Stories for January 2020

Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 07:44 UTC
Guyana rapidly becoming an oil major: 16th discovery in four years of exploration

ExxonMobil today announced its 16 discovery in the Stabroek Block, located off the Guyanese coastline. The Texas-based company announced that it encountered 29 meters of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone at the Uaru well.
Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 07:31 UTC
Colombian mother and her three children survived 34 days in the Peruvian jungle

Colombian mother and her three children aged 14, 12 and 10 have been found by indigenous Peruvians 34 days after they were reported missing, authorities say. They said they had managed to survive by eating seeds, plants and berries.
Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 07:22 UTC
Fugitive Colombian senator who escaped on a motorcycle captured in Venezuela

Special Forces in Venezuela have captured the fugitive Colombian former senator, Aída Merlano. Ms Merlano, who was serving a 15-year sentence for vote-buying, gave prison guards the slip in October.
Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 07:14 UTC
Beer, wine and spirits companies agree to put clear age restriction labels on drinks

Twelve leading beer, wine and spirits companies have pledged to put clear age-restriction labels on their drinks and set tighter controls on access to their online content in a bid to reduce underage drinking.
Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 07:06 UTC
Drastic changes to the poultry industry production in France

France is to ban from the end of 2021 the hugely controversial but widespread poultry industry practice of systematically slaughtering male chicks, Agriculture Minister Didier Guillaume said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:35 UTC
Maduro prepared to hand over the oil industry to foreign private companies

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is considering selling shares of the country's state-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA, in an attempt to recover the country's petroleum industry and its dwindling production.
Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:28 UTC
Brazil floods: 54 dead, 18 missing and over 30.000 people displaced

Over 30,000 people have been displaced by heavy rains in southeast Brazil that also killed 54 people and left 18 missing. The storms in recent days caused floods and landslides, submerging entire neighbourhoods and sending homes tumbling down hillsides in the states of Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo and Rio de Janeiro.
Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:20 UTC
Prince Andrew wanted for questioning by US prosecutor and the FBI

The scandal surrounding Prince Andrew's friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has deepened after a leading US prosecutor said requests to interview the senior royal - including from the FBI - had been ignored.
Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:16 UTC
Argentina's economy minister scheduled to meet IMF officials

Argentine Economy Minister Martin Guzman will meet with International Monetary Fund officials in New York on Tuesday, an IMF spokesman said on Monday, as the government continues talks with its biggest creditor ahead of a massive debt restructuring.
Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:15 UTC
Reformist Brazil: government procurement contracts will be open to foreign companies

Brazil’s government is changing the rules to give foreign companies an equal shot at winning government contracts, the Economy Ministry said on Monday. Economy Minister Paulo Guedes has pledged to fight corruption and open up one of the world’s most protected countries to foreign business and the overseas investment necessary to modernize Brazil’s crumbling infrastructure.