MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 13th 2018
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Saturday, October 13th 2018 - 20:49 UTC
UK assumes Chairmanship of the Community of Democracies
As of 15 September 2018, the United Kingdom has taken up the rotating 6-month chairmanship of the Executive Committee of the Community of Democracies, CoD, which is described as a global inter-governmental coalition that aims to promote democratic values.
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Saturday, October 13th 2018 - 13:13 UTC
Cuba back to tobacco production after Hurricane Michael
Cuba's tobacco planting season began this past week in the central Sancti Spiritus province, the country's second largest tobacco producer, while work to repair the damages caused by Hurricane Michael has commenced.
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Saturday, October 13th 2018 - 12:46 UTC
Court of appeals upholds prison sentences for Menem and Cavallo
A Court of Appeals Friday upheld a four-and-a-half-year prison sentence for former Argentine President Carlos Menem for undue bonuses paid to government officials during his administration. His then Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo was sentenced to three and a half years.
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Saturday, October 13th 2018 - 11:06 UTC
Student leader banished from Venezuela; pressures rise by case Alban
Activist Lorent Gomez Saleh has been freed and secretly transferred by Venezuelan authorities to the international airport of Maiquetía, one hour from Caracas, to be “referred” to Spain.
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Saturday, October 13th 2018 - 08:15 UTC
Falklands: forensic team identifies remains of the 101th Argentine combatant
The Argentine government announced on Friday that the number of identified combatants fallen during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict and whose remains are buried in the Falkland Islands has risen to 101. That means 101 gravestones at the Argentine military cemetery in Darwin now have a full name.
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Saturday, October 13th 2018 - 08:02 UTC
Uruguay and Argentina elected to the UN Human Rights Council
The General Assembly on Friday elected 18 States to the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body responsible for promoting and protecting all human rights around the globe, among which Uruguay and Argentina.
