Stories for September 2019

Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 13:03 UTC
Hard-time “Special period” creeping back in Cuba, diesel shortage and long queues

Havana awoke on Thursday to long lines at gas stations and public transportation stops after President Miguel Diaz-Canel warned fellow Cubans to expect fuel shortages and blackouts that he blamed on US sanctions.
Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 12:21 UTC
Bolsonaro still in hospital returns to feeding with liquids

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro had a feeding tube removed from his nose on Friday, doctors said, five days after another operation on his stomach, where he was stabbed during a campaign rally last year.
Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 12:08 UTC
Cuban King censor exposed to some of his own medicine by Twitter

Twitter has restored some of the accounts of Cuban state-run media, journalists and government officials it had blocked on Wednesday, although others like that of Communist Party leader Raul Castro remain suspended.
Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 11:54 UTC
Fact-checkers accuse Johnson's Conservative party of misinterpreting BBC article

One of Facebook's third-party fact-checkers accused Britain's governing Conservative Party on Friday of misrepresenting a BBC News article in its ads on the social media platform.
Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 10:52 UTC
Man who set the forest on fire, admits another Brexit referendum might be needed

Former British prime minister David Cameron, who took the decision in 2016 to hold a referendum on the country's membership of the European Union, said another vote may be needed to resolve the Brexit impasse.
Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 10:42 UTC
Venezuela “ready” to defend itself, says foreign minister after meeting with US rights chief Bachelet

Venezuela is “ready” to defend itself, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Friday, after Washington invoked a regional defense pact that might justify such a move.“We are ready to protect ourselves, we are ready to react,” Arreaza told a news conference after meeting in Geneva with UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet.
Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 10:39 UTC
Argentina/Spain, Sunday's basketball World Cup final in China

Power forward Luis Scola scored a game-high 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as Argentina breezed past France 80-66 to book their place in Sunday's basketball World Cup final against Spain.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 19:20 UTC
Argentine Lower House unanimously approves draft emergency food law

Argentine lawmakers on Thursday unanimously approved a draft emergency food law to free up resources for social programs amid a worsening economic crisis. The bill, yet to be approved by the Senate, would provide a 50 percent increase in food assistance programs to growing numbers of poor.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 19:17 UTC
Brazil's soybean and corn sowing seasons delayed because of very dry conditions

Brazil’s soybean sowing season for the 2019-20 harvest is officially underway, but there might not be too many planters out in the fields just yet as conditions are extremely dry.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 17:04 UTC
Bolsonaro's recovery period extended for a further four days

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will need four days more than planned to recover from abdominal surgery, his spokesman said on Thursday. “The president of the republic's team of doctors has decided to keep him away from the exercise of his duties... four additional days, ” said Otavio Rego Barros, his spokesman.