MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 14th 2019
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Sunday, April 14th 2019 - 08:55 UTC
Argentina issues diplomatic credentials to Guaidó's representative and withdraws from Unasur
Argentina reiterated its support for Venezuela’s opposition leader Friday by issuing diplomatic credentials to a new delegate and officially announcing its withdrawal from the regional UNASUR bloc, which has been criticized over its lack of action on Venezuela.
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Sunday, April 14th 2019 - 08:38 UTC
NY Museum of Natural History embarrassed over a booking to honor Brazilian president Bolsonaro
New York’s Museum of Natural History said it was “considering its options” after discovering a private function booked to take place there would honour Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
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Sunday, April 14th 2019 - 08:21 UTC
Brazil's Lower House speaker and supporter of the pensions' reform, under police investigation
Brazilian police have accused Rodrigo Maia, Brazil’s powerful lower house speaker, and his father of receiving bribes totalling at least 1.4 million reais (US$ 361,869), a document on Friday showed. The federal police document was delivered to the Supreme Court, as part on an ongoing investigation into Maia.
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Sunday, April 14th 2019 - 08:14 UTC
Chinese company interested in taking over Ford's Brazilian plant in Sao Paulo
China’s Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd is eyeing the acquisition of Ford Motor Co’s Brazilian plant in the industrial city of Sao Bernardo do Campo, newspaper Valor Economico reported on Friday.
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Sunday, April 14th 2019 - 08:04 UTC
Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance launches collaboration network in Chile
A group of UK experts visited Santiago during March 2019 to inaugurate a fintech collaboration network with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latina America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC). This was an outcome of an intense agenda of activities carried out in Chile last October by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, (CCAF).
