Stories for September 5th 2019

Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 20:26 UTC
Falklands farmers in Uruguay

A FALKLANDS delegation is currently visiting farms in Uruguay. Penguin News asked the group if they would provide an insight into their experience so far.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 20:23 UTC
World cereal and sugar prices dip in August, but meat is up 12.3% in eight months

Global food prices declined in August, driven by sharp falls in the prices of staple cereals and sugar, according to a report issued today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:57 UTC
Argentine markets rebound, despite thousands of protestors in the streets

Argentine markets held steady on Wednesday, even as thousands of protesters took to the streets to demonstrate against the government of President Mauricio Macri and a darkening economic outlook in the recession-hit South American country.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Bolsonaro accused Bachelet of meddling in Brazil´s affairs for condemning police violence

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday accused Chile's former leader Michelle Bachelet, now the United Nations human rights chief, of meddling in his country's affairs after she criticized a rise in police violence and an erosion of democracy.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Cristina Fernandez under fire from Zion organization for comments on “oranges from Israel”

Former president of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has come under fire from Argentina’s Jewish community after referring to fruit imports from Israel.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Bolivia admits forest fires has destroyed 1.7 million hectares

Wildfires raging in Bolivia's forests and grasslands since May have destroyed 1.7 million hectares, officials said on Wednesday, amid a US$11 million effort by the government to contain them.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:48 UTC
PM Johnson defeated: parliament reject early election and insist on delaying Brexit to January

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government was left in limbo on Wednesday after MPs voted to derail his Brexit plan and rejected his call for an early election to break the political deadlock.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Brazil soybean sales to China in August down 40% year on year

Brazil shipped 4.1 million tons of soybeans to China in August, down 40% year on year, according to the Secretariat of Foreign Trade of Brazil, or Secex. Though Secex didn’t provide any reason for the sharp drop, but trade sources cited rising competition from Argentina and African swine fever among the reasons for the decline.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:44 UTC
Argentine farmers changing from corn to soybeans to cut costs

Argentine farmers, anxious about an increasingly murky political outlook and economic turmoil, are turning toward soy over more expensive corn to cut costs, a shift that could impact next season’s harvest in one of the world’s top grain exporters.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:39 UTC
Brazilian Senate advancing with pensions' reform; forecasts of promulgation in a month's time

Brazil’s Senate constitutional affairs committee on Wednesday approved by a vote of 18-7 a bill that would overhaul the social security system and save the federal government about 1 trillion reais (US$243 billion) over the next decade.