Stories for 2020

Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 19:30 UTC
Falklands' oil company lays out plans for production: 85.000 bpd at peak output

At peak oil production from the Falkland Islands offshore Sea Lion oil field, Premier Oil is hoping for 85,000 barrels of oil per day. Over 20 years they anticipate 255 million barrels of oil in a medium-case scenario.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 19:29 UTC
Falklands/Argentine fisheries scientific meetings unlikely to take place

A UK/Falklands-Argentina meeting of the South Atlantic Scientific Sub-Committee scheduled for January is “unlikely” to take place, the Falklands lawmaker MLA Teslyn Barkman told Penguin News. The prospect of this happening and “taking Britain out of the comfort zone enjoyed” until now, had been advanced by Mercopress.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 12:08 UTC
Buenos Aires province bond mired in controversy over honoring repayment

Argentine sovereign and provincial bonds dipped on Wednesday as the provincial government in Buenos Aires was forced to extend a deadline for creditors to agree or reject a plan to delay a US$ 250 million bond repayment originally due on Jan. 26.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 11:58 UTC
Argentina sends “debt sustainability” bill to Congress to restructure interest and capital payments

Argentina’s government of Alberto Fernandez is seeking to push through legislation to help solve a mounting debt crisis as the country struggles to make repayments to global creditors.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 11:17 UTC
Filmus scheduled to discuss the Malvinas Question with C24 delegates and UN Secretary cabinet chief

Argentina will reaffirm its legitimate and imprescriptible sovereignty rights over the South Atlantic Islands and its maritime spaces during a meeting on Thursday in New York with members of the United Nations Special Decolonization Committee, or C24, reads a release from the foreign and worship ministry.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 10:59 UTC
Venezuelan president Guaidó meets Johnson in London; in Caracas his office was raided by Maduro's secret service agents

Venezuelan secret service agents have raided the offices of opposition leader Juan Guaidó while he is on a visit to the UK. Footage showed hooded and armed officers from the Sebin service outside the building in Caracas.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 09:22 UTC
“UK has crossed the Brexit finishing line”, claims Johnson after Parliament vote

Boris Johnson has said the UK has “crossed the Brexit finish line” after Parliament passed legislation implementing the withdrawal deal. The EU Bill, which paves the way for the country to leave the bloc on 31 January, is now awaiting royal assent.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 09:16 UTC
Anti government protestors clash with riot police in several Colombian cities

Riot police firing tear gas and stun grenades clashed with rock-throwing demonstrators in Bogota as anti-government protests resumed across Colombia, leaving 11 people injured and nearly 100 arrested.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 09:04 UTC
Coronavirus from China could have reached Mexico; professor who visited Wuhan under home monitoring

A man who fell ill in Mexico on Monday following a December trip to Wuhan, China, is under observation as a potential case of the coronavirus, the respiratory virus that has killed at least 19 people worldwide.
Thursday, January 23rd 2020 - 08:54 UTC
Argentina's ongoing dispute with hedge funds: a legal battle won but it's a long conflict

A U.S. District Judge dismissed the latest lawsuit filed by Aurelius Capital against Argentina over debt. In January 2019 Aurelius Capital Master Ltd., filed in Manhattan a breach of contract suit against Argentina, related to various U.S. dollar tied, GDP-linked securities issued by the South American country in 2005 and 2010.