MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 14th 2017
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Saturday, October 14th 2017 - 20:42 UTC
IMF: Latin America must crack down on corruption and improve governance
Latin American and Caribbean governments need to crack down on corruption in order to make their economies more durable and the benefits of growth more widespread, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday.
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Saturday, October 14th 2017 - 08:30 UTC
Catalonia's leader under mounting pressure from separatist allies and Madrid
Catalonia’s leader faced mounting pressure on Friday from all sides, with hardliners in the separatist movement demanding he declare independence from Spain once and for all. Spain’s government and the European Union, on the other hand, want him to abandon the secession plans altogether.
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Saturday, October 14th 2017 - 08:25 UTC
EU preparing for post-Brexit trade negotiations with UK, ignoring London
The EU is to begin preparing for its post-Brexit trade negotiations with the UK, while refusing to discuss the matter with the British government. An internal draft document suggests the 27 EU countries should discuss trade among themselves while officials in Brussels prepare the details. However the draft text could yet be revised.
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Saturday, October 14th 2017 - 08:16 UTC
Japan's steel scandal of falsifying quality data has global manufacturing repercussions
Japan's Kobe Steel has increased the number of firms it says have been affected by its data fabrication scandal from 200 to 500, and has also found “inappropriate actions” relating to nine more products, including falsifying data. Earlier this week, Kobe admitted falsifying quality data on some of its products for up to a decade.
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Saturday, October 14th 2017 - 08:10 UTC
Argentine teenagers travel to Falklands in high school graduation trip
Eighteen Argentine high school graduates from a Catholic institution in the port-town of Ensenada, next to La Plata should be arriving in the Falkland Islands this Saturday after connecting with the LATAM flight in Rio Gallegos. The trip was planned and agreed two years ago and since then they have been collecting funds with different activities to make possible a lifetime's dream.
