Stories for 2017

Sunday, February 26th 2017 - 14:04 UTC
“I prefer bridges to walls”, Kuczynski tells Trump at the White House

The first Latin American leader to visit U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House said that he told Trump he prefers bridges to walls and favors the free movement of people across borders. However, Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski declined to comment specifically on Trump's proposal to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border to curb illegal immigration and drug trafficking in a press conference following the meeting.
Sunday, February 26th 2017 - 13:50 UTC
Paraguayan guerrillas free abducted teenager after ransom is paid

A Mennonite teenager, Franz Weiber who was abducted last July by Paraguayan Marxist inspired guerrillas in the north of the country was released on Saturday, safe and sound, after the family and friends collected the equivalent of US$ 25.000 in food to distribute among fourteen Indian communities in the area.
Sunday, February 26th 2017 - 11:29 UTC
Argentine economy finally seems to have began a rebound

Argentina's economic activity rose 1.6% in December compared with the previous month, government data showed, a sign the economy likely expanded in the fourth quarter after a long recession. The economy fell 0.1% in December year over year and closed 2016 down 2.3% compared with 2015.
Sunday, February 26th 2017 - 11:21 UTC
YPF and Shell reach deal to develop oil and gas assets in Vaca Muerta shale field

Argentina's state-run oil company YPF said it reached a preliminary deal with Royal Dutch Shell Plc to develop oil and gas assets in the Vaca Muerta shale field, involving a US$300 million investment from Shell.
Sunday, February 26th 2017 - 09:19 UTC
Argentine-Chilean Antarctic inspectors check BAS Rothera base

A team or Argentine and Chilean experts have visited Czech and British bases in Antarctica as part of the routine inspection of environment and security operations, in the framework of the Antarctic Treaty. The Argentine foreign ministry reported that the inspections took place for the second consecutive year between 19 January and 25 February.
Saturday, February 25th 2017 - 11:30 UTC
Pope Francis defends indigenous peoples' rights to their ancestral lands

Pope Francis insisted that indigenous groups must give prior consent to any economic activity affecting their ancestral lands, a view that conflict with the Trump administration, which is pushing to build a US$3.8bn oil pipeline over opposition from American Indians.
Saturday, February 25th 2017 - 11:23 UTC
Cuba denies visas to OAS chief, ex Mexican president and ex Chilean minister

The Organization of American States Secretary-General Luis Almagro said Wednesday that the Cuban government denied him permission to enter the island to receive a human rights prize created to honor late dissident Oswaldo Paya. Mexican ex-President Felipe Calderon and former Chilean Education Minister Maria Aylwin were denied entry to the island the day before.
Saturday, February 25th 2017 - 10:52 UTC
Futuristic €450 million yacht freed from arrest in Gibraltar; heads for Cartagena

The futuristic €450 million yacht at the centre of a €15.3m legal wrangle has been freed from admiralty arrest and sailed from Gibraltar early Wednesday morning. Sailing Yacht A weighed anchor at around 8.30am and sailed from the Bay of Gibraltar in rough seas bound for the Mediterranean, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Saturday, February 25th 2017 - 10:32 UTC
EC president Juncker remembers UK's Brexit includes a “very salty” exit bill

A future relationship between Britain and the European Union will take years to negotiate and the UK can expect a hefty bill as the price of exit, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has warned. Mr. Juncker said Britain must understand that it will not be able to negotiate a “cut-price or zero-cost” exit from the EU, but will have to settle the bill for commitments which it entered into as a member.
Saturday, February 25th 2017 - 07:16 UTC
Argentina's squid and Patagonian grenadier research cruise in the South Atlantic

Argentina's “Dr. Eduardo L. Holmberg” research vessel left for a second cruise of tooth fish, pollock, Patagonian grenadier and squid assessment. The cruise is expected to last thirty days and will be operating between 45o and 54o30' South and catching samples at depth ranging from 50 to 400 meters.