Stories for December 12th 2019

Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 18:17 UTC
Evo Morales and entourage in Buenos Aires to stay as a political refugees

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales Thursday landed at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza international airport amid tight security and top secrecy to settle in the country where he has been granted political asylum, Foreign Minister Felipe Sola told reporters. “He feels better here than in Mexico,” Solá added. “He is here to stay,” he went on.
Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 17:47 UTC
Venezuela increases oil output amid drive to keep world inventories low

OPEC Wednesday announced that oil pumping in Venezuela in November reached 697.000 bpd. But one country's increase in production may not have a positive impact in the near future in view of OPEC's decision to curb output in an attempt to keep inventories at a level that holds profit margins attractive.
Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 15:01 UTC
Petrobras awards long-term FPSO contract to Dutch operators SBM Offshore

The Dutch company SBM Offshore has been awarded a much-coveted long-term FPSO contract by Petrobras, it was announced Wednesday.
Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 10:46 UTC
Human bodies spotted around area where Chilean Hercules went missing

The Chilean Air Force contacted relatives of the 38 people aboard its Lockheed Hercules C-130 transport aircraft which went missing Monday afternoon en route to Antarctica to report the discovery of human remains in the area of the Drake Passage where the search for the airplane was underway, José Fernandéz, mayor of Magallanes, told the media.
Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 10:25 UTC
Bolivia’s Interim Government rejects the IACHR report on violence after elections

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) published a report that describes the violence that was generated in Bolivia after the general elections as a “massacre”. For the interim government in charge of Senator Jeanine Áñez, the report is “totally biased” and “does not reflect reality.”
Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 03:43 UTC
Survey says PM Johnson's lead over Corbyn narrower for Thursday's polls

British voters are set to make history in Thursday's general election where much more than who will become Prime Minister is at stake. It is, admittedly, about deciding who will govern for the next five years, but more than that, it is about whether the nation stays or leaves the European Union and everything it entails.
Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 03:35 UTC
Greta youngest ever winner of Time Magazine's POY Award

Swedish climate change teenage activist Greta Thunberg was chosen Wednesday as Time magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year (POY) award, the New York-based publication announced, thus becoming the youngest person ever to receive the accolade.
Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 03:24 UTC
Bolsonaro calls climate activist Greta Thunberg “a brat” over Tweeter posting

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday dubbed activist Greta Thunberg “a brat” after the 16-year-old Swede denounced the murder of two indigenous people in the Amazon region and pointed fingers at illegal deforestation.