Stories for September 2019

Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 11:24 UTC
Senate passes emergency food bill in Argentina

Argentina's Senate Wednesday passed the food emergency bill submitted by the opposition parties as protests mount against the inflationary policies carried out by the administration of President Mauricio Macri, who is yet to sign the draft into law and has hinted he would do so without exerting his veto powers.
Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 10:43 UTC
Argentine veteran decries planned Cordoba-Mt Pleasant flight

Former Argentine Army conscript Edgardo Esteban Wednesday claimed LATAM Brasil's planned Sao Paulo-Mount Pleasant passenger flight with a stop in the Argentine city of Córdoba serves only the interests of the Falkland islanders.
Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 10:32 UTC
Argentina defreezes fuel price meaning 4% increase at pumps

Effective this Thursday, the government of Argentina agreed to defreeze the price of fuel and thus authorize a 4 percent increase after yielding to pressure from province governors and oil companies as the barrel of crude also goes up globally.
Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 10:12 UTC
Uruguay avoids recession, but the economy is stagnant

The Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU) released the report of the country's quarterly economic situation, which reports that the Uruguayan economy grew by only 0.1% year-on-year and 0.3% in the second quarter of the year, compared to the first three months of the year, when it registered a 0.1% drop.
Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 02:23 UTC
Piñera critical of opposition, clergy during Chile's National Holiday

Chile's President Sebastián Piñera criticised opposition leaders and members of the clergy alike Wednesday after the religious ceremony marking the country's National Holiday.
Wednesday, September 18th 2019 - 20:57 UTC
Angry Embraer workers threaten to go on strike in Brazil

Unions representing workers at Brazil's aircraft factory Embraer are ready to go on strike indefinitely strike as salary bargaining seems to be deadlocked. The measure could start as early as next Monday, sources at the company's commercial aircraft plant in São José dos Campos confirmed on Wednesday.
Wednesday, September 18th 2019 - 17:07 UTC
Trump appoints hostage crisis expert as successor to Bolton

US President Donald Trump Wednesday chose Robert C. O'Brien to replace the disgraced John Bolton as the new National Security Adviser, a position which does not require Senate confirmation.
Wednesday, September 18th 2019 - 13:56 UTC
Spanish King calls for new elections Nov. 10 after no deal with political leaders

After a meeting Tuesday with Acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and other political leaders, Spain's King Philip VI realised no negotiated solution was available to form a government and chose to call for general elections to be held November 10, it was announced. Spain is the fourth-largest economy in the euro currency zone.
Wednesday, September 18th 2019 - 10:15 UTC
Brazil’s ex president Temer admits that Rousseff's impeachment was a “coup”

Brazil former president, Michel Temer, described for the first time the dismissal of his predecessor Dilma Rousseff as a “coup”, as the left marks the political trial that removed the ex-president of the Workers Party from power.
Wednesday, September 18th 2019 - 09:46 UTC
First-ever Falklands competition in a full sized international Cup: Hockey medallists in Miami

The Falkland Islands competed in the LATAM Cup in Coral Springs FL, for the first time ever this year and came away with two medals, one each for the under 16’s and the senior team. This is the first time the Falkland Islands has ever competed in this size of tournament and on a full-sized rink.