MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 25th 2017
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Saturday, February 25th 2017 - 11:30 UTC
Pope Francis defends indigenous peoples' rights to their ancestral lands
Pope Francis insisted that indigenous groups must give prior consent to any economic activity affecting their ancestral lands, a view that conflict with the Trump administration, which is pushing to build a US$3.8bn oil pipeline over opposition from American Indians.
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Saturday, February 25th 2017 - 11:23 UTC
Cuba denies visas to OAS chief, ex Mexican president and ex Chilean minister
The Organization of American States Secretary-General Luis Almagro said Wednesday that the Cuban government denied him permission to enter the island to receive a human rights prize created to honor late dissident Oswaldo Paya. Mexican ex-President Felipe Calderon and former Chilean Education Minister Maria Aylwin were denied entry to the island the day before.
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Saturday, February 25th 2017 - 10:52 UTC
Futuristic €450 million yacht freed from arrest in Gibraltar; heads for Cartagena
The futuristic €450 million yacht at the centre of a €15.3m legal wrangle has been freed from admiralty arrest and sailed from Gibraltar early Wednesday morning. Sailing Yacht A weighed anchor at around 8.30am and sailed from the Bay of Gibraltar in rough seas bound for the Mediterranean, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
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Saturday, February 25th 2017 - 10:32 UTC
EC president Juncker remembers UK's Brexit includes a “very salty” exit bill
A future relationship between Britain and the European Union will take years to negotiate and the UK can expect a hefty bill as the price of exit, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has warned. Mr. Juncker said Britain must understand that it will not be able to negotiate a “cut-price or zero-cost” exit from the EU, but will have to settle the bill for commitments which it entered into as a member.
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Saturday, February 25th 2017 - 07:16 UTC
Argentina's squid and Patagonian grenadier research cruise in the South Atlantic
Argentina's “Dr. Eduardo L. Holmberg” research vessel left for a second cruise of tooth fish, pollock, Patagonian grenadier and squid assessment. The cruise is expected to last thirty days and will be operating between 45o and 54o30' South and catching samples at depth ranging from 50 to 400 meters.
