Stories for 2020

Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 08:10 UTC
Chinese beef importers seeking to renegotiate prices with suppliers from Brazil and Uruguay

Chinese beef importers are seeking to renegotiate prices previously agreed when they closed deals to buy dozens of shipments from Brazil and Uruguay because values are too high, according to a report in the online edition of local newspapers on Monday.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 08:01 UTC
Argentina manages to swap treasury bills rescheduling the repayment calendar

Argentina’s economy ministry said on Monday it had exchanged Treasury bills with an original face value of 99.6 billion pesos (US$1.66 billion) in a debt swap auction to help push back its repayment schedule amid a wider economic crisis.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 07:55 UTC
Bolsonaro invites a well known actress to become head of the ministry of Culture

Brazilian soap opera actress Regina Duarte could become the next Minister of Culture. Although she has not given her full yes, she is expected on Wednesday in Brasilia to check on the job and her responsibilities. The former minister Roberto Alvim was sacked after including Nazi propaganda official Joseph Goebbels excerpts in an official speech.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 07:28 UTC
Pompeo reaffirms full support for Guaidó and calls on other countries to help remove Maduro

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says his country will take additional measures in support of Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaidó. Pompeo called on other countries to co-operate in efforts to remove President Nicolás Maduro from office
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 07:21 UTC
Ex president Mujica calls Argentines “swindlers”; Buenos Aires media demand an apology

Uruguayan ex-president Jose Mujica is well known for his eclectic statements, expressed in the most coarse language, and in these austral summer days, with much sun and hard-drinking, was again at it, this time mocking the Argentines and his Kirchner friends which he openly supported in the recent election that meant the return of the Ks' populism.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 07:14 UTC
Mexican National Guard fires tear gas to prevent migrant caravan crossing from Guatemala

Hundreds of Central Americans from a new migrant caravan tried to force their way into Mexico on Monday by crossing the river that divides the country from Guatemala, prompting the National Guard to fire tear gas.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 07:06 UTC
Boris Johnson loses votes in the Lords over Brexit legislation

The government of Boris Johnson lost three votes in the Lords over its Brexit legislation - its first defeats since the election. Peers supported calls for EU nationals to be given a physical document as proof they have the right to live in the UK after it leaves the bloc.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 06:58 UTC
Johnson hosts summit with African leaders to boost trade and pledges fairer migration

Prime Minister Boris Johnson told African leaders on Monday that Britain would be more open to migrants from their continent after Brexit as he hosted a summit intended to boost trading ties.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 06:51 UTC
European top clubs destabilizing effects, warns La Liga president

La Liga president Javier Tebas has warned Europe's top clubs of the destabilizing effect seeking further riches through a revamped Champions League or FIFA's new Club World Cup will have on national leagues.
Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 06:43 UTC
New Coronavirus strain human-to-human transmission confirmed; fears for Chinese New Year celebrations

A SARS-like virus that has spread across China and reached three other Asian nations is contagious between humans, a government expert said, and the World Health Organization announced that a key emergency committee would meet this week to discuss the infections. The news came as Wuhan health authorities reported on Tuesday that a fourth person had died of the coronavirus.