South America
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:38:00 GMTReturning US "war powers" from the White House to Congress stalled in Senate
Republican Senators are delaying an upper House committee's vote on the repeal of the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force, (AUMF), the so-called wide-ranging war powers that allowed the war in Iraq, and other milit...
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:33:00 GMTMitigating the impact of longline fisheries on seabirds: the South Georgia experience
Seabird mortality in fisheries is a global problem and a major driver of the continued decline of many seabird populations. Unless appropriate mitigation is in place, longline fishing can cause high levels of seabird mortality.
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 06:56:00 GMTChevening Scholarships awarded to 19 students from Argentina
Every year, a number of Chevening Scholarships are awarded to students from Argentina with outstanding academic performance and leadership qualities, allowing them full funding to undertake postgraduate studies in universities ...
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:45:00 GMTScholarships for Falklands' alumni to continue their graduate and postgraduate studies in Argentina
Argentina has launched a program of scholarships for Falkland Islands' students, who “have the full right to access the Argentine national education system”, announced Daniel Filmus, head of the Malvinas and Antarctica Depa...
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:40:00 GMTArgentine freezes meat prices, exports to resume next week but not of all cuts
Argentine Minister of Productive Development Matías Kulfas Sunday admitted the administration of President Alberto Fernández plans to both ban exports of the beef cuts most coveted by local consumers and freeze domestic price...
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:14:00 GMTCopa America: Chile players skip health bubble in major scandal
A Brazilian stylist broke through the Chilean squad's health bubble and players uploaded to social media photographs of them having their hair cut in Cuiabá in what has been so far the biggest scandal at the Copa America footb...
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:09:00 GMTPiñera sets July 4 as opening day for Chile's Constitutional Convention
Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Sunday announced the new constituent assembly is scheduled to open sessions on July 4,
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:05:00 GMTBrazilian opposition rallies nationwide seeking Bolsonaro's resignation and more vaccines
Scores of Brazilians took to the streets at different cities nationwide Sunday to express themselves against President Jair Bolsonaro handling the coronavirus pandemic and asking for his resignation.
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 09:01:00 GMTEcuadorean President Lasso travels to US for surgery but will stay in command
Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso Sunday flew to Miami to undergo spinal cord surgery, after which he is expected to spend several days in rehabilitation.
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 08:53:00 GMTAnvisa green-lights sale of 480 tons of medical oxygen to Paraguay
Paraguay's Foreign Ministry Sunday confirmed Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) had agreed to allow the sale of 480 tons of oxygen for medical purposes.