Stories for December 2021

Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Argentine leaders condemn Johnson's speech, but insist on humanitarian flights

Argentine authorities have condemned over the weekend an announcement by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson regarding next year's 40th anniversary years of the Falklands War.
Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Latam applies for Sao Paulo/MPA flights to begin 9 February, Aeroin

LATAM Airlines has submitted to Brazil's National Civilian Aviation Agency its flight schedule for the Sao Paulo/Falkland Islands commercial air link resumption, allegedly scheduled for next 9 February, according to Brazilian air industry site, Aeroin.
Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:54 UTC
18 dead, over 11,000 evacuated due to unprecedented rainfall in Brazil

At least 18 people have been reported dead and over 11,000 evacuated after rain five times the historical average left 19 municipalities in the Brazilian northern state of Bahia literally under mud and water. No Christmas to celebrate.
Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:53 UTC
Bolivia receives the donation of 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

A shipment of 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine has landed in Bolivia Sunday. The batch of the Sinopharm drug is China's largest donation ever to the South American country and will be used particularly on children aged between 5 and 11 years old.
Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:41 UTC
Nobel Peace Price Winner Archbishop Tutu dies aged 90

South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an iconic figure during the country's fight against apartheid, has died Sunday at the age of 90 in Cape Town, it was reported. Tutu is survived by his wife of 66 years and their four children.
Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:38 UTC
Uruguayan President back from Congo Christmas celebration

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou has returned home after spending Christmas in Congo with troops from his country stationed there on a UN peacekeeping mission.
Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:18 UTC
Chilean zoo vaccinates animals against COVID-19

In addition to having staged one of the most prolific anti-COVID-19 vaccination campaigns on humans, Chile now intends to expand that achievement onto other living beings after three lions, three tigers, three pumas, and an orangutan have been injected at Santiago's Buin Zoo.
Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:16 UTC
Argentine province announces restrictive measures to curb spread of Omicron

The Argentina province of Córdoba has announced a series of restrictions in an attempt to slow down the spread of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 which has been expanding rapidly, it was reported.
Monday, December 27th 2021 - 09:11 UTC
Airlines cancel about 4,500 flights worldwide due to Omicron variant

Some 4,500 commercial flights have been canceled or rescheduled over the weekend worldwide as crews were affected by the Omicron variant of coronavirus, which left airlines short of staff to handle the sudden crisis.
Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:46 UTC
Armed Mapuches in Southern Chile burn 31 cabins, forestry machinery and open fire on a hydrant aircraft

The indigenous Mapuche tribe violent groups in southern Chile, involved in arson and destruction attacks, have warned that as long as forestry and construction companies keep ”devastating our resources, and the jails of southern Chile continue full of Mapuche patriots incarcerated, weichan (armed resistance) will not cease to be it under (president) Piñera or (elected president) Boric”.