Stories for October 2019

Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
“Argentina's financial downturn is a crisis of confidence in political institutions”

Argentina's financial crisis has been exacerbated by the political uncertainty facing the country with its president Mauricio Macri now most likely to be voted out of office at the national elections at the end of the month. However, according to Claudio Zuchovicki, the secretary-general of the Iberoamerican Stock Exchange Federation, the financial downturn is mostly a crisis of confidence in political institutions.
Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Winners of the Falklands regional student competition have been announced

The Falkland Islands Government and the British embassies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay have announced the winners of the 2019/2020 student competition to visit the Falkland Islands.
Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:44 UTC
Extinction Rebellion protestors block BBC's headquarters

Extinction Rebellion protesters blocked the BBC's headquarters on Friday, calling on Britain's public service broadcaster to treat climate change with the same gravity as World War Two and tell the public the truth.
Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Vatican considering giving laywomen in the Amazon official ministries

Deep in the Amazon forest, young couples looking to wed or baptize children often turn to Sister Alba, who fills in where Catholic priests cannot be found. But in many remote areas, there are not even enough nuns to go around, and it is laywomen who play a key role in the evangelization of indigenous people.
Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Evangelical churches advancing in Argentina, even in Francis former archdiocese

The pastor's voice bellows through an old converted cinema in a rundown Buenos Aires barrio and hundreds of hands reach out in prayer. Though not a typical place of worship, Evangelical churches like this one are sprouting up all over Pope Francis' former archdiocese, as once staunchly Catholic Argentina battles an economic crisis that has plunged more than one-third of the nation into poverty.
Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:36 UTC
American Airlines and Gol negotiating a partnership to counter Delta/Latam deal

American Airlines Group Inc and Brazil's Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA are negotiating a “partnership” that could “integrate flights between the two airlines in Latin America,” a newspaper reported on Friday.
Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Nobel Peace Prize for Ethiopian prime minister who ended decades of hostility with neighboring Eritrea

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his peacemaking efforts which ended two decades of hostility with longtime enemy Eritrea.
Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:10 UTC
Fed announces supply of reserves plan to avoid “cash crunches”

The Federal Reserve has announced a new program to boost liquidity in the US financial plumbing and allow the central bank to better manage interest rates, but without changing monetary policy.
Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:04 UTC
Measles and “immunization gap” causing an alarming upsurge of the disease

Measles is staging a devastating comeback in epidemics across the world as the virus exploits dangerous gaps in vaccination coverage, World Health Organization (WHO) experts said.
Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Argentina: Oil industry fearful of tariffs' freezing as suggested by Alberto Fernandez advisors

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.