MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 2019
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Friday, February 1st 2019 - 10:20 UTC
Guaidó invites Russia and China to change sides: “your interests will be best served”
Global jostling intensified on Thursday between countries that want Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in power and those trying to force him to resign, as opposition leader Juan Guaidó made overtures to his rival’s allies Russia and China.
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Friday, February 1st 2019 - 10:15 UTC
Guaidó denounces Maduro intelligence forces intimidation against his family
Declared interim president Juan Guaido said on Thursday that agents from a feared special police unit had called at his home and asked for his wife, who was out at an event with her husband while their 20-month-old daughter was at their residence.
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Friday, February 1st 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Brazil and China prepare for first high-level political and economic talks since 2015
Brazil and China are expected to hold their first high-level political and economic talks since 2015 later this year, Brazil’s agriculture trade secretary said on Thursday, in a move likely to boost farm trade between the two countries.
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Friday, February 1st 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Summit with Xi, “soon”, should seal “the biggest deal ever made” forecasts Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping soon to try to seal a comprehensive trade deal as Trump and his top trade negotiator both cited substantial progress in two days of high-level talks.
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Friday, February 1st 2019 - 09:48 UTC
Almost a third of UK companies moving abroad ahead of Brexit, reveals survey
Almost a third of UK companies could move operations abroad because of Brexit, a survey has suggested. Research for the Institute of Directors revealed that 16% already had relocation plans while a further 13% were actively considering doing so. The IoD said it took “no pleasure” in revealing “these worrying signs”.
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Friday, February 1st 2019 - 09:44 UTC
Falklands' official RPI reached 2.9% in 2018; complaints of “inaccurate inflation”
The Falkland Islands' retail price index RPI increased by 2.9% in the 12-month period ending on December 2018, members of the Legislative Assembly were informed. The increase is broadly in line with previous quarters’ year-on-year increases.
