Stories for April 3rd 2017

Monday, April 3rd 2017 - 13:52 UTC
Brazil rapidly becoming global supplier of light crudes

Brazil is poised to sharply increase oil exports this year as heavy investments spur new output and demand for its lighter crudes win more buyers, especially in China and India. Production is projected to rise 210,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2017, second only in the size of additional supply to the United States among non-OPEC producers.
Monday, April 3rd 2017 - 13:39 UTC
Mexico planning to purchase Brazilian rice ahead of a clash with Trump over a Nafta review

A move announced recently by Mexican diplomats may be a precursor of what could be happening in the coming months with the trading of major commodities involving the country’s trade war talks with the U.S.
Monday, April 3rd 2017 - 13:27 UTC
Irish farmers want meat removed from Mercosur/EU trade talks

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is pushing to have meat removed from the proposed trade deal between Europe and Mercosur in the wake of Brazil’s meat scandal. The move could scupper the entire trade deal given the importance of the meat industry to Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.
Monday, April 3rd 2017 - 12:13 UTC
Very Large Ore carrier with 260.000 tons o iron ore disappears in mid Atlantic

A South Korean ship carrying thousands of tons of iron ore and a crew of 24 has vanished in the South Atlantic after setting out from a port in Brazil. Two Filipino sailors were rescued on Sunday from a life raft and are expected to give investigators details of how and why the Stellar Daisy foundered as it headed south.
Monday, April 3rd 2017 - 10:37 UTC
Macri mixed local politics in the Malvinas Fallen and Veterans Day anniversary

Argentine president Mauricio Macri underlined that dialogue will facilitate the Malvinas sovereignty non-renounceable claim and ensure that it is really effective. The Argentine leader was addressing a delegation of Malvinas Fallen Relatives and Veterans, at the Olivos presidential residence on Sunday which marked the 35th anniversary of the beginning of the South Atlantic conflict in 1982.
Monday, April 3rd 2017 - 10:33 UTC
Bertone invites Falkland Islanders to become Tierra del Fuego citizens

Tierra del Fuego governor Rosana Bertone called the Falkland Islanders “fueguinos” and invited them to integrate based on respect for “cultural diversity”. Ms Bertone was addressing the crowd on Sunday at the Malvinas Fallen monument in Ushuaia on Sunday, 35th anniversary of the Argentine military invasion of the Falklands and which according to the local calendar is the Malvinas Veterans and Fallen Day.
Monday, April 3rd 2017 - 10:24 UTC
“We will never cease to claim Malvinas”, but advancing along intelligent paths

Argentina will never cease to claim Malvinas Islands sovereignty, but intelligent paths to advance on that purpose must also be found, said Ministry of Interior, Public Works and Housing Rogelio Frigerio on Sunday, in Ushuaia, during the main official event on the 35th anniversary of the beginning of the 1982 conflict with the United Kingdom.
Monday, April 3rd 2017 - 10:16 UTC
Mudslide in Colombian sweeps away half a city: 254 dead, hundreds missing

Flooding and mudslides in the Colombian city of Mocoa sent torrents of water and debris crashing onto houses in the early hours of Saturday morning, killing 254 people, a quarter of them children, injuring hundreds and sending terrified residents, some in their pajamas, scrambling to evacuate.
Monday, April 3rd 2017 - 09:07 UTC
UK twice offered to return Malvinas, but twice Argentina rejected, now it's a fifty year game

“Twice Great Britain offered to return Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty to Argentina, and Argentina frustrated the two opportunities”, and one of those offers involved the government of Margaret Thatcher, revealed diplomat Andrés Cisneros, Argentine deputy foreign minister with Guido Di Tella in the nineties.
Monday, April 3rd 2017 - 09:02 UTC
Paraguayan president sacks Interior minister and Chief of Police following torching of Congress

President Horacio Cartes fired Paraguay’s interior minister and chief of police on Saturday following the death of a young opposition party leader and violent overnight clashes sparked by a secret Senate vote for a constitutional amendment to allow presidential re-election.