MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for January 20th 2017
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Friday, January 20th 2017 - 23:21 UTC
“You made me a better president and a better man”, Obama's farewell message
Outgoing President Barack Obama penned an emotional public letter, published Thursday, thanking Americans and encouraging them to participate into “daily acts of citizenship.” Before I leave my note for our 45th president, I wanted to say one final thank you for the honor of serving as your 44th,“ he wrote. ”Because all that I've learned in my time in office, I've learned from you. You made me a better president, and you made me a better man.”
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Friday, January 20th 2017 - 20:10 UTC
Hopes in Argentina that major terrorist actions will be finally investigated
Two years after the death of Alberto Nisman, organizers of tributes to the deceased Argentine prosecutor appear hopeful that the circumstances of his death will be clarified. Tributes were held for Nisman who was found dead at his home in the Argentine capital in January, 2015, in the midst of his investigation into the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish Center.
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Friday, January 20th 2017 - 20:05 UTC
Extradited drug lord El Chapo to face Brooklyn court on Friday
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican drug lord who was recaptured last year after six months on the run, arrived in the U.S. Thursday night just hours after the Mexican attorney general's office confirmed he was being extradited to the United States, the Department of Justice announced.
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Friday, January 20th 2017 - 19:44 UTC
CIA 1982 plan to hand Falklands to Argentina and relocate Islanders in Scotland
The population of the Falklands Islands could have been relocated to Scotland under a secret CIA plan, it has been revealed. United States planned to step in and hand the Islands to Argentina following the 1982 invasion, according to briefings rescued from the trove of 12 million documents published by the CIA on its website and discovered by the British media.
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Friday, January 20th 2017 - 12:42 UTC
Brazil in shock: Justice investigating country's major corruption dies in air crash
Brazil's President Michel Temer on Thursday evening made an official statement to mourn the death of Supreme Court judge Teori Zavascki, who was killed earlier in the day in a plane crash. Temer declared three days of national mourning in Brazil for the death of the Justice, who was in charge of the court's investigation into a wide-ranging corruption scandal.
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Friday, January 20th 2017 - 12:31 UTC
Falklands has new Deputy Governor; ex administrator of Tristan da Cunha
The new Deputy Governor has arrived in the Falkland Islands. Alex Mitham has had a week’s handover with his predecessor, Sandra Tyler-Haywood, who leaves the Islands this weekend. Mr. Mitham who is on secondment to the Foreign and Commonwealth is no stranger to Overseas Territories; in effect he is coming to the Islands after three years as Administrator on Tristan da Cunha.
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Friday, January 20th 2017 - 11:34 UTC
Falklands reacts and prepares for implications of Theresa May Brexit speech
The United Kingdom's intention to leave the single market as outlined in Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit speech on Tuesday has generated some concerns for the Falkland Islands Government, but a Member of the Legislative Assembly indicated this week they are still confident all will be well for the Islands under post- 2019 arrangements.
