MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 27th 2017
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Wednesday, December 27th 2017 - 09:52 UTC
US poverty rate down; but top 5% of families accounted for more than one fifth of total income in 2016
A stronger US economy lifted American household incomes in 2016 and drove the poverty rate down to the level seen before the financial crisis. The median household income increased by 3.2% to US$59,039, rising for a second consecutive year as more people found full time jobs.
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Wednesday, December 27th 2017 - 09:42 UTC
Morales insists in involving the Pope in the ongoing sea outlet dispute between Bolivia and Chile
Bolivian President Evo Morales implied in a Tweet that he and Pope Francis had discussed Bolivia’s territorial dispute with Chile during a meeting at the Vatican on December 15. According to the Vatican, the 30-minute private meeting “took place in a cordial atmosphere.”
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Wednesday, December 27th 2017 - 09:36 UTC
Moody's expects Argentine economic recovery in 2018 and 2019
Credit risk rating agency Moody's expects Argentina's economic recovery to continue in 2018 and 2019, helped by the reforms advanced by the Mauricio Macri's administration in the last two years.
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Wednesday, December 27th 2017 - 09:29 UTC
Antarctica cruise revolution: hybrid electric LNG powered icebreaker
French luxury shipping line Ponant announced a world first with a hybrid electric-LNG powered icebreaker. The luxury vessel promises to deliver around 300 passengers to places never before visited by cruise passengers in ultra-luxury – and with the least damage to the environment.
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Wednesday, December 27th 2017 - 08:21 UTC
It's official: Nisman was murdered, and his ex secretary is charged as accessory to the crime
Alberto Nisman, the Argentine prosecutor who was found dead days after accusing former President Cristina Fernandez of covering up Iran’s role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center, was murdered, a federal judge said on Tuesday
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Wednesday, December 27th 2017 - 08:05 UTC
Argentine demanding US$ 1.2bn compensation from Cristina Fernandez and cronies
The Argentine government is demanding compensations of over 1.2 billion US dollars from ex president Cristina Fernandez, several of her ministers and staff, as well as businessmen benefitted by the Kirchner administrations, for damages caused by acts of corruption.
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Wednesday, December 27th 2017 - 07:22 UTC
Canada insists in criticizing the Maduro regime despite diplomats expulsion incident
Canada has announced it is expelling Venezuela's ambassador to Ottawa, Wilmer Barrientos Fernández, and its charge d'affaires, Ángel Herrera. Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said the move was in retaliation for the expulsion of its most senior diplomat from Caracas over the weekend.
