Stories for November 5th 2019

Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 20:37 UTC
Google data center project in Uruguay under way

Google plans to build a data centre for storage and server management within Uruguay's Science Park in the Canelones area, it was announced. It will be Google's second such facility in Latin America, the other one being in Chile.
Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Fernandez with Lopez Obrador, “satisfied in meeting with someone who thinks so similarly to me”

Argentine President-elect Alberto Fernández met with his Mexican soon-to-be counterpart on Monday seeking to boost bilateral and regional cooperation in his first foreign trip since winning election last month.
Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Malvinas “Virgin of Lujan” image finally arrives to Buenos Aires

An image of Argentina Patroness, the Virgin of Lujan which was left behind by the Argentine soldiers at the end of the Falklands/Malvinas war, and was recently returned by the United Kingdom and blessed by Pope Francis in the Vatican, finally arrived in Buenos Aires early morning Monday, 37 years after the conflict was over.
Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:47 UTC
Three weeks of protests and looting in Chile: demands for a new constitution and a change in the political system

Protesters in Chile clashed with police, looted stores and endured a strong earthquake at the close of a huge rally kicking off the third week of anti-government demonstrations that have sparked deadly unrest. In effect as protestors promised it was a “super Monday”, rather a heck of a Monday.
Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:46 UTC
Bolsonaro's new measures to tackle budget deficit face a reluctant Congress

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will try to build momentum for his government's market-friendly reforms on Tuesday, proposing new measures to tackle a budget deficit that are likely to be met with skepticism among lawmakers.
Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Falklands extends duration of Rockhopper and Argos Resources oil exploration licenses

Rockhopper Exploration PLC said on Monday that the Falkland Islands government has extended the duration of the PL032 Discovery Area License until May 1, 2021, with no additional license commitments.
Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Protests all over the world: are we witnessing an emerging global society?

By Gwynne Dyer – Journalists don’t just travel in packs; they write in packs, too. And what they’re writing this week is endless pipe-sucking ruminations about what’s driving the seemingly synchronized outbreak of protests in a large number of very different countries around the world.
Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:39 UTC
Several countries members of OAS Joint Declaration on the situation in Bolivia

Following a presentation by Bolivian foreign minister Diego Pary to an extraordinary session of the Organization of American States' (OAS) permanent council in Washington, the following declaration was issued:
Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:36 UTC
Brazilians desperately cleaning the oil spill ahead of the peak tourism season

Months after thick oil began turning idyllic beaches in Brazil into “black carpets,” workers and volunteers wearing rubber gloves race against time to scrape off the remaining fragments ahead of the country's peak tourism season.
Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:36 UTC
Xi calls on the world “to tear down the walls” of protectionism and unilateralism

President Xi Jinping on Tuesday pledged to further open China's economy, declaring the world must “tear down walls” as he opened an annual trade fair in Shanghai.