Stories for April 2021

Friday, April 30th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Parliamentary Commission investigating Bolsonaro's handling of covid-19 pandemic starts sessions

The Parliamentary Investigative Commission (CPI) probing President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the coronavirus pandemic convened Thursday for the first time as Brazil surpassed the 400,000-casualty barrier.
Friday, April 30th 2021 - 09:43 UTC
Chile: Case against Piñera brought before The Hague for alleged human rights violations in 2019

Chilean and human rights organizations together with former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón filed an accusation Thursday before the International Criminal Court (ICC) against President Sebastián Piñera for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the 2019 protests, it was reported.
Friday, April 30th 2021 - 09:03 UTC
Peru Libre candidate Pedro Castillo hospitalized with respiratory problems

Peruvian presidential hopeful Pedro Castillo was hospitalized Thursday with a “respiratory decompensation,” his party Peru Libre announced.
Friday, April 30th 2021 - 08:42 UTC
Sputnik V developers file libel suit against Anvisa for “false and inaccurate” rejection

The Russian manufacturers of the Sputnik V vaccine have filed a libel lawsuit in Brazil against the country's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) for “intentionally spreading false and inaccurate information” about the covid-19 inoculator after prohibiting its import, citing lack of data, the immunizer's Twitter account (@sputnikvaccine) reported.
Friday, April 30th 2021 - 08:35 UTC
Brazilian airline Gol reports millionaire losses due to travel restrictions

Brazilian airline Gol Thursday reported losses of US $ 473 million for the first quarter of 2021 due to the travel restrictions effective worldwide as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Friday, April 30th 2021 - 08:30 UTC
Ford increases output in Argentina, hires more workers

Despite all pandemic-related setbacks, Ford's carmaking plant in Pacheco, 30 kilometres northwest of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) in Argentina, has increased its output of the Ranger model, for which 256 new personnel has been hired, it was reported.
Friday, April 30th 2021 - 08:20 UTC
Paraguay finds new markets for meat and plastic products

Paraguay has exported US $ 426,223 worth of meat, plastic and aluminium to new markets in the region and Europe in the first quarter of 2021, it was reported Thursday.
Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 16:56 UTC
Argos granted extension to Falklands production licence

Argos Resources has successfully secured a 12-month extension to the second term of its Production Licence in the North Falkland Basin, the company announced this week. The extension, which runs until 1 May 2022, was approved by the Falkland Islands Government’s Executive Council on March 24.
Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 13:25 UTC
Falkland Islands Defence Force: New motto approved

A reception was held at Government House last night to celebrate the formal approval of a new motto for the Falkland Islands Defence Force (FIDF).
Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Science journal: Glaciers melting faster, sea levels on the rise

According to a study published Wednesday by the prestigious scientific journal Nature, glaciers are melting at a faster pace than previously thought, which may have serious consequences.