Stories for September 2020

Friday, September 11th 2020 - 08:24 UTC
Trump's candidate will be the next president of the Inter-American Development bank

U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to run Latin America’s main financing institution appears poised to win the top job in this weekend’s election amid faltering regional opposition to having a U.S. citizen run the bank for the first time in 61 years.
Friday, September 11th 2020 - 08:13 UTC
Five vessels from Cruise & Maritime Voyages to be auctioned in October

Five ships from Cruise & Maritime Voyages will be auctioned off via CW Kellock & Co in October as five separate lots. The vessels are, 1993-built Vasco Da Gama (Bid Deadline October 8); 1989-built Columbus (Bid Deadline October 12); 1985-built Magellan (Bid Deadline October 19); - 1987-built Astor (Bid Deadline October 15) and 1965-built Marco Polo (Bid Deadline October 22).
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
Latin America passed 300,000 confirmed deaths of coronavirus and 8 million contagion cases

The number of confirmed coronavirus deaths in Latin America passed 300,000 on Wednesday, according to several independent tallies, with the virus showing no signs of abating in the world's worst-hit region.
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:49 UTC
Police conflict in Argentina, Thursday promises to be a day of winners and losers

Police officers in Buenos Aires Province of Argentina continued their protests on Wednesday to demand higher salaries and better working conditions, but the situation seems to be coming to an end following promises of announcements this Thursday meeting the demands.
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:22 UTC
Brazil's top prosecutor keeps active anti corruption task force that jailed ex-president Lula da Silva

The office of Brazil’s top prosecutor has decided to keep the country’s famed Car Wash anti-corruption task force active through Jan. 31, it said in a statement on Wednesday, in an at least temporary victory for the embattled group of prosecutors.
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:19 UTC
More cruise companies cancelling sailings including circling South America

Princess Cruises announced on Tuesday that it is cancelling sailings in early 2021 “due to limitations with border and port access.” The company also cited the “uncertainty of airline travel” as a reason for the cancellations, which will impact 29 sailings on two ships.
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:16 UTC
Massive star scanning confirms that so far, there are no extraterrestrial civilizations

Scientists have completed the broadest search to date for extraterrestrial civilizations by scanning roughly 10.3 million stars using a radio telescope in Australia, but have found nothing – not yet, at least.
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:15 UTC
Colombia opened South America's longest road tunnel, 8,5 kilometers

Colombia opened South America’s longest road tunnel, the Tunel de la Linea, on Friday after more than a decade of construction work. The tunnel, which is 8.65 km long, aims to reduce the time and cost of moving goods from the Pacific port city of Buenaventura to the centre of the country.
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:15 UTC
Head of Brazilian Army intelligence apparently dies of coronavirus

The head of Brazil's Army Intelligence Center (CIE), Gen. Carlos Sydriao, has apparently died from the coronavirus after 10 days of hospitalization.
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:01 UTC
France accuses the US of undermining talks to update digital age taxation

France accused the United States on Wednesday of seeking to undermine international talks to update cross-border taxation for the digital age and urged Europe to prepare an EU tax if the negotiations fail.