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Stories for 2019

  • Sunday, May 26th 2019 - 21:12 UTC

    Judgment to the former administrators of Pescanova considered responsible for fraudulent bankruptcy

    Manuel Fernández de Sousa, former president of Pescanova, will have to sit on the bench in December

    The Fourth Section of the Criminal Chamber of the National Court will judge the old Pescanova former administrators for making up the accounts of the company as of December 2, with the prospect that more than 40 sessions will be held and the procedure will be seen for sentencing in March 2020, as specified in the oral trial notice to which Europa Press has had access.

  • Sunday, May 26th 2019 - 10:26 UTC

    Peru: magnitude of 8.0 struck the Amazon jungle

    LIMA, Peru (AP) — A large earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.0 struck the Amazon jungle in north-central Peru early Sunday, the U.S. Geological survey reported.

  • Saturday, May 25th 2019 - 08:20 UTC

    Cristina Fernandez releases compilation of her foreign policy speeches

    CFK's latest book has been reviewed to be heavily critical of current President Mauricio Macri's foreign policy.

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Friday released a new book - Una Política Exterior Soberana - (A Sovereign Foreign Policy), a compilation of her most emblematic speeches on the international arena during her eight years at the helm of the Casa Rosada.

  • Saturday, May 25th 2019 - 08:01 UTC

    Brazil's Supreme Court leans in favor of LGBTQ rights

    With a formal ruling yet to be made, the judicial expected outcome would deal a severe blow to President Jair Bolsonaro's historic anti-LGBTQ stance

    Brazil's Supreme Court Thursday hinted it would rule against discrimination based on sexuality or gender and that Congress had acted unconstitutionally by failing to include homophobia and transphobia within its anti-discrimination statutes, it was reported.

  • Friday, May 24th 2019 - 20:42 UTC

    Xi Jinping praises Sino-Brazilian partnership

    “Cooperation between China and Brazil is bound to usher in a broader future,” Xi said. --

    Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday highlighted Brazil's commitment to developing the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries as he met with the South American country's Vice President Hamilton Mourao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing to bolster binational ties.

  • Friday, May 24th 2019 - 19:31 UTC

    Aviation authority grounds Avianca Brasil for safety

    Avianca Brasil had accumulated a debt of around 123 million US dollars by December 2018.

    All flights by Avianca Brasil, the fourth largest airline in the country, were grounded Friday by the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) for safety reasons, it was announced.

  • Friday, May 24th 2019 - 16:51 UTC

    Opposition deems strike in Nicaragua a success

    Managua's rush hour did not seem to exist on Thursday.

    The streets of Nicaragua's main cities were empty and almost every store remained unopened during Thursday's nationwide strike which was considered a success by opposition leaders, it was reported.

  • Friday, May 24th 2019 - 09:41 UTC

    Theresa May will resign as Prime Minister next June 7

    May’s resignation comes after a 10-point “new Brexit deal”, announced in a speech on Tuesday

    Theresa May has announced that she will present her resignation on June 7 after her meeting with the president of the 1922 Parliamentary Committee, Graham Grady, and the unsustainable pressure of the Tories. Former Foreign Secretary and hard Brexit icon, Boris Johnson, confirmed on Thursday his candidacy to succeed her.

  • Friday, May 24th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

    No Parallels between Falklands and Chagos

    UK’s ambassador to the UN, Karen Pierce, said she did not expect any change of position on the part of Argentina, a country with which London maintains good relations

    In a move that will no doubt be greeted favorably in Buenos Aires, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly demanded on Wednesday that Britain give up control over the Chagos Islands.

  • Thursday, May 23rd 2019 - 09:58 UTC

    Chagos islands decolonization: stunning defeat for UK in UN assembly

    The UN resolution backs a non-binding advisory opinion from ICJ which found UK acted unlawfully in the decolonization process and should relinquish control.

    United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly demanded on Wednesday that Britain give up control over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean within six months, dealing a diplomatic blow to Britain and the United States.