Stories for July 2020

Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 08:01 UTC
Health officials admit Ecuadorean public hospitals and ICUs situation is critical

The situation in the Ecuadoran capital Quito is critical due to the coronavirus epidemic Health Minister Juan Carlos Zevallos warned. Between April and July, public hospitals in Quito - home to 2.78 million - expanded their intensive care units from 61 to 162, Zevallos said in a nightly interview with the Teleamazonas network.
Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 08:00 UTC
Parana river insufficient water level benefitted exports from Brazilian ports

Due to the Paraná river drought, which affected Argentina’s soy oil-exporting capacity, Cattalini Terminais Marítimos, which handles almost 70% of Brazil’s soy oil exports through its facilities in the port of Paranaguá, predicts a 25% increase in shipments this year.
Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 07:54 UTC
Johnson holds his first face-to-face cabinet meeting since March 17

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was holding his first face-to-face Cabinet meeting of top ministers since Mar 17 on Tuesday, underlining his push to encourage others to go back to work and boost an economy hurt by the coronavirus crisis.
Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 07:50 UTC
Dissident FARC guerrilla suspected of having shot down an Army helicopter

Eleven Colombian military personnel were missing and six injured after a helicopter crashed in the southeast of the country during an operation against guerillas, the army said on Tuesday. The Blackhawk helicopter was carrying 17 military personnel when it went down.
Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 06:52 UTC
Paraguayan football resumes on Tuesday following a four month virus shutdown

Paraguayan football resumed on Tuesday after a four-month coronavirus shutdown with Cerro Porteno beating league leaders Libertad 2-1 and River Plate drawing 1-1 with Nacional.
Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 11:37 UTC
Cruise & Maritime Voyages placed into administration in UK; affiliate in Germany faces similar scenario

Cruise & Maritime Voyages (CMV) has been placed into administration in the UK, while TransOcean Tours (owned by CMV) is facing the same scenario in Germany. All departures have been cancelled for CMV and TransOcean.
Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 09:02 UTC
River cruises on the Danube are making a quiet comeback

River cruises are making a quiet comeback on the Danube after the COVID-19 pandemic brought global tourism to a standstill and forced companies to suspend voyages.
Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 08:55 UTC
Argentine president tells creditors: “It is impossible for us to move from the last offer”

Argentine president Alberto Fernandez on Monday dismissed a counter-offer from three groups of creditors who said they had rejected the country's proposal to restructure US$ 66 billion of debt.
Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 08:53 UTC
Chevron buys Noble Energy in a US$ 5 billion all stock deal

Chevron said Monday it would buy Noble Energy in a US$ 5 billion all-stock deal, bolstering its shale presence as a plunge in crude prices have made assets cheaper. The deal, the largest in the U.S. energy sector this year, comes more than a year after Chevron abandoned its offer for Anadarko Petroleum, outmaneuvered by Occidental Petroleum higher bid.
Tuesday, July 21st 2020 - 08:50 UTC
A fifth of Brazilian soy exports to EU may have come from illegally deforested land

A study published by Science magazine on July 16 indicated that a fifth of Brazilian soy imports received by the European Union may come from land that has been illegally deforested.