MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 28th 2017
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Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 08:51 UTC
Trump's son in law to testify in Congress on alleged contacts with Russian officials and bankers
Russian bank under Western economic sanctions over Russia's incursion into Ukraine disclosed on Monday that its executives had met Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and a top White House adviser, during the 2016 election campaign.
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Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 08:36 UTC
May and Sturgeon unable to find common ground; Scottish parliament will vote on independence referendum
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and British Prime Minister Theresa May were unable to find common ground during a meeting in Scotland, just a day before the Scottish parliament is set to sanction another independence referendum.
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Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 08:27 UTC
PM May announces major counter terrorism training exercise in Scotland
British Prime Minister announced on Monday a major counter-terrorism training exercise will take place in Scotland later this year to test multi-agency response that would come into force in the event of a terror attack.
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Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 08:24 UTC
Argentine government offices can't stop calling the Islands... Falklands
Argentine government offices and dependencies don't seem to be able to get things right. When they publish maps of Argentina including the disputed South Atlantic Islands, on several occasions they have identified them as the Falkland Islands, and when not simply forgot to include them.
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Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 08:12 UTC
Argentina defines continental shelf limits with the exception of the Falklands and Antarctica areas
Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra has announced that Argentina has definitive international support for its defined continental shelf limits, with the exception of the Falklands/Malvinas, South Georgia, in dispute with the UK, and those covered by the Antarctic Treaty, which are not considered by the UN because of a sovereignty litigation or an international treaty.
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Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 07:58 UTC
China, Russia, EU interested in operating Brazilian railways
Brazil's planned auction of the rights to expand and operate the North-South railway between Tocantins and Sao Paulo states has drawn the interest of major operators from countries including Russia, China and Spain, a government official said.
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Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 07:54 UTC
Chile, Argentina and Uruguay planning greater coordination of cruise circuits
Punta Arenas Austral Ports Company, EPA, was part of the Chilean stand at the Seatrade Cruise Global fair which took place in mid March in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and attracts the best of the cruise industry, operators and port terminals from all the world.
