Stories for 2021

Saturday, March 6th 2021 - 09:12 UTC
UK-Gibraltar partnership strengthened by new funding stream

The UK Government has included Gibraltar in the UK Community Renewal Fund for 2021-22. This means that projects in Gibraltar will be eligible for funding up to a maximum of half a million pounds.
Saturday, March 6th 2021 - 08:40 UTC
Casino supermarkets sued under French law for selling beef linked to deforestation

French supermarket chain Casino is being sued by indigenous groups from the Amazon, for allegedly selling beef linked to deforestation. The 11 indigenous groups, backed by NGOs in the US and France, are seeking €3.1m in damages.
Saturday, March 6th 2021 - 07:10 UTC
Rossby Waves, and Wave-7

Bt Gwynne Dyer – It used to blast straight east all the way around the planet, but even then it occasionally developed long S-shaped kinks called Rossby waves: Big loops extending far north and south of its usual track.
Friday, March 5th 2021 - 08:57 UTC
Dramatic Covid-19 situation in Southern Brazil threatens Rivera, Uruguay

Uruguay is very concerned, and threatened, by the situation in the city of Rivera, bordering the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul state, where the number of infections is alarming and continues to grow, while the Intensive Care Centers in the capital Porto Alegre are saturated.
Friday, March 5th 2021 - 08:40 UTC
Colombia and Peru want to centralize gold purchases to combat illegal extraction

Colombia and Peru are studying the possibility of centralizing gold purchases, in an effort to combat illegal and informal extraction. Colombian President Ivan Duque said his government is considering the move to stymie the role illegal mining plays in fueling a decades-long internal conflict.
Friday, March 5th 2021 - 08:30 UTC
American Airlines cancels routes from the US to Montevideo and Santiago

American Airlines has extended the suspension and cancellation of numerous international flights including to regions that have not yet been severely impacted by the coronavirus, such as Latin America. The Fort-Worth-based airline says on 10 March that it is cutting summer international capacity by about 10% and April domestic capacity by 7.5% in response to decreasing demand.
Friday, March 5th 2021 - 08:30 UTC
Icelandair's 42 hours flight to Antarctica and home again

In its presentation, Icelandair says it usually flies closer to the Arctic Circle, but on this occasion, the trip was 4 days and 42 flight hours from the top of the world to the bottom, and home again. On Friday, February 26, an Icelandair Boeing 767 (TF-ISN), landed at Troll airfield (QAT) at the Troll research station operated by the Norwegian Polar Institute in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica.
Friday, March 5th 2021 - 08:25 UTC
Brazilian soy exports in March should reach 15 million tons: 250 ships waiting to load

Brazilian soy shipments this month should reach 15 million tons, which could establish a new record for a month, according to the maritime agency Cargonave, considering the 250 ships in the export line-up, a growth of more than 40% compared to the number seen in the same period last year.
Friday, March 5th 2021 - 08:00 UTC
The Haves and Have-nots of the Digital Age

By Gita Bhatt (*) – Accelerated by the pandemic, the digital future is coming at us faster than ever before, and maybe faster than we can imagine. In this issue, we explore the possible consequences —the good, the bad, and the gray.
Thursday, March 4th 2021 - 18:21 UTC
Uruguay: Pepe Mujica says the pandemic helped Lacalle Pou’s government

The former Uruguayan president José “Pepe” Mujica criticized the government of Luis Lacalle Pou and assured that the Covid-19 pandemic “helped” to improve his image. ”The pandemic is white (in reference to the color of the ruling party)“ and ”brought a big help“ to the government, said the former president in a radial interview on Wednesday. ”He has no responsibility, but he positioned himself well in the situation and knew how to take advantage of it”, he assured.