Stories for April 26th 2019

Friday, April 26th 2019 - 10:48 UTC
Falklands' annual inflation to March 2.3%: under spend of the 2018/19 budget

Contrary to what happens in the region, and for that matter in most of the world, inflation in the Falkland Islands is on target and the budget performance remains under spent with strong Capital projects carryover from previous budgets.
Friday, April 26th 2019 - 10:31 UTC
Growing disenchantment with President Bolsonaro, opinion polls show

The number of Brazilians rejecting the government of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro continued to rise this month, according to an opinion poll released on Wednesday, underscoring his early struggles after easily winning an October election.
Friday, April 26th 2019 - 10:29 UTC
Brazilian Vice-president on a ten day visit to China next May 16

Brazil’s Vice President Hamilton Mourao will travel to China on May 16, staying for 10 days with stops in Beijing and Shanghai. Mourao, a former general who is seen as a moderate in the far-right government of Jair Bolsonaro, has recently become embroiled in a nasty war-of-words with the president’s sons, who are both influential lawmakers.
Friday, April 26th 2019 - 10:24 UTC
Kim Jong holds summit with Putin and accuses the US of acting in “bad faith”

At his first summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un accused the United States of acting in “bad faith” at their most recent talks, state media in Pyongyang said on Friday.
Friday, April 26th 2019 - 10:22 UTC
Xi pledges China an end to export subsidies and no competitive devaluation of the Yuan

Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed Friday (Apr 26) to abolish subsidies to firms that impede fair competition - addressing a major bone of contention in US trade talks. Xi repeated past promises to lower tariffs, increase imports and open up more sectors of China's economy to foreign businesses.
Friday, April 26th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Second black day for Argentine markets and Peso; panic at a possible return of Cristina Fernandez and Kirchnerism

Argentine bonds and the country’s embattled peso currency fell for a second day on Thursday, cranking up the challenge facing President Mauricio Macri as his drop in the polls ahead of knife-edge elections later this year unnerves investors.
Friday, April 26th 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Falklands second flight, this time to Sao Paulo set to start in November

Falkland Islands' lawmaker MLA Barry Elsby told the Legislative Assembly that the new Latam flight to São Paulo is set to start in November, adding that contractual negotiations with the air carrier are “well advanced and nearing completion.”
Friday, April 26th 2019 - 09:57 UTC
US Envoy sees a role for Chavismo in a Democratic Venezuela

Supporters of the late Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, should have a place at the table in a democratic Venezuela, US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams said at the Atlantic Council in Washington this week.
Friday, April 26th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Cuba calls John Bolton a “pathological liar”, denies it has troops stationed in Venezuela

Cuba branded U.S. national security adviser John Bolton a “pathological liar” on Thursday for his allegation that it has troops stationed in ally Venezuela and said the latest U.S. sanctions would further hurt but not vanquish the Cuban people.
Friday, April 26th 2019 - 09:37 UTC
Brazilian ministry asks for an end to the list of endangered aquatic species

Brazil's agriculture minister has asked the minister of the environment to suspend the country's list of threatened and endangered aquatic species. “It's hurting fishermen”, Jorge Seif Júnior argued and will have a significant negative impact on the fishing economy.