South America
Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:47:00 GMTFormer German chancellor criticized for being member of Russian energy companies' boards
In the midst of the conflicting situation between NATO and the US, with Russia, regarding a possible invasion of Ukraine and which has the European continent on the edge, a former German chancellor was appointed to the supervi...
Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:42:00 GMTWTI crude surges above US$ 92 on Texas freezing weather
By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com – WTI Crude, the U.S. oil benchmark, jumped to over US$ 92 per barrel early on Friday—its highest level since 2014, amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis and a deep freeze in Texas that disru...
Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:38:00 GMTSouth Georgia Museum releases stamp set to commemorate 30th anniversary
The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) released this week a stamp set to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of The South Georgia Museum. The Museum at Grytviken is owned by GSGSSI and operated by th...
Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:33:00 GMTIceland to end commercial whaling by 2024 and plans to further promote whales' sightseeing
Iceland will end commercial whaling by 2024, announced Fisheries minister Svandis Svavarsdottir in a piece published in the Reykjavik daily Morgunbladid. The lawmaker representing the ruling coalition led by the Left Greens sai...
Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:22:00 GMTFalklands: Update on Humanitarian Project Plan 2 to identify remains of Argentine combatants
On Friday Falkland Islands lawmakers, MLAs John Birmingham and Roger Spink met, via video link, with Laurent Corbaz from the International Committee of the Red Cross Laurent Corbaz and members of his team to discuss the progres...
Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:00:00 GMTInterested in a "Platinum Jubbly" mug for £3?
Souvenir mugs, plates, and other crockery to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee, which was imported from China, have become collectors memorabilia because of a glaring mistake. The text in the 10,800 pieces, which is meant to read, ...
Sat, 05 Feb 2022 04:53:00 GMTCuban prosecutors liken protests to sedition against July 11/12 demonstrators
Cuba's regime Friday ratified charges were being filed against participants in the July 11 and 12 nationwide demonstrations. Prosecutors also made it clear that in the country's legal system protests and sedition were considere...
Sat, 05 Feb 2022 04:52:00 GMTBrazil's Electoral Court CJ says Dilma's impeachment was a coup
Brazilian magistrate Luiz Roberto Barroso, who is at the same time a member of the Superior Federal Court (STF) and the Chief Justice at the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), said the impeachment of former President Dilma Roussef...
Fri, 04 Feb 2022 09:56:00 GMTArgentine navy rescues stranded Russian scientific vessel in Antarctica
An Argentine Navy vessel from the Antarctic Combined Patrol shared with Chile, and currently on duty, helped to rescue the Russian scientific vessel “Professor Logachev”, which was stranded and with no self-propulsion at La...
Fri, 04 Feb 2022 09:55:00 GMTKilling of human rights defenders and reporters on the rise in LatAm, AI says
Amnesty International (AI) has released a report this week regarding the killing of several human rights defenders and many journalists in the region during the first month of the year 2022.