Stories for 2019

Friday, September 13th 2019 - 12:38 UTC
August inflation in Argentina reverses tendency and again shoots up: 4%

Prices in Argentina shot up last month after a shocking primary vote plunged the peso, reversing four months of declines.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 11:56 UTC
Following a US judge decision to keep a Peruvian ex president in jail, the former ex first lady is dragged out of the courtroom

A former Peruvian first lady was dragged out of a courtroom in San Francisco on Thursday as she cursed a judge's decision to keep her husband, ex-president Alejandro Toledo, in jail pending extradition proceedings.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 11:54 UTC
Chinese private firms return to buy some 600.000 tons of US soybeans

Privately run Chinese firms bought at least 10 boatloads of U.S. soybeans on Thursday, the country's most significant purchases since at least June, traders said, ahead of high-level talks next month aimed at ending a bilateral trade war that has lasted more than a year.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 11:51 UTC
Argentine budget forecasts a 2.6% contraction this year, and 1% growth in 2020

Argentina's inflation rate is expected at 53% in December 2019, but will fall back to 34% the following year, according to projections in the forthcoming 2020 budget, treasury officials said this week.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 11:47 UTC
IMF remains strongly engaged with Argentina; meeting with officials scheduled for later this month

The International Monetary Fund is continuing talks with Argentina as authorities there try to stem spiraling economic problems in Latin America’s third-largest economy, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice told reporters on Thursday.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 11:43 UTC
Australian giant seal helps catch a drug smuggling gang with US$ 690 million in cocaine

Australian police have thwarted a billion-dollar international drug smuggling operation, reportedly with the help of a giant seal. An international investigation into the drug gang reached its climax last week after an abandoned yacht was found on the shoreline of Stick Island, off the coast of Western Australia, sparking a search for its occupants.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Falklands' lawmakers attending overseas conferences in September and October

Busy months ahead for Falkland Islands lawmakers who will be attending at a very special moment several overseas meetings of major interest for the Islands. In coming weeks the Falklands as a British Overseas Territory faces one of its greatest challenges for its future, in uncharted waters and still unclear trade and political consequences, such is the impact of Brexit.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 07:07 UTC
UK names preferred bidder for Type 31 frigates: first one should be delivered in 2023

The race to design and build a new generation of Royal Navy frigates has been won by engineering firm Babcock. It has been named preferred bidder for the £1.25bn contract for five Type 31 warships. The deal secures hundreds of jobs at Rosyth in Fife, where the ships will be assembled, with construction work expected to be spread between yards across the UK.
Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 22:37 UTC
US unearths cold war inter-American defense treaty to warn Venezuela's military and political threats

The government of Venezuela has denounced the US invocation of a Cold War-era mutual defense treaty on behalf of the opposition in Caracas, a move which clears the way for military intervention in the Latin American country.
Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 19:34 UTC
US Supreme Court rules in favor of Trump's asylum policy for immigrants at US/Mexico border

The US Supreme Court granted a request by President Donald Trump's administration to fully enforce a new rule that would curtail asylum applications by immigrants at the US-Mexico border, a key element of his hardline immigration policies.