Stories for December 2018

Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 08:56 UTC
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Brazilian pork products, says WAP report

Pork products sold at retailers in Brazil contain antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a study funded by animal rights group World Animal Protection (WAP), providing potential evidence of overuse of the medicines in food livestock.
Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 08:00 UTC
García Márquez relative rescued from kidnappers in Colombia after 3 months

Melissa Martínez García, a relative of the late Nobel Literature Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been freed after being kidnapped and held for ransom for over three months, Colombian authorities announced Monday.
Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 07:48 UTC
Evo to attend Bolsonaro's inauguration in Brasilia Jan. 1

Bolivia's President Evo Morales will attend the inauguration of Brazil's new president, Jair Bolsonaro, on January 1 in Brasilia, Foreign Minister Diego Pary announced Monday.
Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 07:04 UTC
Pompeo will lead US delegation to Brazilian president Bolsonaro's inauguration

United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will lead a delegation to the January first presidential inauguration of Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, president Donald Trump announced on Monday.
Monday, December 17th 2018 - 21:34 UTC
Argentine cemetery benefactor visits Falklands to say “thank you” for the joint humanitarian identification program

Argentine entrepreneur Eduardo Eurnekián, who financed the Argentine cemetery in the Falkland Islands to bury with dignity those who perished in the 1982 war and also the March 26 flights for relatives to visit the graves of the newly-identified bodies, last week flew to the Islands to the place that has touched his heart since 2003 and thank everybody for the humanitarian accomplishment.
Monday, December 17th 2018 - 18:47 UTC
Cubans outraged on social media over shortage of bread

With 3G technology available only a fortnight ago, Cubans took their anger over to social media to complain for the shortage of bread on the island.
Monday, December 17th 2018 - 09:27 UTC
Venezuelan FM says Brazil did invite Maduro over to Bolsonaro's inauguration

Venezuela Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza Sunday announced President Nicolás Maduro had been invited to the presidential inauguration of Jair Bolsonaro on January 1 in Brasilia.
Monday, December 17th 2018 - 09:02 UTC
Brazilian faith healer accused of raping 300 women has turned himself in

A Brazilian faith healer who was accused of sexual abuse by more than 300 women has turned himself in a day after being officially ruled a fugitive, local news media reported on Sunday.
Monday, December 17th 2018 - 08:49 UTC
Oil trader Trafigura ex officials face corruption charges in Brazil involving Petrobras

Brazilian prosecutors on Friday charged two former executives of oil trader Trafigura over allegations of paying at least US$ 1.5 million in bribes to employees of Petrobras. Prosecutors said in a statement that the charges against Mariano Marcondes Ferraz, a former Trafigura top executive, and Marcio Pinto Magalhaes, a country representative, were the first of many to come against the world’s largest oil traders.
Monday, December 17th 2018 - 08:43 UTC
Gay couples marry before Bolsonaro takes office on January first

About forty gay couples got married in downtown Sao Paulo on Saturday, tying the knot partly out of fear that the new administration of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro could restrict same-sex marriage. Although his campaign did not express views against gay marriage, Bolsonaro's record of homophobic comments has caused alarm.