Stories for 2019

Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:47 UTC
Brazil's newest oil auction attracting oil majors

Brazil’s newest oil auction is attracting some of the world’s biggest oil majors such as BP, Chevron, CNOOC, ExxonMobil, and Shell, the Brazilian government said on Monday, according to Bloomberg.
Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Trump should be impeached a thousand times, claims Maduro

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, under fire all year to quit from the United States and its allies, exulted on Monday in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, though he did not expect the White House to let up against him.
Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Brazilian soy farmers concerned with new Bayer biotech herbicide, Dicamba

Brazilian farmers are wary of the imminent introduction of a new genetically modified soy seed technology because of the risks associated with dicamba, a herbicide the biotech product is designed to tolerate.
Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:37 UTC
Maduro scoffs at EU sanctions and Trump's failed Venezuela policy

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday scoffed at sanctions imposed by the European Union and accused Brussels of doing US President Donald Trump's bidding. “I don't care about the European Union sanctions, the sanctions of the European Union make us laugh,” Maduro told a press conference, saying the EU was “sinking in the mud of Donald Trump's failed Venezuela policy.”
Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:27 UTC
Mexican president jokes about his predecessor's luxurious Boeing Dreamliner: “not even Trump has one like it”

The luxury presidential plane that whisked Mexico’s former leader around the world but is now for sale should tempt Donald Trump to open his wallet, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador joked on Friday.
Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:23 UTC
Uruguay expects some 203 cruise calls this 2019/2020 season

Uruguay is expecting 203 calls this coming 2019/20 cruise season, which represents an 11.6% increase over the previous season. The announcement was done by Tourism minister Liliam Kechichian during a conference on the cruise and tourism industry held in the Atlantic seaside of Punta del Este.
Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:03 UTC
Brazil's national debt at a record high in August, 79.8% of GDP

Brazil's national debt rose to the highest on record in August, central bank figures showed on Monday, driven by a combination of increased interest payments, higher borrowing and a weaker exchange rate.
Monday, September 30th 2019 - 18:56 UTC
Chancellor of the Exchequer insists UK leaves the EU on October 31

The United Kingdom will leave the European Union on Oct. 31, hopefully with a deal, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid said on Monday. “Hopefully we leave with a deal,” Javid told ITV. “If we cannot strike a deal, I think it is important to leave in any case and leave with no deal. It is not perfect but it is appropriate that we leave on the 31st.”
Monday, September 30th 2019 - 08:49 UTC
Macri launches his presidential campaign convinced “Yes, I can win”

Argentina’s embattled President Mauricio Macri took to the streets on Saturday with a defiant message: “Yes we can,” he told crowds of supporters in Buenos Aires as he looks to launch an unlikely comeback ahead of general elections next month.
Monday, September 30th 2019 - 08:30 UTC
Dry weather threatens 20% of Argentine winter and summer crops

Dry weather in Argentina is hitting the outlooks for wheat and corn crops, local climate experts said, while low-cost soy is being supported by growers looking to hedge their bets with political uncertainty rising ahead of October's presidential vote.