MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 1st 2019
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Wednesday, May 1st 2019 - 05:00 UTC
The military revolt against Maduro fizzling out; Guaido calls for a major protest rally on Wednesday
Demonstrators clashed violently with police on the streets of the Venezuelan capital on Tuesday, spurred by opposition leader Juan Guaido's call on the military to rise up against President Nicolas Maduro, whose government said it was putting down an attempted coup.
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Wednesday, May 1st 2019 - 03:10 UTC
Tens of thousands demonstrated in partial strike in Argentina; unions divided as to how face Marci’s austerity measures
Tens of thousands of Argentines demonstrated on Tuesday in a partial strike that grounded airplanes and shut banks and other businesses to protest the economic policies of President Mauricio Macri.
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Wednesday, May 1st 2019 - 03:09 UTC
US claims Russia dissuaded Maduro from fleeing to Cuba, following a plot by several top officials
The United States claimed on Tuesday that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was on his way out, saying he had a plane ready and that senior officials were plotting to oust him, even as the leftist firebrand appeared to survive a military uprising.
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Wednesday, May 1st 2019 - 02:49 UTC
The Argentine Peso responds to central bank measures sponsored by the IMF
Argentina’s embattled peso currency gained briefly against the dollar on Tuesday after the central bank announced measures aimed at controlling volatility of the currency amid a grinding recession.
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Wednesday, May 1st 2019 - 02:40 UTC
Argentine pork to China, which is suffering from an African swine fever epidemic
Argentina announced on Tuesday it had struck a deal with Chinese authorities that would allow it to begin exporting pork to the Asian giant from 25 of the country’s meat-packing plants.
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Wednesday, May 1st 2019 - 02:34 UTC
Trump again puts pressure on the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates
President Donald Trump slammed the Federal Reserve on Tuesday for “incessantly” raising interest rates and said cutting rates by a full point would make the economy surge.
