MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 10th 2019
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Tuesday, December 10th 2019 - 17:49 UTC
No end in sight for Venezuela's hyperinflation as November indexes are released
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Hyperinflation continues to reign supreme in Venezuela as it reached 38.5% in November, with a cumulative rate of 5,515.6% and an interannual of 13,475.8%, the opposition National Assembly reported Tuesday.
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Tuesday, December 10th 2019 - 17:25 UTC
Brazilian VP attends presidential inauguration in Argentina, calls for mutual help
Brazil's Vicepresident Hamilton Mourao Tuesday said in Buenos Aires that his country and Argentina must help each other as he attended President Alberto Fernández' inauguration after news reports had heralded the Jair Bolsonaro administration was not sending any dignitaries for the occasion.
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Tuesday, December 10th 2019 - 13:52 UTC
Mexico pulls ambassador from Buenos Aires after being caught red handed
Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard Monday ordered the prompt return of Ambassador Oscar Ricardo Valero Recio Becerra from his Argentina commission after surveillance footage caught the diplomat red-handed trying to shoplift a nine-US-dollar book from an iconic Buenos Aires bookstore.
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Tuesday, December 10th 2019 - 11:30 UTC
Peronism is back in Argentina: Alberto Fernández assumes as President
Peronism will return to power in Argentina from Tuesday. The political force will do it in the hands of the elected President, Alberto Fernández, who will go to the Casa Rosada, the presidential headquarters, at noon after presenting the oath in the Congress to the outgoing vice president, Gabriela Michetti
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Tuesday, December 10th 2019 - 11:21 UTC
Chilean Air Force Hercules aircraft goes missing enroute to Antarctica
A Chilean Air Force (FACh) Hercules C130 aircraft took off at 4.55 p.m. local time Monday from the southern city of Punta Arenas and lost radio contact at 6.13 p.m. on its way to Antarctica, according to a press release from the defense authorities. The US built airplane was carrying 38 people on board, 17 crew members and 21 passengers.
