Stories for 2020

Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:17 UTC
Azerbaijan/Armenia clash: waiting for Russia to impose a cease fire

By Gwynne Dyer – It’s probably Azerbaijan that started the shooting in this latest round of fighting with neighboring Armenia. Which is not to say that it’s all Azerbaijan’s fault.
Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:09 UTC
Consumers' debts threaten the Peruvian banking system

Peru's economy could plummet by more than 20% if unpaid consumer debts continue to mount, a scenario the government hopes to stave off with an emergency plan to reschedule troubled loans with state guarantees, the government said on Thursday.
Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:05 UTC
Argentina lowers export taxes on soy for three months, hoping farmers will sell their crops

Argentina plans to temporarily cut soybean and soy meal export taxes by 3 percentage points to 30% to help stimulate export revenue as the country struggles with recession and dwindling foreign reserves, it was announced on Thursday.
Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:01 UTC
China suspends beef imports from a Brazilian meatpacker Minerva plant

China said it would temporarily suspend imports from a beef plant owned by Brazilian meatpacker Minerva SA for a week, in the latest suspension amid concerns over coronavirus contamination in Brazilian meat plants.
Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:01 UTC
Chile's economic activity in August plunged 11,3%; mining sector dropped 3,4%

Chile economic activity plunged 11.3% in August from the same month a year earlier, the central bank said on Thursday, deeper than forecasts of an 8.5% drop as the world’s no. 1 copper producer grapples to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:01 UTC
Argentine central bank will promote Chinese Yuan for foreign trade negotiations

Argentina's central bank said on Thursday that it would allow a managed float of the peso currency and abandon its current “uniform daily devaluation” strategy as it seeks to adapt its monetary policy amid sharpening economic turmoil.
Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:00 UTC
IAATO Antarctic fellowship for a scientist to research micro-plastic in aquatic systems

The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), have announced one of the recipients of the Antarctic Fellowship 2020.
Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:00 UTC
Wales demanding UK government replace the promised EU after Brexit funds

“Negligible” progress has been made by the UK government to replace EU funds in Wales after Brexit, according to a committee of cross-party MPs. Former Welsh Secretary and senior Conservative MP Stephen Crabb said the situation was “simply unacceptable.”
Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 12:31 UTC
Uruguayan lawmaker, ex Commander-in-Chief, avoids the lifting of immunity due to accord in ruling coalition

It is ten o'clock in the morning and the Senate of Uruguay has several hours of intense debate ahead of it. Only few minutes before midnight, the ruling coalition of parties will have put the lid on the criminal investigation against their partner and current leader of the Cabildo Abierto, investigated for the alleged omission of denouncing the confessions of crimes against humanity made by a former military man before a Court of Honor in 2018.
Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Some 18 million Argentines, 40,9% of the population live in poverty, with prospects of worse times ahead

Nearly half of Argentina’s population was living in poverty in the second quarter, a sharp increase from last year, as the country’s longstanding economic crisis deepened due to the coronavirus pandemic, researchers estimated on Wednesday.