Stories for October 2021

Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 09:09 UTC
Ushuaia confirms 243 cruise calls and National Geographic Endurance will open the 2021/22 season November 7

The port of Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego province confirmed that this cruise season 2021/22, a total of 37 vessels will make 243 calls between November and March next year. The National Geographic Endurance will inaugurate the season when it arrives next November 7 with 126 passengers.
Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 09:03 UTC
Uruguay will trade with the world, President Lacalle announces

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Friday told the America Business Forum in Punta del Este that his country was moving forward in trading with the world because it is what needs to be done.
Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 04:55 UTC
Neither Trump nor Biden are genocidal for how they handled the COVID-19 crisis, Brazil's President says

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said his country had suffered relatively little going through the COVID-19 pandemic and wondered “why don't they call [US President Joseph] Biden genocidal?”
Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 04:35 UTC
Argentina: Relatives of AMIA bombing victims to appeal court ruling dismissing charges against CFK

Relatives of the victims of the 1994 bombing of the Israeli Social Welfare Association of Argentina (AMIA) Friday announced they would appeal a court ruling issued Thursday in which charges against former President and current Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) were dismissed.
Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 04:21 UTC
LATAM Group orders brand new aircraft to replace ageing units

South America's LATAM Airlines Group has placed orders for 70 new short-haul Airbus A 320 aircraft to replace its currently ageing units of the same model, it was announced earlier this week.
Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 04:12 UTC
Tierra del Fuego extreme south vertex to become the Mitre Peninsula Protected Area

Argentina Tierra del Fuego province lawmakers from all parties have agreed to resurface a project to create the Mitre Peninsula Nature Protected Area, an idea born over thirty years ago and which covers the extreme end landmass of Tierra del Fuego and the States Island.
Friday, October 8th 2021 - 17:14 UTC
Last Man Standing: A talk with the captain who spent 688 days on board a longliner

688. That is the number of days that the captain of the FV Nordic Prince, Arvid Olai Mjønes, spent on board the vessel without returning home. On the final leg of the voyage, the Norwegian captain spoke to MercoPress on board the vessel in the port of Montevideo and shared his experience during the Patagonian Toothfish fishing season in the Ross Sea during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Friday, October 8th 2021 - 14:23 UTC
Birmingham 2022 Queen's Baton Relay officially launched at Buckingham Palace

Queen Elizabeth on Thursday officially launched the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay in a unique ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The Queen, accompanied by The Earl of Wessex, attended a special ceremony on the forecourt of the Palace to launch the 16th official Queen’s Baton Relay.
Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Iran Memorandum Case against former Argentine President CFK dismissed

An Argentine Federal Court Thursday dismissed all charges against current Vice President and former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for the signing of Memorandum of Understanding with Iran to investigate the 1992 bombing of Israel's Embassy in Buenos Aires.
Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Duque remain distrusting of Maduro as reopening of borders not going so smoothly

Colombian President Iván Duque was sceptical of the offer from Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, who asked investors to return to that country.