Stories for 2017

Tuesday, January 3rd 2017 - 10:08 UTC
Wildfire burns home and forces evacuation of hundreds in Valparaiso

A wildfire ravaged woods and burned 100 homes in the hilly Chilean port city of Valparaiso, where authorities evacuated hundreds of people. At least 19 people were reported hurt after the fire broke out on the outskirts of the historic port city, the government said.
Tuesday, January 3rd 2017 - 09:43 UTC
Argentina purchases Israeli high speed river patrol vessels to combat drugs

Argentina announced the purchase of four Israeli high speed and fully armed river patrol vessels, together with an integrated vigilance system for land border crossings, with a total bill of eighty million dollars.
Tuesday, January 3rd 2017 - 09:24 UTC
Argentine government apologize for forgetting the Falklands in a map of Argentina in New Year greetings

The Argentine government apologized on Monday for having omitted the disputed Falkland Islands in a map of Argentina included in a New Year greetings message. “Our apologies for the mistake from the Design Department in our end of the year greetings”, twitted the Development Ministry for having not included the Malvinas Islands.
Tuesday, January 3rd 2017 - 09:18 UTC
Carrió denies any misunderstandings with the government of president Macri

The chair of the Argentina's Lower House foreign affairs committee, Elisa Carrió said she maintains an “excellent relation” with the national government and warned she does not wish to be involved in “any sort of internal dispute”.
Tuesday, January 3rd 2017 - 06:56 UTC
New Year greetings to Falkland Islanders from Tierra del Fuego governor, “your governor”

Rosana Bertone, governor of Argentina's extreme south province, officially Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands, which obviously includes the Falklands, included in her New Year greetings a message to the Islanders calling for peace and understanding leaving aside fear and mistrust.
Tuesday, January 3rd 2017 - 06:41 UTC
Malvinas: Argentina calls on UK for dialogue and sovereignty discussions

Argentina has invited the United Kingdom to advance with the dialogue initiated last year to resume negotiations to enable in the shortest time possible, to find a peaceful and definitive solution to the sovereignty dispute over the Malvinas Islands, abiding the iterative calls from the international community, according to a release from the Argentine foreign ministry.
Monday, January 2nd 2017 - 12:47 UTC
Queen Elizabeth “still recuperating”, but feeling “better”

The Queen is feeling “better” despite missing a New Year's Day church service at Sandringham, her daughter the Princess Royal has said. Princess Anne spoke to well-wishers outside the church after attending the service with her father Prince Philip, brother Prince Edward and other royals.
Monday, January 2nd 2017 - 12:41 UTC
Castro condemns “obsolete mentality” against foreign capital, as economy contracts

In spite the significant surge in tourism set off by the detente with the United States, Cuba’s economy shrank in 2016 for the first time in nearly a quarter century with the main culprit: a plunge in aid from crisis-stricken Venezuela. President Raul Castro called on the Cuban people to overcome the obsolete mentality against foreign capital.
Monday, January 2nd 2017 - 12:27 UTC
Italy will eventually want to quit the Euro, forecasts top German economist

The head of Germany's Ifo economic institute believes Italians will eventually want to quit the euro currency area if their standard of living does not improve, he told German daily Tagesspiegel.
Monday, January 2nd 2017 - 12:21 UTC
China pledges to boost investment in tourism and promises “toilet revolution”

China said it will boost investment in tourism, with plans to develop rustbelt regions and upgrade public toilets high on its to-do list as it looks to lift the sector's contribution to economic growth.