Stories for March 31st 2017

Friday, March 31st 2017 - 22:42 UTC
JBS meat packers suspends production in 10 of 36 beef facilities

JBS SA, the world’s largest meat packer, has suspended production at 10 plants in Brazil. The action comes as the company works to rebound from the fallout of an anticorruption investigation launched by the Federal Police in Brazil.
Friday, March 31st 2017 - 17:33 UTC
Falkland Islands Journal CD 4th edition: local history at your fingertips

Since 1967, the Falkland Islands Journal has been an independent annual academic publication on all aspects of the history, natural history and geography of the Falkland Islands and associated regions. Special features are included each year. The emphasis is on recording the culture, heritage and natural environment of the Falkland Islands.
Friday, March 31st 2017 - 07:59 UTC
Falklands Tourist Board launches new website

The Falkland Islands Tourist Board (FITB) launched its new website earlier this week. Acting CEO of FITB Stephanie Middleton said: ”We are delighted to finally launch this site. It is driven by a detailed database of accommodation, restaurants, shops, attractions and events, which allows us to make changes and keep it fresh on a regular basis.
Friday, March 31st 2017 - 07:40 UTC
WHO dispatched 3.5 million doses of yellow fever vaccine for outbreak in Brazil

In response to the yellow fever outbreak currently on-going in Brazil some 3.5 million doses of vaccine from the emergency stockpile were deployed to the country through the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision for yellow fever.
Friday, March 31st 2017 - 07:35 UTC
Gibraltar presents Medallion of Honor to US Congressman Holding

The Deputy Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia this morning presented the Gibraltar Medallion of Honor to Congressman George Holding in the Capitol Building in Washington. The presentation took place in the Lincoln Room, once used by Abraham Lincoln to lobby members of Congress.
Friday, March 31st 2017 - 07:20 UTC
Venezuelan Supreme Court closes Legislative gives all power to Maduro: world condemnation

The Venezuelan Supreme Court's decision late Wednesday to take control of the opposition-controlled legislature has set off a wave of outrage, with some hemispheric neighbors, including the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Peru and Argentina, denouncing the measure as a threat to democracy.
Friday, March 31st 2017 - 05:05 UTC
Odebrecht insists Rousseff was aware of slush funds provided for the presidential campaign

One of Brazil's leading newspapers, Folha de Sao Paulo, reported that the Odebrecht family group confessed to have provided the 2014 presidential ticket campaign, Dilma Rousseff-Michel Temer with millions of dollars in slush funds for the campaign.
Friday, March 31st 2017 - 04:55 UTC
Falklands includes a new island in its EEZ with UN support

The Falklands have added a new island. A representative of the United Nations Commission on the Law of the Sea, Lithuanian geologist Professor Loof Lirpa, has confirmed to Penguin News that a new island has emerged in the South Atlantic Ocean, about 150 miles north of Steeple Jason.
Friday, March 31st 2017 - 04:52 UTC
UK confident of closer relations with Argentina and Mercosur, in the Brexit process

Ambassador in Argentina Mark Kent said that the UK process of leaving the EU will be slow and in the meantime as it opens to new alliances, new markets, Britain will be looking for closer relations with Argentina, and Mercosur, not geared by protectionism but rather the opposite, an inclusive globalization.
Friday, March 31st 2017 - 04:39 UTC
Rousseff's “hangman” sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption

A federal court sentenced Brazil’s former speaker of the Lower House, Eduardo Cunha, to more than 15 years in prison on Thursday for corruption, making him the highest-profile political conviction yet in the “Operation Car Wash” scandal. The former politician’s defense team said they would appeal the decision but Cunha will remain imprisoned pending appeal.