Stories for March 2019

Monday, March 4th 2019 - 07:55 UTC
Guaidó calls for mass protests on Monday morning when he returns to Venezuela

Venezuela’s opposition leader called on Sunday for mass protests across the country on Monday as he announced his return to the country after a week touring Latin American allies.“I’m announcing my return to the country. I am calling on the Venezuelan people to mobilize all over the country tomorrow at 11:00 am (1500 GMT),” Guaido said on Twitter.
Monday, March 4th 2019 - 07:45 UTC
Lula back in prison after attending the funeral of his grandson Arthur

Ex Brazilian president Lula da Silva is back in prison after being let out to attend his grandson Arthur's funeral. The seven-year-old died of meningitis on Friday. Lula was allowed to go to the burial in São Paulo on Saturday, where supporters gathered to greet him. Lula is serving 12 years in prison on corruption charges.
Monday, March 4th 2019 - 07:21 UTC
Father of Argentine president and prominent businessman dies at age 88

Franco Macri, the father of Argentina's president who migrated to the South American country from Italy as a teenager and went on to become one of its most prominent businessmen, died on Saturday, the president's office said. He was 88.
Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 08:35 UTC
UK will not lower its food standards to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with US

The UK will not lower food standards to secure a post-Brexit trade deal with the US, the government says. It comes after Washington published its objectives for a US-UK trade pact. The US wants “comprehensive market access” for its farmers' products that would see more US-made food on British supermarket shelves.
Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 07:24 UTC
Madrid unilaterally extends protection for (400.000) Britons living in Spain

Spain's cabinet has approved measures for Britons in Spain to continue living there as now if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said the main purpose was that no-one, British or Spanish, would be left unprotected. Spain estimates that the measures, which would become law under a no-deal Brexit, would grant residency rights to about 400,000 UK citizens.
Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 07:06 UTC
Reception for Falklands Representative in London, Sukey Cameron MBE

Describing it as the start of a long slow goodbye, at a reception at Government House, last week Governor Nigel Phillips paid tribute to the Falkland Islands Representative in London Sukey Cameron MBE, who will retire later in the year.
Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 06:51 UTC
Mars rover work-out controlled in Chile from more 11.000km away in UK

A space control center in the UK has been used to test-drive a prototype Mars rover thousands of miles away in Chile’s Atacama desert. Experts at the European Space Agency’s centre in Oxfordshire completed a series of tests across nearly 11,000 km in order to see how the Mars rover reacts to commands across large distances.
Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 05:31 UTC
Macri defended his austerity policies before Congress in the midst of applause, and heckling from the opposition

President Mauricio Macri delivered a robust defense of his austerity policy on Friday in a State of the Union address to Argentina's Congress ahead of a reelection bid in October. Macri went on the offensive in a turbulent session that featured shouts and heckling from opposition lawmakers, declaring there was no turning back on his policies.
Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 05:05 UTC
Falklands' most productive half acre and vegans' organic dream

Tucked way under the hill and half hidden by 10,000 young trees it’s easy to forget how vast the area is covered by Stanley Growers Ltd. in the Falkland Islands, to the east of the capital Stanley.
Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 04:52 UTC
UNICEF warns of global spike of measles; includes Brazil and Venezuela

Ninety-eight countries reported more cases of measles in 2018 compared with 2017, and the world body warned that conflict, complacency and the growing anti-vaccine movement threatened to undo decades of work to tame the disease.