MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 15th 2017
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Friday, September 15th 2017 - 07:38 UTC
Venezuela plans to abandon the dollar; greenback currently sells for 22.400 Bolivar
Venezuela temporarily suspended the sale of U.S. dollars through its Dicom auction system, following an announcement last week that it was moving away from the greenback in response to U.S. sanctions. The United States in August prohibited dealings in new debt from Venezuela and state oil company PDVSA in response to the creation of a new legislative super-body that critics call the consolidation of a dictatorship.
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Friday, September 15th 2017 - 07:32 UTC
Chilean company will build new cellulose plant in the south of the country
Chilean forestry company Arauco, a subsidiary of industrial conglomerate Empresas Copec SA, will invest US$185 million to build a new cellulose and textile pulp plant in the nation’s south, the company said on Thursday.
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Friday, September 15th 2017 - 07:23 UTC
Falklands: Substantial progress with seal mitigation in Calamari fishery
By Senior Fisheries Scientist Dr Alexander Arkhipkin - The Department of Natural Resources (Fisheries) has reported that seal mortalities were brought to negligible levels thanks to recent mitigation measures. Since the end of August, all Loligo trawlers were required to have seal exclusion devices (SEDs) in their trawls.
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Friday, September 15th 2017 - 07:12 UTC
Brazil's Temer charged with obstruction of justice and racketeering
Brazilian President Michel Temer was charged with obstruction of justice and racketeering on Thursday, according to a statement posted on the prosecutor general's office website, threatening to delay the government's economic reform agenda in Congress.
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Friday, September 15th 2017 - 07:00 UTC
Falklands' Governor Phillips: “You decide how you wish to be governed, now and in the future”
The new Governor of the Falkland Islands emphasized that he was in the Islands to work with, “the democratically elected representatives of the people”, and it was, “entirely proper that you (Falkland Islanders) decide how you wish to be governed, now and in the future.”
