Stories for 2016

Tuesday, May 3rd 2016 - 06:34 UTC
Falklands government annual reception at Lincoln's Inn on June 15th

The annual Falkland Islands Government Reception at Lincoln’s Inn in London this year has been announced on Wednesday 15th June.
Tuesday, May 3rd 2016 - 06:22 UTC
First visit in ten years of UK foreign secretary to Mexico

The first visit in ten years to Mexico by a British Foreign Secretary is intended to reaffirm the close and growing relationship between the UK and Mexico. The talks follow the successful State Visit to the UK by President Peña Nieto in March 2015 and each country using 2015 to celebrate the other’s contributions in arts, culture and innovation.
Tuesday, May 3rd 2016 - 06:00 UTC
Venezuela's explosive situation makes Pope Francis send a “personal letter” to Maduro

Pope Francis has sent a “personal letter” to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in which he addresses his concern over the “seriousness” of “the county’s situation”, revealed papal spokesman Federico Lombardi confirmed to journalists this weekend.
Monday, May 2nd 2016 - 20:11 UTC
St Helena postpones official opening of the new airport

The St. Helena Government confirms that further safety and operational work is required prior to the Official Opening of the Island’s new Airport – and that this event has therefore been postponed. While this means that the Airport will not officially open on 21 May 2016 as originally planned, the safety of aircraft and passengers is of course paramount.(MP, 15 and 19 April).
Monday, May 2nd 2016 - 11:54 UTC
Temer anticipates support of constitutional reform, and would step down in 2018

Vice-president Michel Temer patiently preparing a coalition and a basic program if Dilma Rousseff is finally impeached said he will not be standing as a candidate for Presidency in 2018. Furthermore, he said he will support the proposal to end presidential re-election in Brazil.
Monday, May 2nd 2016 - 08:51 UTC
With a subsidy production scheme, Argentina is back exporting oil, mainly to China

Argentine oil producers are shipping record volumes of crude this month, spurred by a new government subsidy that has also prompted state-owned oil company YPF to return to the export market for the first time in years.
Monday, May 2nd 2016 - 08:39 UTC
“Adonia”, the first US cruise vessel in fifty years to dock in Havana on Monday

The first US cruise ship bound for Cuba in half a century set sail from Florida on Sunday, marking a new milestone in the rapprochement between Washington and Havana. The Adonia, a vessel from the Carnival cruise's Fathom line, raised its anchors and departed from Miami, the heart of the Cuban diaspora in the United States, around 4:00 pm.
Monday, May 2nd 2016 - 08:33 UTC
Temer promises to combat corruption by strengthening anti-graft institutions

A government led by Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer would press ahead with the country's corruption fight by strengthening anti-graft institutions and enacting tougher controls over state-run companies, and will also implement an education reform, according to a six chapter document leaked to the Sao Paulo media.
Monday, May 2nd 2016 - 08:18 UTC
Macri claims Argentina hid unemployment with 'worthless public jobs', at Labor Day event with dissident union

Argentine president Mauricio Macri attended an event at a dissident union headquarters in the City of Buenos Aires where he marked the Labour Day with unionized workers of the food sector, and blasted the previous administration for hiding unemployment with public jobs.
Monday, May 2nd 2016 - 08:13 UTC
Argentines worried about inflation and unemployment; fuels increase 10% in May

A clear majority of Argentines are most worried about inflation and unemployment, a report by the D’Alessio IROL and Berenzstein private consulting agencies have showed.