Stories for 2016

Friday, November 11th 2016 - 08:57 UTC
Seven percent more Britons traveled to Argentina this year

The flow of British tourists into Argentina until August this year recorded a seven percent increase when measured against data from 2015. Ten percent rise forecast for 2017, accoring to Argentine Minister of Tourism Gustavo Santos.
Friday, November 11th 2016 - 08:48 UTC
Brazilian president accused of having received US$ 300.000 for political campaign funding

Brazilian President Michel Temer has been accused of taking a large bribe by a former political ally. Lawyers for former President Dilma Rousseff, who was removed from office in May, filed court documents which they say prove the claim.
Friday, November 11th 2016 - 08:44 UTC
Gibraltar “is part of the UK” and “we don't need any type of co-sovereignty”

Gibraltar “is part of the UK” and its particular circumstances will be reflected in Britain’s exit deal from the EU, the UK’s ambassador to Spain said this week, adding that co-sovereignty was not an option. Simon Manley made the comments in a wide-ranging interview on Brexit published by La Nueva España newspaper on Wednesday.
Friday, November 11th 2016 - 08:17 UTC
Obama and Trump praise each other and agree on a smooth transition, but tension was evident

After savaging President Barack Obama before and during his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump met him in person for the first time on Thursday and said he had “great respect” for him. President Barack Obama called his conversation with President-elect Trump excellent.
Friday, November 11th 2016 - 08:08 UTC
Dow Jones reverses trend after Trump's victory

The Dow Jones index climbed more than 300 points (1.5 percent), by the afternoon, coming back from an abrupt 750-point plunge as election results came in. Stock markets reversed overnight losses stemming from the shock of Donald Trump's upset victory and and the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared to what would be a record closing high as investors assimilated the implications of the Republican return to the White House.
Friday, November 11th 2016 - 08:00 UTC
Argentine agro-industrial exports up 25% this year

It was in the first three quarters of 2016 compared to the same period in 2015, the Argentine Ministry of Agroindustry reported during the Agricultural Perspectives Conference at the Buenos Aires Cereal Exchange.
Friday, November 11th 2016 - 07:52 UTC
Alas buyover agreed on with Chilean airline LAW

Latin American Wings (LAW) and the Uruguayan company reached an agreement whereby the new owners will keep 50% of the current staff, government authorization pending. Alas Uruguay and the Chilean airline Latin American Wings (LAW) reached a “framework agreement” on Thursday as “the first step towards integration,” it was announce in Montevideo.
Friday, November 11th 2016 - 07:18 UTC
Trump on the phone with PM May: “UK a very, very special place for me and for my country”

The special relationship between the UK and the US will go from “strength to strength”, Donald Trump has told Theresa May in their first telephone call since his election. The President-elect told the Prime Minister the UK was a “very, very special place for me and for our country”. He set out his “close and personal connections with, and warmth for, the UK”, according to a Downing Street spokesman. Mrs. May stressed the importance of Britain's relationship with the US in the wake of the Brexit vote.
Friday, November 11th 2016 - 07:04 UTC
Trump's victory seen from Argentina as a global tendency in Western economies

Under the heading of “Trump and Argentina”, political analyst Rosendo Fraga outlines what he believes are the reasons for the US tycoon victory in the presidential election, which he links to similar conditions in UK and the Brexit, and possible surprises next year both in France and Germany, the four leading Western economies.
Thursday, November 10th 2016 - 19:02 UTC
UN Consensus “does not change anything about Gibraltar’s British sovereignty”

The Gibraltar government has reacted to a United Nations Consensus Decision about Gibraltar agreed between the United Kingdom and Spain during the annual event claiming it “changes nothing in relation to the continued British Sovereignty over Gibraltar”.