Stories for 2019

Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 09:08 UTC
Macri flies to Brazil for a first face to face meeting with Bolsonaro

Argentine President Mauricio Macri will hold talks with his new Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday likely to center on consolidating trade ties between South America's two biggest economies, officials said. Battling recession and seeking re-election this year, Macri needs to boost Buenos Aires's side of a steep trade imbalance with its main trading partner.
Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 09:01 UTC
Supermodel Gisele is a “bad Brazilian” claims Agriculture minister Dias

Supermodel Gisele Bündchen is a “bad Brazilian” whose environmental activism has harmed the country’s image abroad, the nation’s new Agriculture Minister Tereza Cristina Dias said on Monday.
Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 08:52 UTC
Auto industry calls on Trump and Congress to end government shutdown

Leading automakers on Monday called on the Trump administration and Congress to resolve trade disputes, and end the US government shutdown, saying political uncertainty is costing the industry, Reuters reports.
Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 08:44 UTC
Theresa May and Parliament in their Brexit labyrinth

British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing likely defeat in Parliament when she asks MPs to approve her Brexit deal this Tuesday. That result would trigger huge uncertainty about the future of Britain's exit from the European Union.
Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 08:41 UTC
China's trade figures point reveals a strong weakening of the economy, and global demand

Chinese exports saw the steepest fall for two years in December, according to the latest trade figures. Exports from China fell 4.4% last month compared with the year before, while imports fell 7.6%. The figures indicate a further weakening in the strength of the world's second biggest economy and sent Asian stock markets lower on Monday.
Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 08:36 UTC
Bolsonaro pensions reforms aim to save some US$ 270bn in ten years

Far-right Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s new government wants to save 1 trillion Rreais (some US$ 269.48 billion) over 10 years via pension reforms economists say are vital to undo the growing fiscal deficit, a Brazilian newspaper reported on Monday.
Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 07:17 UTC
Busy weekend for Ushuaia: seven cruise vessels and 12.000 visitors

Busy weekend for Ushuaia with seven cruise vessels and some 12.000 visitors, including passengers and crew members. According to port authorities, the vessels calling were the Celebrity Eclipse, Star Princess, Norwegian plus Le Boreal, Ortelius and Island Sky.
Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 06:53 UTC
Falklands in The New York Times list of Places to Visit

On 9 January, The New York Times published a multimedia report with a list of 52 Places to visit in the world. In position 23 figures the Falkland Islands with the following description, emphasizing, “five kinds of penguins easier to reach”. The report is credited to Nell McShane Wulfhart.
Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 06:25 UTC
Falkland Islands strengthens its air service with new aircraft and avionics

The Falkland Islands government air service, FIGAS, has incorporated on lease a Britten-Norman Islander aircraft for the inter-islands air service during the current summer season. Likewise another new aircraft has been ordered, scheduled to be delivered next July, as well as four new engines for the FIGAS fleet of Briten-Norman Islanders.
Monday, January 14th 2019 - 18:06 UTC
Uruguay: “Deep concern” about detention of the Venezuelan Parliament president

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed on Monday, through a statement, its “deep concern” regarding the “serious institutional crisis” and the “acts of intimidation” that led to the arrest and subsequent release of the president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó , by officials of the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (Sebin).