Economy

Thursday, April 5th 2018 - 07:53 UTC
Falklands launches Plan outlining the Islands 2018/2022 growth and prosperity targets

The Falkland Islands Government has published The Islands Plan 2018-2022, which sets out its ambitions for improving the prosperity, health and wealth of people across the Falklands over the next four years.
Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 18:56 UTC
The Kirchners' most trusted official caught in the Odebrecht corruption web

An Argentine judge has charged ex president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner former planning minister in a case involving Brazilian company Odebrecht. Argentina's official Judicial Information Center says that Julio De Vido was charged Tuesday with carrying out incompatible deals while in public office.
Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 17:31 UTC
Falklands' lawmaker concern over capital program delivery

Falkland Islands' Member of Legislative Assembly Roger Spink has expressed concern about the shortfall in achieving the objectives of the capital program for 17/18.
Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 08:43 UTC
Brazil's unemployment stubbornly remains above 12%

Despite official announcements that Brazil's recession was turning into a mild recovery, the unemployment rate rose to 12.6% in the quarter ended in February, reaching the highest level since mid-2017 and surpassing market expectations of a 12.5% rate, according to the national statistics office.
Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 08:50 UTC
China preparing to begin paying for imported oil with the Yuan

China is taking its first steps towards paying for imported crude oil in Yuan instead of the U.S. dollar, according to Reuters, a key development in Beijing's efforts to establish its currency internationally.
Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 08:45 UTC
Barclays agrees to pay US$ 2bn to settle lawsuit for “misleading investors”

Barclays has agreed to pay US$2bn to settle a lawsuit brought by the US government over the sale of mortgage-backed securities. The US alleged that the bank had misled investors about the quality of loans backing the securities in the run-up to the financial crisis.
Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 08:39 UTC
Trade war: China slaps higher tariffs on US pork, wine and certain fruits

China has slapped extra tariffs of up to 25% on 128 U.S. products including frozen pork, as well as on wine and certain fruits and nuts, in response to U.S. duties on imports of aluminum and steel, China’s finance ministry said. The tariffs, to take effect on Monday, were released late on Sunday and matches a list of potential tariffs on up to US$3 billion in U.S. goods published by China on March 23.
Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 06:01 UTC
Brazil Finance minister Meirelles expected to announce this week his presidential bid

Brazil's Finance Minister, Henrique Meirelles, will step down from the government this week and join the ranks of the ruling Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, senior government officials said. The news of Meirelles' move was broken by the government's chief of staff, Eliseu Padilha.
Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 05:28 UTC
The Economist: Mauricio Macri fights Argentina’s tradition of handouts for votes

Just off Leonardo da Vinci Avenue, a long street of modest shops and foul-smelling gutters in the district of La Matanza outside Buenos Aires, stands La Juanita, a co-operative. Founded by unemployed workers in 2001, it occupies a former school.
Sunday, April 1st 2018 - 19:12 UTC
Trump doesn't care about Latin America, Lula tells Correa

Former Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, better or simply known as Lula, said Donald Trump “doesn't care about Latin America in the least and added that ”Bush and Condoleezza Rice pursued a much more democratic policy towards Brazil than Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.” In his view, Obama could give magnificent speeches, but never actually delivered.