Stories for 2021

Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 08:19 UTC
South Georgia releases Blue Belt Program stamps

The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands is releasing a stamp set to celebrate its involvement in the UK Blue Belt Program.
Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 08:16 UTC
The difference between the Scottish and English poppies: botanically incorrect

Did you know that not all Remembrance poppies look the same? Although the poppy is a universal symbol of Remembrance, the way each country makes them is very different.
Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 08:00 UTC
Paraguay too says Nicaragua's elections were “illegitimate”

Paraguay Tuesday joined the group of nations denouncing last Sunday's elections in Nicaragua, which were won by incumbent President Daniel Ortega over symbolic candidates while those who could have challenged him either sat in jail or were in exile.
Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 20:55 UTC
Chilean Deputies agree Piñera needs to go through impeachment before the Senate

Chile's Lower House Tuesday passed a motion to impeach President Sebastián Piñera for his involvement in the Dominga mining company affair, which was included in the Pandora Papers report.
Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 20:50 UTC
Italian pharmaceuticals to be produced in Chile with Bill Gates grant

The Bill Gates Foundation has allocated a grant to Italian company ReiThera Srl to produce Chile vaccines against COVID-19, it was announced.
Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 20:40 UTC
UK adds brands of COVID-19 vaccines to list of treatments admitted for travelers

Health authorities from the United Kingdom have added Sinovac, Sinopharm Beijing and Covaxin to the list of immunizers to be accepted in order to spare incoming travelers a mandatory quarantine.
Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 16:06 UTC
No COVID-19 deaths in São Paulo, Brazil, in one full day

The Brazilian State of São Paulo Monday recorded its first day without deaths due to COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic in March 2020.
Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 16:00 UTC
Venezuela's inflation slowing down but still very high

Inflation in Venezuela for October of 2021 was 8.1%, for a YoY record of 1,258%, according to a report from the Venezuelan Observatory of Finance (OVF) released Monday.
Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 09:54 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas: Red Cross presents final report after six Argentine soldiers are identified

The International Committee of the Red Cross presented on Monday, in Geneva, its final report on forensic work to identify the remains of Argentine soldiers in the Falkland/Malvinas Islands.
Tuesday, November 9th 2021 - 09:54 UTC
Uruguay calls Nicaraguan elections “illegitimate” – Argentina does not want to interfere

Uruguay's Foreign Ministry Monday said the electoral process in Nicaragua which led to a new five-year term for the incumbent President Daniel Ortega and his Vice President wife Rosario Murillo lacked “legitimacy.”