summer 2017 crops in South America expected to expand

World cereal production for 2016 should amount to 2 571 million tonnes, up marginally from FAO's October forecast and 1.5% above the 2015 output. The updated figure, released Monday in the Cereal and Supply Demand Brief, reflects a substantial upgrade of the outlook for world wheat production, which is now expected to rise to 746.7 million tonnes, a 4.3 million increase from FAO's October forecast.