Stories for February 4th 2019

Monday, February 4th 2019 - 09:28 UTC
Lima Group meets in Canada to plan pressure campaign against Venezuela's Maduro

A major bloc of Latin American nations and Canada will discuss on Monday in Ottawa how to maintain pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to hold new elections as he faces widespread calls to resign after last year’s disputed presidential vote.
Monday, February 4th 2019 - 09:26 UTC
Independent on an anti-corruption ticket sweeps to victory in El Salvador

A former mayor campaigning on an anti-corruption ticket swept to victory in El Salvador’s presidential election on Sunday, bringing an end to a two-party system that has held sway over the violence-plagued Central American country for three decades.
Monday, February 4th 2019 - 08:57 UTC
GM plans to invest US$ 2.5bn over three years in Brazil in return for tax breaks

Automaker General Motors Co is in talks to invest 9 billion reais (US$ 2.5 billion) in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo over the next three years in return for tax incentives, newspaper Valor Economico has reported.
Monday, February 4th 2019 - 08:54 UTC
Japan's Nissan scrapping plans to make its X-Trail sports utility vehicle in UK

Japanese carmaker Nissan is cancelling plans to make the next model of its X-Trail sports utility vehicle in Britain, less than two months before the country is due to leave the European Union, broadcaster Sky News said on Saturday.
Monday, February 4th 2019 - 08:50 UTC
Brazilian industrial output up 1.1% last year compared to 2017

Brazil's industrial output increased 1.1% in 2018, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) announced. According to IBGE, though the annual figures were positive, the industrial sector grew at a slower pace than it registered in 2017, when production increased 2.5%.
Monday, February 4th 2019 - 08:05 UTC
Macri on an ambitious trade and cooperation visit to India

Argentine president Mauricio Macri will be visiting India from February 17 to 19 as part of an ambitious bilateral agenda to expand trade and cooperation in a range of sectors including renewable energy, nuclear energy, space and agriculture, aviation, mining (lithium, gold and copper), pharmaceuticals and automobiles.
Monday, February 4th 2019 - 07:44 UTC
United States sending more troops to the border with Mexico

The US is to send an additional 2,000 troops to its border with Mexico, the Pentagon has announced. It will bring the total number of troops stationed on the southern border to about 4,300. The Pentagon said the soldiers would help border-patrol agents, carry out surveillance work and install miles of razor wire.
Monday, February 4th 2019 - 07:34 UTC
US sending humanitarian aid to Venezuela on request from interim president Guadió

The US says it is sending aid to crisis-hit Venezuela following a request from Juan Guaidó, the opposition leader who has declared himself interim president. Mr Guaidó's move last month won swift backing from the US and others but triggered a power struggle.
Monday, February 4th 2019 - 07:26 UTC
Argentine footballer Sala wreckage plane has been discovered off Guernsey

Wreckage from a plane carrying Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala has been discovered in the English Channel. The Piper Malibu N264DB was lost on 21 January on its way from Nantes, France to Cardiff, with the Argentine striker and pilot David Ibbotson on board.
Monday, February 4th 2019 - 07:17 UTC
Bolsonaro with a feeding tube; surgery more complicated than expected; discharge date remains unchanged

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was ill in hospital with a feeding tube on Sunday following surgery days ago to remove a colostomy bag fitted after he suffered a knife attack late last year.