Stories for 2019

Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Maduro's former Vice President wanted by US for “international narcotics trafficking”

United States immigration officials have added Venezuelan government minister Tareck El Aissami, a suspected drug smuggler, to their list of most wanted fugitives, they said on Wednesday.
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:57 UTC
Trump declares Brazil a trusted major non-NATO ally of the US

President Donald Trump on Wednesday boosted Brazil's status as a US military ally, easing the path for the Latin American giant to buy more sophisticated weaponry. In a notice sent to the State Department, Trump said, “I hereby designate the Federative Republic of Brazil as a major Non-NATO Ally of the United States,” referring to the powerful North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Brazilian tribal chief allegedly murdered will be exhumed for an autopsy

The body of a tribal chief allegedly murdered deep inside the Amazon in northern Brazil will be exhumed for an autopsy, officials said on Wednesday following international outcry over his death.
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Brazilian miner Vale reports quarter loss: US$ 2bn write-downs to compensate for deadly dam bursts

Brazilian miner Vale SA on Wednesday said it swung to a quarterly loss as the company announced more than US$2 billion in fresh write-downs related to two deadly dam bursts suffered by the company over a period of less than four years.
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:36 UTC
South America expected to grow 0.2% in 2019, forecasts CEPAL

Hit by five years of “economic slowdown,” Latin America's economy will grow by barely 0.5% this year, the United Nations economic commission for the region said on Wednesday, well below the 1.3% projected in April.
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:27 UTC
US/China “candid” trade talks, but no breakthrough; next meeting in September in Washington

U.S. and Chinese negotiators ended a brief round of trade talks on Wednesday with little sign of progress and agreed to meet again in September, prolonging an uneasy truce in a year-long trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:25 UTC
Argentina expanding LNG pipeline from Vaca Muerta to Buenos Aires

Argentina on Wednesday launched an international tender for a multibillion-dollar pipeline to transport natural gas from the Vaca Muerta shale formation in the western part of the country to capital Buenos Aires. Bids will be opened on September 12.
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:13 UTC
Brazil's central bank cuts main interest rate to 6%, confident of “reforms' process”

Brazil's central bank slashed interest rates to a record low on Wednesday in response to the worsening outlook for Latin America's biggest economy. The bank cut its main rate to 6% from the previous historic low of 6.5%, which had been unchanged since March 2018.
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:04 UTC
Five members of the US Congress on a two-day visit to Gibraltar

A delegation of five members of the United States Congress is in Gibraltar for a two day visit. This follows the trip to Washington by Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Joseph Garcia earlier this year. The visit has been organized through the United Kingdom under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act (MECEA) scheme.
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 01:19 UTC
Shortage of HIV medication for patients under state-run health care in Argentina causes grave concern

The GEP Foundation Monday reported the lack of medicines which comprise the antiretroviral schemes used by the 86,338 people with HIV who are under antiretroviral treatment in Argentina.