Stories for 2017

Wednesday, June 28th 2017 - 02:10 UTC
Argentina resumes exports of lemons to Brazil

A shipment of 1,400 boxes (21,000 kilograms) from the province of Tucumán has already crossed the border by land on its way to the Sao Paulo Central Market, the national Agriculture Ministry reported Tuesday. Lemon exports to Brazil had been halted in 2009.
Wednesday, June 28th 2017 - 02:01 UTC
UN says FARC rebels hand over weapons to Colombian authorities

Leftist rebels in Colombia have turned over almost all of their fighters’ individual weapons as part of a historic peace deal reached with the government last year to end a half century of conflict, the United Nations said Monday.
Wednesday, June 28th 2017 - 01:48 UTC
Venezuela's Maduro warns of war if 'revolution' toppled

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro warned on Tuesday that he and supporters would take up arms if his socialist government was violently overthrown by opponents who have been on the streets protesting for three months.
Tuesday, June 27th 2017 - 22:30 UTC
Brazil: Janot files formal corruption charges against Temer

Brazil's top prosecutor slapped President Michel Temer with a lengthy indictment Monday night, charging the embattled leader with corruption. The allegations, which include accepting millions of dollars in bribes and approving hush money, make Temer the first sitting president in the country's history to be charged with a crime.
Tuesday, June 27th 2017 - 19:29 UTC
HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first QE Class aircraft carrier takes to sea for the 1st. time

The largest warship ever built in the UK eased into the Firth of Forth as it set out on two years of sea trials HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier, left her dock in Scotland in a delicate operation that took around three hours.
Tuesday, June 27th 2017 - 15:46 UTC
Trump's revised travel ban scores first SCOTUS win

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday partially lifted an injunction on President Donald J. Trump’s travel ban and thus allowed restrictions on citizens from certain predominantly Muslim countries to go into effect.
Monday, June 26th 2017 - 21:22 UTC
'Alive' survivor Coche Inciarte writes his memoirs

José Luis “Coche” Inciarte, one of the 16 survivors from the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash into the Andes mountains on Friday, October 13, 1972, has published his memoirs, in which he focuses on that life-changing event.
Monday, June 26th 2017 - 03:57 UTC
Argentina: CFK to run for Senate alongside former Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez will top the Citizen Unit's Senate ticket in the province of Buenos Aires for the upcoming primary PASO elections on August 13, alongside her former Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, it was announced.
Monday, June 26th 2017 - 03:48 UTC
David Davis wants PM May to stay in office during Brexit talks

Britain's chief Brexit negotiator David Davis warned Sunday that any attempt from within the Conservative Party to have Prime Minister Theresa May replaced would be “catastrophic” as the European Union might push for a “punishment deal.” Davis also said that no deal at all would be better than such an agreement. Archbishop of Canterbury also takes a stand.
Monday, June 26th 2017 - 03:41 UTC
Only 7% Brazilians still support Temer amid corruption allegations

Brazilian President Michel Temer reached a 7.0% approval rate in June, sinking deeper from the 9.0% measured in April, the Datafolha Institute reported, as the sitting head of state contnues to come closer to Jose Sarney's all time record of 0%, registered in 1989.