Stories for August 2021

Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 08:59 UTC
Falklands TRIP scheme survey: help make this tourist season even better

Following the success of the Tourism Recovery Incentive Program – or TRIP scheme – which ran from October 2020 until May 2021, the Falkland Islands Government will be running a survey to understand what aspects of the scheme went well and where improvements can be made.
Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 08:45 UTC
Fugitive former Bolivian official requests political asylum in Chile after rescue operation

Former Bolivian Deputy Minister of Medium, Large Business and Industry Eduardo Peinado Rivero has entered Chile in a quite unorthodox way and applied for political asylum, it was announced Tuesday.
Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 08:38 UTC
Falklands: Unexploded landmine disposed of at Yorke Bay, close to Stanley

The Falkland Islands government has confirmed that overnight on Monday 16 August, the Explosives Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from the Joint Operations Command Centre at Mount Pleasant Complex was contacted by the Royal Falkland Islands Police (RFIP) regarding possible unexploded ordnance at Yorke Bay.
Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 08:30 UTC
Paraguayan truckers strike might be lifted Wednesday if new, better proposal is accepted

The conflict which nearly cost Paraguay's interior minister Arnaldo Giuzzio his job seems to be about to be solved, according to Tuesday's developments.
Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 08:24 UTC
Covid-19 causing major traffic congestion in China's leading port of Ningbo

Several Chinese ports are facing serious congestions because many ships have been forced to re-schedule calls at Ningbo, the second busiest port in the country because it remains partially closed down following a case of Covid-19.
Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 08:00 UTC
Paraguayan FM to broker gradual reopening of Argentine borders later this week

Paraguay's Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo is to travel to Buenos Aires this coming Thursday to discuss with local authorities the reopening of land borders with Argentina which have been closed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wednesday, August 18th 2021 - 07:21 UTC
Peruvian foreign minister, three weeks in the job, resigns

The Peruvian foreign minister Hector Bejar resigned on Tuesday following some controversial statements about the origins of terrorism in his country, thus becoming the first loss in the cabinet of president Pedro Castillo who took office in July.
Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 20:45 UTC
Brazil tempted by the success of the Suriname and Guyana oil basin developments

Exploration and development of oil and gas resources in the ex Dutch colony of Suriname, now an independent country, was the main point of the agenda addressed by Brazilian foreign minister Carlos Franca and his Surinamese peer Albert Randim, during a meeting held in Brasilia.
Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 11:18 UTC
Paraguayan Supreme Court Justice Gladys Bareiro de Modica dies

Paraguay's Supreme Court Justice Gladys Bareiro de Modica has passed away Monday in Asunción only a few months before she was due to retire.
Tuesday, August 17th 2021 - 11:18 UTC
Argentine relatives of COVID-19 victims stage “March of the Stones”

Argentine relatives of people who have died of COVID-19 Monday staged the so-called “March of the Stones” as a tribute to their loved ones and to voice their criticism for the way the administration of President Alberto Fernández has handled the pandemic.