Politics

Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Brazilian miner Vale reports quarter loss: US$ 2bn write-downs to compensate for deadly dam bursts

Brazilian miner Vale SA on Wednesday said it swung to a quarterly loss as the company announced more than US$2 billion in fresh write-downs related to two deadly dam bursts suffered by the company over a period of less than four years.
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:36 UTC
South America expected to grow 0.2% in 2019, forecasts CEPAL

Hit by five years of “economic slowdown,” Latin America's economy will grow by barely 0.5% this year, the United Nations economic commission for the region said on Wednesday, well below the 1.3% projected in April.
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:27 UTC
US/China “candid” trade talks, but no breakthrough; next meeting in September in Washington

U.S. and Chinese negotiators ended a brief round of trade talks on Wednesday with little sign of progress and agreed to meet again in September, prolonging an uneasy truce in a year-long trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:25 UTC
Argentina expanding LNG pipeline from Vaca Muerta to Buenos Aires

Argentina on Wednesday launched an international tender for a multibillion-dollar pipeline to transport natural gas from the Vaca Muerta shale formation in the western part of the country to capital Buenos Aires. Bids will be opened on September 12.
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:13 UTC
Brazil's central bank cuts main interest rate to 6%, confident of “reforms' process”

Brazil's central bank slashed interest rates to a record low on Wednesday in response to the worsening outlook for Latin America's biggest economy. The bank cut its main rate to 6% from the previous historic low of 6.5%, which had been unchanged since March 2018.
Thursday, August 1st 2019 - 09:04 UTC
Five members of the US Congress on a two-day visit to Gibraltar

A delegation of five members of the United States Congress is in Gibraltar for a two day visit. This follows the trip to Washington by Deputy Chief Minister Dr. Joseph Garcia earlier this year. The visit has been organized through the United Kingdom under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act (MECEA) scheme.
Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 10:58 UTC
Financial submission for developing Falkland Islands' Sea Lion project

Rockhopper Exploration PLC on Tuesday said it has submitted an early information memorandum to potential lenders for the Sea Lion project in the Falkland Islands.
Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 10:53 UTC
Journalists organization question Bolsonaro's remarks regarding The Intercept Brazil

The Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday condemned Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's remarks that Glenn Greenwald, the co-founder and editor of The Intercept Brasil, could “do jail time” and suggesting that he had married a Brazilian citizen to avoid deportation, as reported by a local outlet.
Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 10:34 UTC
An Eritrean who pushed a child under a train in Frankfort was wanted by Swiss police

A 40-year-old Eritrean refugee accused of killing an eight-year-old boy by pushing him under a train in Frankfurt was wanted by police in Switzerland, where he was being treated for psychological problems, authorities said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 09:57 UTC
Trump after a trade deal with Brazil, but Brasilia says any tariffs agreements must include Mercosur members

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will pursue a U.S. trade agreement with Brazil, suggesting a friendly relationship with President Jair Bolsonaro could help lower trade barriers between the two biggest economies in the Americas.