Argentina's front-running candidate for president, Alberto Fernandez, has been asked by advisors within his left-leaning coalition to freeze natural gas and power tariffs and to peg oil product prices to pesos instead of dollars as measures to contain inflation and spur economic growth.
U.S. President Donald Trump and his top diplomat said on Thursday they supported Brazil’s taking steps toward joining the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), although it is first backing accession by Argentina.
The Falkland Islands Government announced on Tuesday its commitment to introduce a Public Register of Beneficial Ownership in the Islands by 2023, which aligns with the UK Government’s timetable.
The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has entered a new phase of weak economic performance, but increased integration in international trade and global value chains could reinvigorate economic growth.
Ten Falkland Islands former Governors took Sukey Cameron MBE to lunch to mark her retirement as Falkland Islands Government Representative in London. Ms. Cameron told Penguin News she believed it was the first occasion that they have all been together.
Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA on Thursday denied accusations by Brazil that it was responsible for a massive oil spill that has polluted beaches on its northeastern Atlantic coast.
Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA will furlough almost 15,000 workers in January, a metalworkers union said on Thursday, ahead of a partial takeover by Boeing Co as part of a deal that still needs regulatory approval.
The Falkland Islands population is growing and equally significant future development prospects are encouraging, thus the need for more housing particularly in the capital Stanley. Working on this the Planning and Building Committee has approved a new residential housing development, ‘Phase 6 Sapper Hill’, to be allocated on Bennett’s Paddock, near where Ross Road West meets Moody Brook Road.
More than a million Californians were without electricity due to pre-emptive blackouts Thursday, but localized fires broke out as hot, windy conditions spread south toward Los Angeles.
Creating meat from cells is no longer the realm of science fiction: A Russian cosmonaut did it aboard the International Space Station, and it is just a matter of time before these products arrive in supermarkets. Tests carried out in space in September led to the production of beef, rabbit and fish tissue using a 3D printer.