On Monday, oil prices rose in New York, in a market that is still measuring the aftermath of Hurricane Irma as refineries in the Gulf of Mexico are progressively resuming operations. The light sweet crude (WTI) rose 59 cents to $48.07 in October contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex). London Brent’s barrel […]
Archives for September 12, 2017
Legislator accuses the Government of abandoning Crucitas
Legislator and presidential candidate of Frente Amplio, Edgardo Araya, accused the government of abandoning the Crucitas area, in Cutris de San Carlos, where they tried to establish the failed open-pit gold mining project. He also denounced the social and environmental impact in the area caused “by the neglect of the State that never took our […]
Guatemalan president accused of corruption still has diplomatic immunity
On Monday, the Guatemalan Congress rejected taking away the privileges from President Jimmy Morales, preventing the prosecution and a UN anti-crime commission to investigate him for anomalies in the finances of the party that brought him to power in 2015. To suspend diplomatic immunity 105 of the 158 congressmen must approve the motion, but only […]