International

• Friday, July 12th 2019 - 23:56 UTC

  Falkland Islands economy and Brexit…how tough will it be?

  

  Last week Penguin News reported on the uncertainty surrounding Brexit causing a slump in meat sales from the Falkland Islands Meat Company and lower prices.

• Friday, July 12th 2019 - 15:47 UTC

  Gibraltar Police arrest two officers of the Grace 1 supertanker

  

  RGP has confirmed the arrest of the two second mates of Panama flagged super tanker Grace I that was detained by local law enforcement agencies off Europa Point last week, in relation to alleged breaches of EU economic sanctions against Syria.

• Friday, July 12th 2019 - 13:13 UTC

  Humans came to the Americas earlier than thought, study shows

  

  A study by a Texas university released Thursday sheds new light on the population of the Americas as it places humans in the continent 2,000 years before than science has been maintaining.

• Friday, July 12th 2019 - 12:39 UTC

  Russia and Bolivia sign accords during Evo's new Moscow trip

  

  Bolivia's President Evo Morales and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Thursday signed agreements in Moscow on energy, industrial, agricultural and military issues and discussed the Venezuelan crisis negotiations that are taking place in Norway between delegates of Juan Guaidó and Nicolás Maduro.

• Friday, July 12th 2019 - 12:31 UTC

  Bolivia is making final preparations as it steps up to host the World Travel Awards (WTA) Latin America

  

  The leading travel industry figureheads from across South and Central America are attending what will mark WTA’s inaugural ceremony on 13 July in this fascinating country.

• Friday, July 12th 2019 - 10:26 UTC

  The IMF will release another $ 5.4 billion today for Argentina

  

  Mauricio Macri’s Government must guarantee that with the new disbursement in favor of Argentina for USD 5.4 billion that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will sign this Friday will comply with all the deadlines agreed for this year. This new disbursement is given after the approval of the quarterly goals to March by the technical staff of the fund.

• Thursday, July 11th 2019 - 20:16 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Brazil flight indicative fares “extremely competitive”

  

  “Extremely competitive” is how MLA Barry Elsby, speaking to Penguin News this week, described indicative fares for the new flight to Sao Paulo from the Falklands, beginning November 6.

• Thursday, July 11th 2019 - 19:39 UTC

  Cooperation agreement between Argentina, Japan launched

  

  Japan's International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Wednesday launched its “One Village, One Product” (OVOP) project in Argentina, which is designed to encourage social development in the provinces of Catamarca, Misiones, Chaco, Salta and Buenos Aires, it was announced.

• Thursday, July 11th 2019 - 18:54 UTC

  Royal Navy takes dissuasive action to let British oil taker through Iranian waters

  

  An undetermined number of small Iranian boats Wednesday tried to divert the oil tanker British Heritage of the United Kingdom in the Hormuz Strait but withdrew after dissuasive action from the Royal Navy's HMR Montrose, it was reported. No shots were fired during the incident.

• Thursday, July 11th 2019 - 14:10 UTC

  Mariachis play as last Volkswagen Beetle ever rolls off Puebla assembly line

  

  Carmakers Volkswagen hosted a ceremony in Puebla, Mexico, Wednesday to mark the discontinuation of the famed Beetle or Bug model as the last unit ever rolled off the assembly line to a mariachi band and surrounded by proud factory workers, the company announced.