Stories for December 2018

Monday, December 31st 2018 - 12:23 UTC
Venezuela: Maduro regime will be a “facto government” since 2019

Academics of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) debated between December 20 and 26 on the constitutional end of Nicolás Maduro's office term between 2014-2019 and propose three clear lines against the question of the oath of office on the 10th of January. The new period (2019-2025) won't be recognized by the International Community.
Monday, December 31st 2018 - 00:51 UTC
South America does not help self-employed individuals thrive, study shows

Uruguay and Argentina finished last and next respectively in a study carried out by international consultants Expert Market on the difficulties faced by self-employed individuals in 57 countries, it was reported Saturday.
Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 22:00 UTC
Massive security preparations for Bolsonaro's inauguration

Authorities in Brazil say they are making massive security preparations for the inauguration of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro on Jan. 1. Security around the future president has been high since he was stabbed with a knife on Sept. 6, causing a ruptured intestine.
Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 21:16 UTC
Hemp becomes federally legal in US; estimates of a US$ 20bn industry by 2022

After years of prohibition, industrial hemp is now federally legal in the United States. President Trump signed off on the 2018 Farm Bill which redefines hemp as an agricultural commodity, and more importantly, removes it from the Controlled Substances Act.
Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 21:12 UTC
Argentina appoints an auditor/administrator at INIDEP to “normalize activities”

Argentina has appointed an auditor/administrator for the National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP), former R/Admiral Marcelo Lobbosco, who was head of Buenos Aires province ports. During his 180-day term (with a possible extension of another 180 days), and according to Decree 1127, Lobbosco must try to overcome the staff disputes which have impeded the normal activity of research cruises.
Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 11:20 UTC
Bolivian police colonel sacked over controversial statements regarding feminicides

Bolivian Police Chief Rómulo Delgado Friday ordered the “immediate” dismissal of the director of the Special Force for the Fight against Violence (Felcv) of La Paz, Colonel Víctor Hugo Soria, who sparked controversy for having allegedly said that the consumption of alcohol and the “double life” of women caused feminicides.
Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 10:30 UTC
Bolsonaro presents Netanyahu with Brazil's highest decoration for visitors

Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Friday in Rio de Janeiro and sealed an alliance between the two countries, although moving the embasy to Jerusalem was reportedly not on the table. Bolsonaro presented Netanyahu with the highest national decoration for visitors in Brazil, granted in the past to former US President Dwight Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth.
Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 09:21 UTC
Yet another witness in Odebrecht case found dead in Colombia

Colombian former Secretary of Transparency Rafael Merchán, who had been slated to testify in the local version of the Odebrecht corruption scandal, was found dead, it was reported.
Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 08:36 UTC
Another outbreak of ISA in Chilean Patagonia salmon farms

Chile's National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (SERNAPESCA) has established zoning areas following the detection and outbreak of the ISA virus, Infectious Salmon Anemia at Rowlett 749 center in the Patagonia Aysén Region.
Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 08:34 UTC
Argentina's 2019 TACs for hoki, blue whiting, Patagonian toothfish and hake

Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) set the total allowable catches (TACs) for hoki, Southern blue whiting, Patagonian toothfish and common hake for the year 2019. The new TACs were set on the basis of the results of the stock assessments carried out by the National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP).