Stories for September 2019

Friday, September 13th 2019 - 16:35 UTC
Brazilian air force begins test program with Swedish Gripen fighter

Swedish manufacturer Saab has presented the first Brazilian Gripen E fighter aircraft during a ceremony in Linköping, Sweden, to begin the flight test program. The ceremony was attended by representatives from Brazilian Air Force, Swedish Air Force, Saab, and defense ministers of the two countries.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 12:49 UTC
Argentine central bank announces further currency controls

Argentina's central bank this week announced further currency controls in an effort to tame speculation and stem a spiraling debt crisis in Latin America's third-largest economy.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 12:40 UTC
Maduro will not attend UN General Assembly but will deliver 12m signatures denouncing US sanctions

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he will not travel to New York for the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly later this month, but that two of his envoys would attend to denounce U.S. sanctions on the OPEC nation.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 12:38 UTC
August inflation in Argentina reverses tendency and again shoots up: 4%

Prices in Argentina shot up last month after a shocking primary vote plunged the peso, reversing four months of declines.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 11:56 UTC
Following a US judge decision to keep a Peruvian ex president in jail, the former ex first lady is dragged out of the courtroom

A former Peruvian first lady was dragged out of a courtroom in San Francisco on Thursday as she cursed a judge's decision to keep her husband, ex-president Alejandro Toledo, in jail pending extradition proceedings.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 11:54 UTC
Chinese private firms return to buy some 600.000 tons of US soybeans

Privately run Chinese firms bought at least 10 boatloads of U.S. soybeans on Thursday, the country's most significant purchases since at least June, traders said, ahead of high-level talks next month aimed at ending a bilateral trade war that has lasted more than a year.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 11:51 UTC
Argentine budget forecasts a 2.6% contraction this year, and 1% growth in 2020

Argentina's inflation rate is expected at 53% in December 2019, but will fall back to 34% the following year, according to projections in the forthcoming 2020 budget, treasury officials said this week.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 11:47 UTC
IMF remains strongly engaged with Argentina; meeting with officials scheduled for later this month

The International Monetary Fund is continuing talks with Argentina as authorities there try to stem spiraling economic problems in Latin America’s third-largest economy, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters on Thursday.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 11:43 UTC
Australian giant seal helps catch a drug smuggling gang with US$ 690 million in cocaine

Australian police have thwarted a billion-dollar international drug smuggling operation, reportedly with the help of a giant seal. An international investigation into the drug gang reached its climax last week after an abandoned yacht was found on the shoreline of Stick Island, off the coast of Western Australia, sparking a search for its occupants.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Falklands' lawmakers attending overseas conferences in September and October

Busy months ahead for Falkland Islands lawmakers who will be attending at a very special moment several overseas meetings of major interest for the Islands. In coming weeks the Falklands as a British Overseas Territory faces one of its greatest challenges for its future, in uncharted waters and still unclear trade and political consequences, such is the impact of Brexit.