Stories for August 20th 2021

Friday, August 20th 2021 - 18:36 UTC
Chubut imposes strict measures on shrimp landings to protect the fishery

The Argentine Patagonia province of Chubut has imposed strict limits to the landings of shrimp caught in its waters, with the purpose of protecting the resource, limiting discards and damaged crustaceans which result in lower prices because of poor quality.
Friday, August 20th 2021 - 18:30 UTC
US sanctions Cuban officers involved in repression against their own people

The United States sanctioned on Thursday three high ranking Cuban officials, the fourth round of punitive measures, in reply to the violent repression of anti-government protests that started on 11 July and shook the island's elite.
Friday, August 20th 2021 - 17:25 UTC
The conquest of Mexico: civilizations that were doomed

By Gwynne Dyer – Friday, 13 August, is the 500th anniversary of the Spanish conquest of Mexico. The capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, fell to the invaders after a long siege, and became Mexico City instead. It was a major historical event, still mourned by millions and celebrated by millions more than five centuries after it happened. But was it actually inevitable?
Friday, August 20th 2021 - 14:09 UTC
Brazil interested in buying gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday announced in his weekly broadcast on social media that his country had started negotiations to purchase gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta. “It is not easy to start importing gas, creating, building pipelines,” Bolsonaro said.
Friday, August 20th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Red Cross team says body parts unearthed from Falkland Islands Darwin cemetery belong to at least five soldiers

The International Committee of the Red Cross team working on the identification of Argentine soldiers fallen in the 1982 Falkland/Malvinas Islands conflict Thursday announced at least one additional body had been found at grave C.1.10.
Friday, August 20th 2021 - 09:38 UTC
Argentine writer who pointed out cemetery inconsistencies at peace because families will find some comfort after all

Argentine writer Alicia Panero has been for quite some time now the closest thing to an answer to relatives of fallen unidentified Argentine combatants in the 1982 conflict have had.
Friday, August 20th 2021 - 09:03 UTC
Peru's Parliament falls short of declaring Evo Morales persona non grata

Peruvian Congress turns down motion to declare Evo Morales “persona non grata”
Friday, August 20th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Coronavirus Delta variant detected in Argentine city Mar del Plata

The first two cases of the coronavirus Delta variant have been detected in the Argentine beach resort and seaport of Mar del Plata. Both infections were spotted in travellers arriving from the United States.
Friday, August 20th 2021 - 08:44 UTC
Hong Kong emerges as destination of meat exports from Paraguay, Uruguay

While Uruguay's National Meat Institute (INAC) eyes China, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong as the clients to target, the latter has already recorded an increase of 13% in both volume and revenues in purchases from Paraguay, according to a Central Bank (BCP) report released this week.