Stories for October 2021

Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:44 UTC
Antarctica cruises Atlas Ocean Voyages will operate from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego celebrates

An Antarctica cruise company, Atlas Ocean Voyages will begin operating from Ushuaia, the capital of the extreme south Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego. According to local media reports, the first call out of fifteen will take place next November.
Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
PAHO: Latin America still not safe from SARS-Cov-2

As restrictive sanitary measures are being gradually lifted worldwide, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) warned Thursday in Mexico City that things do not look so bright in Latin America regarding the Covid-19 pandemic.
Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:15 UTC
A national holiday in the name of tourism that allows for other tributes in Argentina

Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 is a national holiday in Argentina marking the anniversary of... nothing.
Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:10 UTC
Falklands' decisive in supplying Covid-19 vaccines to BAS Antarctic base Rothera

The BBC has reported that nine months after it was rolled out, the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has finally reached the Antarctic. It was flown in, via the Falkland Islands, this week to immunize the 23 staff members who've been keeping the British Antarctic Survey, BAS, Rothera research base running through the polar winter.
Friday, October 8th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty 30th anniversary

By Professor Klaus Dodds (*) – The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was agreed in 1991 and came into force in 1998, once it had been ratified by all 26 (currently 28) Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties. Professor Klaus Dodds explores the extensive and delicate negotiations that made this possible.
Friday, October 8th 2021 - 08:54 UTC
Former Nazi camp guard brought to trial at age 100

A 100-year-old former Nazi camp guard has been brought to trial Thursday for his alleged involvement as an accessory to more than 3,000 murders.
Friday, October 8th 2021 - 08:46 UTC
Chile eliminates five-day quarantine for travelers arriving to Punta Arenas by air

Given the favourable results that the Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile is showing in its battle against the Covid-19 pandemic, Chilean authorities have decided to lessen the restrictions both for incoming domestic and international travellers arriving at Punta Arenas airport.
Friday, October 8th 2021 - 08:30 UTC
Tanzanian-born writer wins Literature Nobel Prize

The 72-year-old Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded this year by Swedish Academy.
Friday, October 8th 2021 - 07:41 UTC
World food prices rose 1,2% in September and 32,8% year to year, FAO

World food commodity prices rose in September, led by tightening supply conditions and robust demand for staples such as wheat and palm oil, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported. FAO's Food Price Index averaged 130.0 points in September, up 1.2% from August and 32.8% higher than in September 2020. The index tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly traded food commodities.
Friday, October 8th 2021 - 00:30 UTC
Uruguay off UK's Red List, but surprising FCDO comment on the country's Covid-19 situation

From 4 am on Monday 11 October, Uruguay will no longer be on the Red List for entering England. As to UK citizens planning to travel to Uruguay, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) advise against all but essential travel to the whole of Uruguay based on the current assessment of COVID-19 risks.