Stories for September 2019

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.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:35 UTC
Chile's central bank slashes benchmark interest rate to 2% to prop economy

Chile’s central bank slashed the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 2% on Tuesday, the lowest in 9 years, citing a sputtering economy hurt by global trade tensions.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:34 UTC
Ex First Lady of Honduras sentenced to 58 years in jail on charges of fraud

The former first lady of Honduras Rosa Elena Bonilla, wife of ex-president Porfirio Lobo, was sentenced on Wednesday to 58 years in jail on charges of fraud and undue appropriation of funds, a spokesman for the nation's highest court said.
Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:20 UTC
Lopez Obrador prepared to go after his (corrupt) predecessors and their administrations

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the public should have the right to choose whether ex-presidents should face trial once a bill has passed Congress making it easier to hold referendums.