Stories for May 2020

Friday, May 15th 2020 - 11:52 UTC
Notorious Mexican drug leader extradited from Uruguay to United States

Uruguay on Thursday turned over to the United States a Mexican man wanted on drug and money laundering charges. Gerardo Gonzalez Valencia is the brother of Abigael González, the former head of the Sinaloa cartel faction known as “Los Cuinis” (The Squirrels). Gonzalez Valencia is also the brother-in-law of Jalisco cartel drug lord Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes.
Friday, May 15th 2020 - 11:03 UTC
A Falklands' milestone: opening of Mount Pleasant airport 35 years ago

May 12 was the 35th anniversary of the opening of Mount Pleasant Airport in the Falkland Islands. A milestone that definitively changed the life and future of the Islands, helping to boost trade and tourism.
Friday, May 15th 2020 - 08:55 UTC
Chile digging thousands of fresh graves amid a spike in Covid-19 cases

Thousands of fresh graves are being dug in Santiago's main cemetery amid a spike in Chile's COVID-19 cases, authorities said on Thursday. Chile's infection rate soared this week, prompting the government to declare a mandatory lockdown of Santiago's seven million people from Friday.
Friday, May 15th 2020 - 08:54 UTC
Strict measures among essential personnel even in virus free Antarctica bases

As the planet battles the seemingly inexorable spread of the coronavirus, Antarctica remains the only Covid-19-free continent - thanks in the main to strict security and not a little luck. The natural isolation of the frozen and desolate expanse has been taken to new extremes since the WHO declared a pandemic on March 11.
Friday, May 15th 2020 - 08:53 UTC
Latin America's two main economies with daily record virus cases, but also desperate to reopen activity

Brazil and Mexico on Thursday reported a record one-day rise in new coronavirus cases, just as leaders of both countries intensified attempts to reopen their economies even as the spread of the virus in Latin America is seemingly gathering pace.
Friday, May 15th 2020 - 08:52 UTC
Brazil lowers economic outlook to minus 4,7% in 2020; pre crisis recovery level will be reached in 2022

Brazil’s government lowered its 2020 economic outlook, forecasting a gross domestic product contraction of 4.7%, which would signal the country’s biggest economic crash in more than a century.
Friday, May 15th 2020 - 08:49 UTC
Next Monday Itaipu opens its spillway to help lift the drought stricken Parana river level

The world's largest operational hydroelectric dam, Itaipu Plant announced that starting next Monday, May 18, it will open its spillway to help Paraguay and Argentina, which are suffering from a drought and hence having problems transporting their grain harvest.
Friday, May 15th 2020 - 08:27 UTC
Trump not interested in speaking with president Xi and suggests cutting “whole relationship with China”

President Donald Trump signaled a further deterioration of his relationship with China over the novel coronavirus, saying he has no interest in speaking to President Xi Jinping right now and going so far as to suggest he could even cut ties with the world’s second-largest economy.
Friday, May 15th 2020 - 08:13 UTC
OPEC slashes 2020 global oil demand because of the virus recession

OPEC again slashed its forecast for global oil demand this year as the coronavirus outbreak causes a global recession, although it said record supply cuts by the group and other producers were already helping rebalance the market.
Friday, May 15th 2020 - 08:07 UTC
Thermal scanning for people attending masses in St Peter's and other papal basilicas

People attending Masses in St. Peter's and other papal basilicas in Rome will have their temperature checked as part of measures to contain the spread of coronavirus, the Vatican said on Thursday.