Stories for 2020

Saturday, November 14th 2020 - 07:30 UTC
Brazil record rice exports and imports during October

Data from SECEX (foreign trade secretariat) compiled by ABIARROZ (Brazilian rice industry association) shows that Brazilian rice exports (husk base) totalled 153,500 tons in October, a volume 84% higher than in the same month of 2019 (83,570 tons).
Friday, November 13th 2020 - 14:00 UTC
Chilean financial system at risk by the continuing pandemic, central bank warns

The continuing coronavirus pandemic poses the most significant risk to Chile’s financial system as institutions’ capacity to take mitigating action diminishes, the country’s Central Bank warned in a report on Wednesday.
Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:25 UTC
Falklands second civilian case of Covid-19: pasenger who arrives in the air bridge

The first two civilian cases of Covid-19 have been identified in the Falklands, it was confirmed this week, reports Penguin News. The first case was identified through quarantine surveillance swabbing of the individual, who had been in quarantine since their arrival in the Islands on November 5, “and remains so,” according to a Falkland Islands Government press statement.
Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:23 UTC
For Bolsonaro, US elections are not over, “Have they really finished?”

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of Republican President Donald Trump and one of the few prominent world leaders still not to have congratulated Democratic President-elect Joe Biden on his election win, asked on Thursday whether the vote in the U.S. was really over.
Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:10 UTC
Street protests in Peru against the new government of interim president

Peru's interim President Manuel Merino called for calm on Thursday amid protests that have escalated around the country since the abrupt ouster of former leader Martin Vizcarra.
Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:01 UTC
Measles cases the highest in 23 years: countries aren't vaccinating

Measles cases reached the highest level in 23 years in 2019 and health authorities warned that many countries aren’t vaccinating enough people amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Friday, November 13th 2020 - 08:51 UTC
Ortega's Nicaragua approves the privatization of drinking water services

The Nicaraguan parliament, controlled by the party of leftist President Daniel Ortega, on Thursday, approved a reform that will open the door to the privatization of drinking water services in the Central American nation.
Friday, November 13th 2020 - 08:37 UTC
Land mines and other explosives caused 5,554 victims in 2019

Land mines and other explosive remnants of war (ERW) killed or injured at least 5,554 people around the world last year, according to the Landmine Monitor 2020, published in Geneva on Thursday.
Friday, November 13th 2020 - 08:29 UTC
Pope Francis spoke with Biden and offers blessings to the president elect

Pope Francis spoke with Joe Biden by telephone on Thursday to offer “blessings and congratulations” to the US president-elect on his victory, the Democrat's transition team said in a statement.
Friday, November 13th 2020 - 08:00 UTC
Johnson's most powerful advisor, controversial Dominic Cummings leaves by end of the year

Dominic Cummings quit as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most powerful aide and will leave by the end of the year. The news will plunge the Prime Minister’s leadership into a rough situation at a critical time for the UK as it navigates the closing stages of Brexit.