Stories for August 2021

Friday, August 6th 2021 - 07:28 UTC
Green light to build an International Antarctic Center in Punta Arenas

Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile will host the International Antarctic Center, CAI, a long-time project several times delayed but which finally was given the green light, and should begin to be built in the near future with an investment demanding some 75 million US dollars.
Friday, August 6th 2021 - 07:19 UTC
Chile: Shortage of water reported in Santiago Metropolitan Region

Chile's Minister of Public Works Alfredo Moreno Thursday admitted Santiago's Metropolitan Region was going through “the worst drought in history,” which has prompted “exceptional measures.”
Friday, August 6th 2021 - 07:13 UTC
FC Barcelona announces Messi will not stay

Argentine international football legend Lionel Messi will no longer play for Spanish League top team FC Barcelona after a 21-year spell, it was announced Thursday. The Rosario-born Messi arrived in Barcelona when he was 12 years old.
Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 20:37 UTC
Another court case and six more months of jail for ex interim Bolivian president

Bolivian ex-president Jeanine Añez will have to spend at least a whole year in jail since a Judge this week extended her preventive imprisonment for another six months when she is about to complete her first half-year of reclusion in a La Paz detention center.
Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 20:28 UTC
Bolsonaro rapidly losing support from the powerful Evangelic churches in Brazil

Brazilian president Jair Mesias Bolsonaro is rapidly losing footing among the powerful evangelists, one of his main electoral supporters and who voted massively for him in 2018. “Bolsonaro's message is no longer the message of Jesus”, according to pastor and gospel singer Kleber Lucas.
Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 20:17 UTC
US promoting Endangered Species Act for Emperor penguin colonies

By Stephanie Jenouvrier (*) Emperor penguins thrive on Antarctica’s coastlines in icy conditions any human would find extreme. Yet, like Goldilocks, they have a narrow comfort zone: If there’s too much sea ice, trips to bring food from the ocean become long and arduous, and their chicks may starve. With too little sea ice, the chicks are at risk of drowning.
Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 20:06 UTC
Mexico files law suit against US main gun manufacturers

Mexico on Wednesday filed a major lawsuit against the United States gun manufacturers for the massive damage caused by “the unlawful trafficking of guns to drug cartels and other criminals in Mexico”.
Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 18:45 UTC
Food prices fall slightly in July for the second month running, FAO report

Global food commodity prices fell in July for the second consecutive month, according to the benchmark United Nations FAO report. The FAO food price averaged 123.0 points in July 2021, 1.2% lower than the previous month although still 31.0% higher than its level in the same period of 2020.
Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 11:45 UTC
Uruguay plans to open up gradually, first to those vaccinated with any anti COVID-19 drug

Uruguay's Ministry of Tourism is planning to first allow in only foreigners who have taken a full coronavirus vaccination scheme, regardless of its brand, as the gradual reopening of borders seems imminent.
Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 11:44 UTC
Self reliant India proudly presents its first fully designed and built aircraft carrier

India’s first designed and built aircraft carrier has set sail for its maiden sea trials and the navy hailed it as a “historic and proud” day for the country, which has invested vast resources in developing domestic technology.