Indigenous Mapuche rebels stage new attack in Argentine Patagonia

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 16 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — A watchman at a Villa la Angostura road construction site was held at gunpoint early Friday by hooded assailants as they set fire to heavy machinery and left a note demanding the release of “Mapuche political prisoners” including the women arrested in the eviction…

Brazil state-owned oil company Petrobras leaving Argentina to seek more profitable investments

BRASILIA, Oct 16 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazilian oil company Petrobras Friday announced its intention to leave Argentina and has therefore launched the sale of its stake in Posa, its local subsidiary, which holds a 33.6 % of the Río Neuquén Field. The move to quit natural gas operations comes after Petrobras…

Mercosur wheat shortages: Argentina lack of water, in Brazil is has been pouring for the last month

BUENOS AIRES/BRASILIA, Oct 16 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Extreme situations with the Mercosur wheat crop: while in Argentina drought is drastically cutting production volumes, in Parana, one of the leading wheat states in Brazil, rainfall has plagued harvests. In effect, the Argentine government is planning to meet with wheat millers and exporters…

Argentina: Last 5 members of Emtrasur freighter’s crew acquitted

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 16 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Argentine Federal Judge Federico Villena ruled in favor of acquitting the remaining five crewmembers of the Venezuelan-Iranian Boeing 747-300 seized at the Ezeiza International Airport citing a lack of evidence to prosecute them for financing terrorist activities. Villena thus authorized Víctor Manuel Pérez, Mario…

Astronauts of NASA’s SpaceX mission return to Earth

JACKSONVILLE (Florida, US), Oct 16 (NNN-XINHUA/AGENCIES) — NASA’s SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts aboard the Dragon spacecraft safely splashed down off the coast of the southeastern U.S. state of Florida on Friday, NASA said. The four-member international crew, consisting of NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Jessica Watkins and European Space Agency…

Tunisia, IMF reach preliminary agreement on 1.9 bln USD loan

TUNIS, Oct 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — Tunisia and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached a staff-level agreement to support the country’s economic policies with a 48-month arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) of about 1.9 billion U.S. dollars, reported Tunisian media on Saturday. “As is always the case, the final…

Government of Nicaragua releases over 1,100 inmates back to society: Interior Minister

MANAGUA, Oct 16 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The government of Nicaragua released more than 1,100 inmates, who were reintegrated into society thanks to the legal benefit of family life. “We are convinced that each of the prisoners will know how to take advantage of their freedom. Enjoy every moment of your…

Scandal in Peru over false death of President and Prosecutor in the official death registry

LIMA, Oct 16 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — The false death of Peruvian President, Pedro Castillo, and National Prosecutor, Patricia Benavides, was at the center of a scandal over possible ‘hacking’ (cyber intrusion) of the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (Reniec). Death certificates of both officials appeared on the Internet…

More than 1.39 million travelers have visited Cuba this year, a 556.1 percent year-on-year increase

HAVANA, Oct 16 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Cuba received 1,396,921 travellers from January to August 2022, which represents a 556.1 percent year-on-year increase, the National Statistics and Information Office (ONEI) reported on Friday. According to ONEI, Cuba received 1,145,743 more travelers than in the same period in 2021, understanding as such…

Somali troops seize strategic district from Al-Shabaab militant group; 40 localities already liberated

MOGADISHU, Oct 16 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Somali troops captured a strategic district in the southern region of Middle Shabelle, occupied until now by the extremist group Al-Shabaab, military sources disclosed. An army report said that the Hawadley district, located about 40 kilometers north of Mogadishu and linking the central and…