Stories for June 2021

Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:49 UTC
Former Brazil President Lula Da Silva acquitted in yet another corruption case

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was acquitted due to lack of evidence Monday in one of the corruption cases for which he was being tried, it was announced.
Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Bolsonaro lashes out at Brazil media giant Globo for its “journalists who do not help at all” regarding covid-19

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Monday lashed out at national media giant Globo for its stance on covid-19, which differs completely from what the Government calls “an early treatment,” a cocktail made up of controversial drugs such as chloroquine.
Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:44 UTC
Mitigating the impact of longline fisheries on seabirds: the South Georgia experience

Seabird mortality in fisheries is a global problem and a major driver of the continued decline of many seabird populations. Unless appropriate mitigation is in place, longline fishing can cause high levels of seabird mortality.
Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:41 UTC
Argentina and Mexico recall ambassadors to Nicaragua out of concern for human rights violations

The Governments of Mexico and Argentina Monday recalled their respective ambassadors in Managua, where Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is undertaking a dubious campaign towards his reelection by having his political challengers arrested.
Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:33 UTC
OECD's May report foresees 5.8% growth for 2021

The world's economy is forecast to grow 5.8% in 2021, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), “Economic prospects: an unusual recovery. Navigating towards the transition,” it has been announced.
Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Patagonia university to develop noodles made of algae which shall taste like squid

Argentina's National University of Patagonia San Juan Bosco from Comodoro Rivadavia, in the province of Chubut, is undertaking the development of noodles with a 30% substitution of wheat flour for algae which shall taste like squid, it was announced.
Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 08:38 UTC
Returning US “war powers” from the White House to Congress stalled in Senate

Republican Senators are delaying an upper House committee's vote on the repeal of the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force, (AUMF), the so-called wide-ranging war powers that allowed the war in Iraq, and other military actions.
Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 06:56 UTC
Chevening Scholarships awarded to 19 students from Argentina

Every year, a number of Chevening Scholarships are awarded to students from Argentina with outstanding academic performance and leadership qualities, allowing them full funding to undertake postgraduate studies in universities in the UK.
Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Scholarships for Falklands' alumni to continue their graduate and postgraduate studies in Argentina

Argentina has launched a program of scholarships for Falkland Islands' students, who “have the full right to access the Argentine national education system”, announced Daniel Filmus, head of the Malvinas and Antarctica Department, and Jaime Perczyk chairman of the Ministry of Education University Policies.
Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Argentine freezes meat prices, exports to resume next week but not of all cuts

Argentine Minister of Productive Development Matías Kulfas Sunday admitted the administration of President Alberto Fernández plans to both ban exports of the beef cuts most coveted by local consumers and freeze domestic prices until late this year.