Stories for January 2019

Monday, January 28th 2019 - 09:13 UTC
Parliament debates amendments to Mrs. May Brexit deal but the Irish backstop remains insurmountable

Theresa May is being urged to secure changes from the EU to the Northern Irish backstop element of her Brexit deal to get it past parliament. Ex-foreign secretary Boris Johnson says winning a “freedom clause” would be “unadulterated good Brexit news”.
Monday, January 28th 2019 - 09:09 UTC
Ecuador planning IMF support to balance the budget and implement reforms

Ecuador may use financing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to balance its budget, as the South American country seeks to reduce a swollen fiscal deficit and its international debt, the finance minister admitted on Friday.
Monday, January 28th 2019 - 08:40 UTC
Landslide crashes into hotel wedding celebration killing 15 in Peru

”A landslide crashed into a hotel during a wedding celebration in southeastern Peru, killing at least 15 people, authorities said on Sunday.
Monday, January 28th 2019 - 08:35 UTC
Brazilians furious with mining company and regulators: 58 dead confirmed and 300 missing

Grief over the hundreds of Brazilians feared lost in a mining disaster on Friday has quickly hardened into anger as victims' families and politicians say iron ore miner Vale SA and regulators have learned nothing from the recent past.
Monday, January 28th 2019 - 08:32 UTC
Brazil's corn and soybeans January exports booming

Brazil is poised to export more corn than soybeans for the first time in a year this January, although sales of the oilseed remain high for the period, according to government and shipping data.
Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 20:02 UTC
USA at the UN: Countries should support transition in Venezuela; Russia denounces interventionist acts

The Security Council convened by the United States this Saturday to discuss the institutional and political crisis that Venezuela is experiencing has been lifted this afternoon. With a strongly polarized participation, the bloc that supports the transitional government of Juan Guaidó with the US at the head, faced the block that recognizes as legitimate the regime of Nicolás Maduro, headed by Russia and China. Latin American countries also expressed their positions, describing the case as a crisis that directly affects the region.
Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 09:57 UTC
Argentina/UK resume joint South Atlantic fisheries scientific assessment cruises

Next February first and after fourteen years Argentina and the United Kingdom will again be involved in a scientific assessment cruise of the Illex squid in the South Atlantic.
Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 09:01 UTC
Number of Argentine soldiers buried in the Falklands and identified now total 110

The number of Argentine unknown soldiers buried in the Falkland Islands has fallen by three as those identified and with full names now total 110 out of the original 121/122 remains buried inat the Argentine military cemetery close Darwin.
Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 08:48 UTC
Guaidó rejects dialogue offer from Maduro; UN Security Council to address the Venezuela situation on Saturday

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has rejected an offer of talks from President Nicolás Maduro amid an ongoing power struggle between the two. Guaidó declared himself “acting president” on Wednesday, a position that has been recognized by several countries, including the US, Canada, the Lima Group and some EU members, but not the EU as a block..
Saturday, January 26th 2019 - 08:35 UTC
Macri and Sala's family request the search for missing Cardiff City Emiliano to resume

Argentine president Mauricio Macri has joined calls for the search for missing Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala to resume. Macri told his foreign minister to issue formal requests to Britain and France, according to a statement from his office.