Stories for October 29th 2020

Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 14:27 UTC
Alberto Fernández confesses that Néstor Kirchner marked a before and after for his life and is his permanent inspiration

“Néstor, in history and in my heart,” said Argentine President Alberto Fernández emotionally, along with a video recalling his relationship with his former political mentor, former President Néstor Kirchner (2003-2007) on the tenth anniversary of the former president's surprising death.
Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 09:42 UTC
Argentina reported on Wednesday over 30,000 deaths from Covid-19

Argentina reported 30,071 deaths from Covid-19 on Wednesday, the Health Ministry confirmed in a statement, while more than 1,130.533 cases have been diagnosed positive since the virus first arrived in the country back in March.
Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 09:34 UTC
Ex Bolivian president calls for calm after right-wing protestors called for a “military junta”

Exiled former Bolivian president Evo Morales called for calm after several hundred right-wing protesters demanded that a “military junta” replace socialist president-elect Luis Arce.
Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
Major US funds involved in Amazon degradation and indigenous rights violations, claim environmental groups

Major US financial firms are helping fund environmental destruction and indigenous rights abuses in the Amazon with billions of dollars in investments in questionable companies, according to a report published on Tuesday.
Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 09:10 UTC
Brazilian government borrowing jumped to second highest record in September

Brazilian government borrowing jumped to its second-highest on record in September, Treasury figures showed, meaning Brazil issued more debt in the first nine months of this year than the whole of last year.
Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 08:39 UTC
Brazil has a super port in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul

After two years of dredging works using a federal investment of R$ 500 million, (some 80 million dollars) the Port of Rio Grande – the main port in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul – will be able to receive vessels of up to 366 meters in length. This is because the port’s new draft, (15 meters) was officially approved on October 26th.
Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 08:28 UTC
Petrobras cutting losses as Brazilian economy and fuel demand are increasing

Brazil's state-run oil giant Petrobras announced on Wednesday it reduced its losses in the third quarter of the year, the company's third negative result in a row due to the global economic meltdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 08:22 UTC
US and India will share sensitive satellite data; Pompeo knitting a safety ring round China

The United States and India signed a pact to share sensitive satellite and map data as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned of the threat posed by an increasingly assertive China.
Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 08:19 UTC
Philadelphia under after dark curfew following the killing of a black man by police triggered looting and arson

Philadelphia officials imposed a citywide after-dark curfew on Wednesday, seeking to avert a third night of violence amid protests over the fatal police shooting of a black man wielding a knife and described by family as undergoing a nervous breakdown.
Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 00:09 UTC
Chile and Spain celebrating the 500ths anniversary of the Magellan Strait discovery in Punta Arenas

Chile and Spain are celebrating the 500th-anniversary discovery of the Magellan Strait, on November first 1520, by the round of the world expedition of Fernando Magellan and his second in command Sebastián Elcano, who had left Spain on September 1519, with five ships and some 247 crew, and only returned three years later with one vessel and 18 men.