Archives

South America

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 09:45:00 GMT
Environment top priority as Falklands elect new Legislative Assembly
Falkland Islands voters yesterday elected a new Legislative Assembly with a clear mandate to put the environment front and center of the coming legislature.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 08:55:00 GMT
UK green-lights use of Merck's COVID-19 pill
The United Kingdom Thursday became the first country in the world to authorize the use of molnupiravir, a pill developed by US laboratories Merck, to treat COVID-19.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 08:48:00 GMT
Chinese carmaker to halt Uruguay operations
The Chinese carmaking company Lifan has announced it would halt all of its operations in Uruguay and leave the country after agreeing to pay overdue wages to some 60 workers who have been laid off and alre already on unemployme...

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 08:46:00 GMT
Brazilian Air Force will receive several SAAB J-39 fighters later this month
By the end of the year, the Brazilian Air Force will have received several J-39 Gripen combat fighters from Sweden's SAAB aerospace, avionics and defense consortium, part of the agreement signed in 2014 by Brazil for the purcha...

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 20:08:00 GMT
GOL returns to Montevideo after nearly 21 months of domestic-only routes
Brazilian carrier GOL resumed services to Montevideo after almost 21 months when a flight from São Paulo landed at Montevideo's Carrasco International airport Wednesday.

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 19:54:00 GMT
Azul after all of LATAM Airlines
The Brazilian airline Azul has confirmed it plans to buy over all of LATAM Airlines' operations, not only the Brazilian branch as reports showed earlier this week. Azul was founded in 2013 by Brazil-born David Neeleman, who als...

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 18:58:00 GMT
WHO gives green light for use of Indian COVID-19 vaccine
The World Health Organization (who) has approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by India's Bharat Biotech laboratory for emergency use, it was announced. The drug is known worldwide under its commercial brand: Covaxin.

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Argentina's trade balance with Brazil ends up positive for 2nd straight month
Argentina's trade balance with Brazil yielded positive results for the second straight month in October 2021. However, numbers for the first 10 months of the year are still in the red.

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Two dead and three injured in a gun battle with Mapuche radical groups in southern Chile
Chilean Home Secretary Rodrigo Delgado confirmed on Wednesday the death of two members of the Mapuche community following a shoot out with Marines and Carabineros in the Biobío Region which is under an exceptional emergency st...

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 09:45:00 GMT
UK flagged fishing vessel released by French court; London and Paris officials to meet to de escalate dispute
A UK trawler impounded by French authorities over a fishing licenses' dispute with Britain was released on Wednesday by a French court overturning an earlier demand that it pays a €150,000 bond.



home