MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 2nd 2019
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Saturday, November 2nd 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Privatized services plus health, education and pension's costs, the right blend for Chile's social explosion
It is not poverty that is driving Chile's middle class into the streets to join massive protests: it is debt, brought on by sky-high private health and education costs that have created an economic fragility many find unbearable.
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Saturday, November 2nd 2019 - 09:23 UTC
Trump certain an “angry majority” of American voters support him against impeachment inquiry
President Donald Trump said on Friday he believed an “angry majority” of American voters will support him against an impeachment inquiry as he sought to rally his supporters to voice their opposition to the Democratic attempt to oust him.
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Saturday, November 2nd 2019 - 09:15 UTC
Spain confirmed as host of COP25 climate summit, but Madrid hotels are full and flights expensive
Spain will host the COP25 climate summit in December, the UN said on Friday, after Chile abandoned plans to hold it due to deadly anti-government protests. Some 25,000 delegates had been expected in Chile for COP25, including teenage Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.
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Saturday, November 2nd 2019 - 09:06 UTC
Brazilian Navy focus the major oil spill suspect on a Greek-flagged tanker
A Greek-flagged tanker is the main suspect in oil spills that have been appearing along the coast of Brazil for two months, the defense ministry said Friday, finally lifting some of the suspense over this “environmental catastrophe.”
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Saturday, November 2nd 2019 - 09:03 UTC
Brazil police dismantle huge net work of human traffickers involving the three Americas
Brazilian federal police said they have arrested Saifullah Al-Mamun, born in Bangladesh and considered by authorities one of the world's most prolific human traffickers. In an operation conducted on Thursday after collaboration with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Brazilian police arrested members of a group allegedly implicated in a large scheme of smuggling people into the United States.
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Saturday, November 2nd 2019 - 09:00 UTC
New Falklands Patrol, HMS Forth, sails to the South Atlantic
The Royal Navy's HMS Forth has set sail for a long-term deployment into the Falkland Islands. The ship left Portsmouth Naval Base early Friday for the South Atlantic where she will act as the Islands' Protection Vessel, replacing HMS Clyde.
