Stories for 2021

Friday, November 5th 2021 - 08:48 UTC
Chinese carmaker to halt Uruguay operations

The Chinese carmaking company Lifan has announced it would halt all of its operations in Uruguay and leave the country after agreeing to pay overdue wages to some 60 workers who have been laid off and alre already on unemployment insurance.
Friday, November 5th 2021 - 08:46 UTC
Brazilian Air Force will receive several SAAB J-39 fighters later this month

By the end of the year, the Brazilian Air Force will have received several J-39 Gripen combat fighters from Sweden's SAAB aerospace, avionics and defense consortium, part of the agreement signed in 2014 by Brazil for the purchase of 36 of these jets, following a complicated bidding process.
Friday, November 5th 2021 - 07:00 UTC
London Poppy Day with Royal Navy sailors involved in a record fundraising

London Poppy Day saw more than 200 Royal Navy sailors in the streets in a fundraising effort to help the Royal British Legion and raise awareness of the sacrifices made by Service personnel past and present. After last year’s fundraising effort was scaled back due to the pandemic. 2021 is looking to set a record: the biggest cash street collection of its kind in Europe.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 20:08 UTC
GOL returns to Montevideo after nearly 21 months of domestic-only routes

Brazilian carrier GOL resumed services to Montevideo after almost 21 months when a flight from São Paulo landed at Montevideo's Carrasco International airport Wednesday.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 19:54 UTC
Azul after all of LATAM Airlines

The Brazilian airline Azul has confirmed it plans to buy over all of LATAM Airlines' operations, not only the Brazilian branch as reports showed earlier this week. Azul was founded in 2013 by Brazil-born David Neeleman, who also owns low-cost carrier JetBlue.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 18:58 UTC
WHO gives green light for use of Indian COVID-19 vaccine

The World Health Organization (who) has approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by India's Bharat Biotech laboratory for emergency use, it was announced. The drug is known worldwide under its commercial brand: Covaxin.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Argentina's trade balance with Brazil ends up positive for 2nd straight month

Argentina's trade balance with Brazil yielded positive results for the second straight month in October 2021. However, numbers for the first 10 months of the year are still in the red.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Two dead and three injured in a gun battle with Mapuche radical groups in southern Chile

Chilean Home Secretary Rodrigo Delgado confirmed on Wednesday the death of two members of the Mapuche community following a shoot out with Marines and Carabineros in the Biobío Region which is under an exceptional emergency state precisely because of continued acts of violence.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
UK flagged fishing vessel released by French court; London and Paris officials to meet to de escalate dispute

A UK trawler impounded by French authorities over a fishing licenses' dispute with Britain was released on Wednesday by a French court overturning an earlier demand that it pays a €150,000 bond.
Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:43 UTC
“Tommy” soldier silhouettes to commemorate Remembrance and Falklands' war 40th anniversary

More than 100 'Tommy' soldier silhouette figures have been installed at Victory Green in the Falkland Islands' capital Port Stanley as part of the Remembrance Observance Day and the 40th anniversary of the South Atlantic conflict next year.