International

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Brazil's soybeans sales to China and soy-meal exports to the EU remain very strong

  

  Brazil, the world’s largest soy producer, and supplier, shipped 3.55 million tons of soybeans in the first three weeks of February, up 367% month on month, according to a report from the Brazilian foreign trade department.

• Monday, March 2nd 2020 - 07:58 UTC

  New Uruguayan president promises to crack down on crime and promote a true fiscal rule

  

  A center right president took office in Uruguay on Sunday, promising to crack down on crime and tighten government finances after a 15-year string of left-leaning governments. Luis Lacalle Pou, a 46-year-old surfing enthusiast and son of a former president, narrowly won the election in November, 37.000 votes, in his second try for the top office.

• Monday, March 2nd 2020 - 06:50 UTC

  Foreign Office official visits Argentina to address a long agenda including Falklands

  

  Wendy Morton, the foreign office minister of European Neighborhood and the Americas arrives this Monday to Buenos Aires to meet with members of the Kirchner government, who over the weekend announced a new more demanding and aggressive Argentine policy referred to the Falklands and South Atlantic Islands sovereignty claim.

• Sunday, March 1st 2020 - 13:51 UTC

  Gibraltar bans tourists arriving from sixteen “at risk” coronavirus countries

  

  Gibraltar has started banning people entering from coronavirus-hit countries. In a document sent to the Japanese embassy in London, Gibraltar said it “may deny” entry to people who have visited any of 16 “dangerous countries” which have been hit by coronavirus.

• Sunday, March 1st 2020 - 13:20 UTC

  African swine fever kills 3.000 pigs in Indonesia

  

  Indonesia is tightening curbs on the transport of pigs and pork products after nearly 3,000 animals died in a new outbreak of African swine fever in an eastern province bordering East Timor, the agriculture ministry said on Friday.

• Sunday, March 1st 2020 - 13:19 UTC

  Hyundai closes a factory in South Korea because of coronavirus

  

  Hyundai Motor shut down a factory in South Korea on Friday after a worker tested positive for the new coronavirus, disrupting production of popular models such as Palisade sport utility vehicle.

• Saturday, February 29th 2020 - 07:59 UTC

  Covid 19 re-infection surprise: some discharged patients are testing positive again

  

  A growing number of discharged coronavirus patients in China and elsewhere are testing positive after recovering, sometimes weeks after being allowed to leave the hospital, which could make the epidemic harder to eradicate.

• Saturday, February 29th 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  Brazil's beef industry hit by drop in Chinese demand; cattle price down 10% in January

  

  China’s beef imports will fall in the first half of 2020 due to fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, which is complicating the circulation of people and trade globally, Rabobank said in a report released on Thursday.

• Saturday, February 29th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Bolivia's October presidential election: no statistical support for claims of vote fraud

  

  The following article was published by The Washington Post, based on a report from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab political scientists John Curiel and Jack R Williams (*)

• Friday, February 28th 2020 - 07:55 UTC

  IMF mission arrives in Buenos Aires next Monday to continue negotiations

  

  The International Monetary Fund will send another mission to Argentina to continue debt strategy talks and discuss “next steps,” IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said on Thursday, as the country seeks to renegotiate its US$ 57 billion financing package.