Stories for 2019

Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Argentina: official transition with incoming administration takes off next week

Argentina's official transition in anticipation of 10 December when elected president Alberto Fernandez takes office, is scheduled to begin next Wednesday when Fernandez returns from his first overseas trip to Mexico.
Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Argentina imposes more money exchange restrictions to defend reserves

Argentina’s central bank is setting a price floor under the volatile peso in hopes to avoid a sharp plunge in the currency after an opposition-won presidential election last Sunday shifted the country firmly back to the left.
Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:55 UTC
OAS begins Bolivia election audit; two dead in street clashes; Morales blames opposition candidate Mesa

Bolivia was set to start a politically charged review of its recent presidential election on Thursday, as the country contended with fresh protests and street clashes that left at least two dead and others injured. The Organization of American States was expected to conduct the audit of the fiercely contested October 20 vote, which handed President Evo Morales a first-round win.
Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:52 UTC
US expects Argentina to uphold its commitments to IMF, Mnuchin said

The United States expects Argentina’s incoming Peronist government to uphold the country’s commitment to the terms of its US$ 57 billion International Monetary Fund loan program, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.
Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Falklands concern over environmental funding following Brexit

Concern over environmental funding for the Falkland Islands following Brexit was once again raised in parliament last week, after Baroness Hooper submitted a question asking the Government “how much, if any, of the funding announced by the Prime Minister for the Darwin Initiative on 23 September will replace EU funding for wildlife in the Falkland Islands and other Overseas Territories?”
Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Brazil's oil slick heading to unique coral reefs; Navy has cut down possible culprits of the spill to ten vessels

With mystery oil slicks still moving down Brazil's coast, the Brazilian Navy sent more ships on Thursday to try to prevent the pollution of unique coral reefs of the Abrolhos Archipelago marine park, a haven of South Atlantic Ocean biodiversity.
Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Falklands' catches for calamari squid and hake have risen sustainedly

Falkland Islands' catches for calamari squid and hake have risen substantially over five years. Statistics were outlined at Legislative Assembly on Thursday.
Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Johnson defends UK's Brexit deal following criticism from President Trump

Downing Street has defended the UK's Brexit deal with the EU, following criticism from the US president. Donald Trump said the US “can't make a trade deal with the UK” under Boris Johnson's EU withdrawal agreement.
Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:24 UTC
What happens to the United Kingdom now?

By Chris Patten – Even after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, the country will face years of talks in which it will be negotiating from a position of weakness. The UK will be less prosperous and influential than before and will be under increasing internal strain because of policies driven by malignant English nationalism.
Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:01 UTC
Wildfires ranging across Brazil's Pantanal wetlands

Wildfires are raging across the Pantanal tropical wetlands in southern Brazil, one of the most biodiversity areas in the world and a major tourist destination, regional authorities said on Thursday.