Stories for September 2018

Saturday, September 8th 2018 - 09:11 UTC
Argentine Peso and markets end the week positively; “sufficient financing in 2019” says central bank

Argentina’s central bank governor, Luis Caputo, said on Friday that government financing for 2019 was more than sufficient and that high yields on the country’s sovereign debt were “exaggerated,” prompting the peso currency to reverse earlier
Saturday, September 8th 2018 - 09:10 UTC
Bolsonaro's condition stable: optimism about his recovery and resumption of campaigning

The leading candidate in Brazil's presidential race who was transferred to the Albert Einstein Israelite hospital in Sao Paulo for further treatment after being stabbed at a campaign rally, is stable and recovering according to medical and official reports.
Saturday, September 8th 2018 - 09:10 UTC
“I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration”

Top members of Donald Trump's administration are so alarmed by the president's “erratic” and “amoral” behavior that they are actively working to undermine him, an anonymous senior official wrote in The New York Times on Wednesday.
Saturday, September 8th 2018 - 09:05 UTC
Award for new map of South Georgia and the “Shackleton Crossing”

British Antarctic Survey’s detailed map of the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia featuring the epic “Shackleton Crossing” has won an award at the 2018 British Cartography Society Awards.
Saturday, September 8th 2018 - 09:01 UTC
Giant iceberg “A68” takes off from Antarctica mainland to the Southern Ocean

A large iceberg in Antarctica has calved off the Larsen C ice shelf as of July last year and budged only a little from the coast until recently. In the past two months, the iceberg, known as 'A68', has taken a drastic 90 degree swing away from the Antarctic mainland and into the Southern Ocean.
Saturday, September 8th 2018 - 08:43 UTC
Brazilian court overturns ban on products containing glyphosate

A Brazilian court this week overturned an injunction banning products containing the herbicide glyphosate, knocking down a previous ruling that had been set to disrupt the soy planting season set to begin this month.
Saturday, September 8th 2018 - 08:38 UTC
Brazil's August inflation drops 0.09%, the lowest rate in twenty years

Brazil's inflation eased more-than-expected in August as prices fell from the previous month, preliminary data from the statistical office IBGE showed Thursday. The consumer price index, IPCA, rose 4.19% year-on-year following a 4.48% in July. Economists had forecast a 4.29% inflation rate.
Friday, September 7th 2018 - 14:26 UTC
Agreement on recognition of university degrees between Argentina and the United Kingdom

The governments of the UK and Argentina today signed an agreement that will facilitate academic cooperation through the mutual recognition of university degrees awarded by the universities of both countries.
Friday, September 7th 2018 - 09:29 UTC
Witch hunt season in the White House: fierce speculation as to an editorial “coup”

A number of top US officials have denied that they are the author of a damning anonymous editorial that attacks President Donald Trump. The New York Times article, said to be written by a senior White House official, point out Mr Trump's appointees are trying to stifle his agenda.
Friday, September 7th 2018 - 09:25 UTC
Falklands' waters alleged incident denied by Argentine navy and foreign ministry

The Argentine foreign ministry and Navy have denied any incident in the South Atlantic involving ARA Puerto Deseado, a naval hydrographic research vessel, which allegedly on September 2, came close to Falkland Islands waters, and was first reported by an Islands' site hi.Sutton.com.