Politics

• Saturday, January 7th 2017 - 07:35 UTC

  Half the Argentine labor force make a monthly average of US$ 565, says Indec

  

  Half the Argentine labor force employed was making at the end of the third quarter a monthly average of 9.000 Pesos, equivalent approximately to US$ 565, while the poorest 10% averaged 2.500 Pesos (approx US$ 165) and the richest 10%, anywhere from 20.000 to 250.000 Pesos (US$ 1.250 to 15.000) a month, according the revamped Argentine stats and census office, Indec.

• Saturday, January 7th 2017 - 07:14 UTC

  Uruguayan bureaucrats good at cooking inflation numbers

  

  Last December, the CPI actually contracted 0.55%, something similar to what happened twelve months before helped by a significant decrease in the power rate, estimated at 19.65% and which benefitted over a million clients. The logo of the end of the year bonus campaign is “Ute Prize” (UTE is the Uruguayan power company which works under a government monopoly regime).

• Friday, January 6th 2017 - 12:02 UTC

  Haiti election results confirm Jovenel Moise as next president

  

  The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS) in Haiti welcomed the announcement of the final results of the presidential election held on November 20, 2016.

• Friday, January 6th 2017 - 11:34 UTC

  Falklands' identification of Argentine soldiers will be done in strict confidentiality

  

  The Argentine media has published details of the Red Cross humanitarian mission in the Falkland Islands to identify the remains of the 123 unknown Argentine soldiers buried at the Darwin cemetery, and a single word stands out, confidentiality, from the beginning to end, including a final assessment to decide what will effectively be released to the media.

• Friday, January 6th 2017 - 10:30 UTC

  Hake ban in the shared Argentina/Uruguay River Plate and outer zone

  

  Uruguay and Argentina have imposed a hake catch ban in the shared fishing zone of the River Plate until the end of March, and also established a full twelve month catch of 50.000 tons.

• Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 10:29 UTC

  China/UK first train freight service: cuts by half the time of the sea link

  

  China launched its first freight service to the United Kingdom on New Year's day, according to the China Railway Corporation. The service runs from the Chinese city of Yiwu, in the country's eastern Zhejiang province, to Barking in London. The journey lasts for an average of 18 days and more than 12,000 kilometers, according to a Chinese government website.

• Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 10:19 UTC

  The Queen recovering and back at the helm, say palace sources

  

  Britain's Queen Elizabeth has given an honor to a member of her staff in a private ceremony, resuming official duties as she continued to recover from a heavy cold that forced her to miss Christmas and New Year church services, a spokeswoman said.

• Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 10:06 UTC

  PM May names veteran diplomat as envoy to EU: overcomes mini Brexit turmoil

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May appointed a senior career diplomat as envoy to the European Union on Wednesday to replace an ambassador who quit with a scathing resignation letter that exposed frustration among officials over her strategy. . Tim Barrow, political director at the Foreign Office, will take up the post next week following the abrupt departure of Ivan Rogers, who told staff in his resignation letter they should “speak the truth to those in power”.

• Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 09:47 UTC

  Trump nominates Wall Street lawyer to head Securities and Exchange Commission

  

  President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday he plans to nominate Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates financial markets in the U.S. Clayton currently works as a partner with the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell where he specializes in public and private mergers and has worked on several high-profile initial public offerings.

• Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 09:21 UTC

  Marine Le pen calls for new French currency and pledges referendum on EU membership

  

  Front National leader Marine Le Pen has called for a new French currency and pledged to hold a referendum on the country’s membership of the European Union if she is elected French President later this year.