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Stories for September 2019

  • Saturday, September 21st 2019 - 13:58 UTC

    Four Russian fugitives in Argentina await extradition

    Argentina and Russia signed a treaty on mutual legal assistance and extradition back in 2014, Zakharov explained.

    The Russian government has filed a formal request to Argentina for the extradition of four of their nationals who are charged with economic crimes, Deputy Prosecutor General Alexei Zakharov, in Buenos Aires for the 24th conference of the International Association of Prosecutors, said Friday.

  • Saturday, September 21st 2019 - 13:30 UTC

    Brazil fears Chinese invasion, says website

    President Jair Bolsonaro, a former Army officer himself, is said to be behind the Rio Branco project

    Top secret documents drafted by Brazilian military, backed by President Jair Bolsonaro, indicate that the Amazon is under threat of Chinese penetration, according to a report published Friday by the site The Intercept, accessed by the Italian news agency ANSA.

  • Saturday, September 21st 2019 - 12:41 UTC

    Alberto Fernández on tour, meets with Evo in Bolivia

    Evo and Alberto celebrated the turn towards progressiveness in the region

    Bolivia's President Evo Morales and Argentina's presidential frontrunner Alberto Fernández met Thursday evening in Santa Cruz de la Sierra to discuss Latin American region and possible future joint actions.

  • Friday, September 20th 2019 - 22:27 UTC

    Judge wants former Argentine president arrested yet again

    Judge Bonadio wants CFK to stand trial

    Buenos Aires Federal Judge Claudio Bonadio has again asked the Upper House to strip Senator Cristina Fernández de Kirchner off her parliamentary immunity so that she can be placed under pretrial detention for her alleged involvement as gang leader in the so-called “notebooks corruption scandal.”

  • Friday, September 20th 2019 - 16:44 UTC

    Unemployment on the rise in Macri's Argentina

    Around 2.5 million people are unemployed, according to INDEC data.

    Unemployment in Argentina reached 10.6% in the second quarter of 2019, the highest ever since President Mauricio Macri took office in December, 2015, according to data released Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC).

  • Friday, September 20th 2019 - 13:33 UTC

    Meet the world’s ‘coolest’ post office's new antarctic team

    Working in sub-zero temperatures, with no mains electricity or running water, the team will run the world’s most southerly public post office, manage Port Lockroy’s living museum and monitor the resid

    The United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust (UKAHT) is delighted to reveal the new Port Lockroy team who will live and work on the remote island of Port Lockroy off the Antarctic Peninsula during the next Austral Antarctic summer (November 2019 – March 2020).

  • Friday, September 20th 2019 - 12:24 UTC

    United States expels two members of Cuba's diplomatic mission to the UN

    The State Department's spokeswoman announced the expulsion on Twitter.

    The government of the United States has expelled two members of Cuba's permanent mission to the United Nations due to their alleged involvement in “activities harmful to US national security,” according to State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus' posting Thursday on Twitter.

  • Friday, September 20th 2019 - 10:30 UTC

    Prosecution opens extortion case against Argentine President Macri

    Grupo América CEO Daniel Vila has “no problem” testifying against Macri.

    Argentine Federal Prosecutor Guillermo Marijuan was appointed Thursday to lead an investigation against President Mauricio Macri for allegedly extorting a media businessman to relinquish spectrum frequencies which the government was interested in passing on to a rival group.

  • Friday, September 20th 2019 - 10:22 UTC

    Argentine Central Bank will produce more Pesos: higher inflation is expected

    The danger is that this seasonal increase in the monetary base ends up putting more pressure on the exchange rate at the end of the year.

    According to estimates among analysts, the Argentine Peso's production will be around $ 300,000 million for the remainder of the year, estimating inflation for 2020 even higher than this year. 80% of that issuance corresponds to the last month of the year, breaking the objective that the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) of “zero-emission” had set and jeopardized the exchange control as it works since August.

  • Friday, September 20th 2019 - 10:20 UTC

    Floating bookstore 'Logos Hope' opens in Rio

    “There’s quite a good variety and I think it can serve different publics,” said Rio Mayor Marcelo Crivella.

    The world's largest floating bookstore - the Logos Hope - with a crew of 400 volunteers from 60 nations Thursday opened its doors to the public to offer books on a large assortment of subjects. The vessel has visited over 1,400 ports in 150 countries worldwide. Most recently, she stopped at Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata in Argentina.