A late-night meal of fish & chips shared by Moore at Parliament with his fellow Labour Party honchos David Lange, Roger Douglas and Michael Bassett was famously photographed in 1983 while the four hatched a plan to revolutionise New Zealand’s moribund economy which was, according to Lange, being run by Robert Muldoon “like a Polish shipyard”. The “fish and chip brigade” as the group were christened were the nucleus of the 4th Labour Government elected in 1984 and they went on to lead New Zealand helter-skelter into a brave new world of neoliberal economics and free trade. In 1988 Lange said it was "Time for a cuppa" when he pulled the plug on a flat tax reform and paved the way for Moore's ascension to the premiership in 1989.
Of particular interest is how Moore, during his tenure as Trade Minister, laid the foundation for what has been, according to Statistics NZ, a six fold increase in New Zealand’s export trade with Latin America and the Caribbean since the 1980’s (from NZ$300m to 2018’s NZ$1.8b; two-way trade in 2018 was NZ$3.14b). It was in South America that the stellar trajectory of Moore’s international free trade advocacy first took flight [....] Covid-19 Reports: Click Here for Coronavirus Dashboard Updates |
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Reuters
Latin American cities hold massive Women's Day marches MEXICO CITY/SANTIAGO (Reuters) - From Buenos Aires to Mexico City, women across Latin America’s biggest cities took to the streets for International Women’s Day on Sunday, spurred by a growing outcry over inequality, femicide and strict abortion controls. As Women’s Day events unfold worldwide, the Latin American marches are set against a backdrop of broader social unrest in the region. Thousands of protesters gathered in Chile’s capital city, Santiago, and elsewhere in the country as the marches kicked off. Police said 1,700 officers were on hand for crowd control nationwide. Many carried signs calling for access to abortion and an end to violence against women.[....] |
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Havana’s José Martí International Airport Terminal-3 has a new look, since conducting an investment process in 2019 to improve services provided at the country's principal airport.
Among the works completed are improved lighting in passenger departure lounges, the immigration and customs area, and waiting rooms; while new luggage carts have been acquired and both the panoramic glass elevators and those for wheelchairs were repaired, according to Iran Cueto Carmona, general coordinator of José Martí International Airport. [.....] |
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