Stories for January 2022

Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:31 UTC
Ecuador extends Galapagos reserve forming a string of protected areas along the Pacific to Central America

Ecuador has created the marine reserve north of the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific helping to form a ring of protected areas, along the South American north Pacific rim that will include Colombia's Malpeso island, Panama's Coiba islands and Costa Rica Cocos islands.
Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:25 UTC
Former Haitian Senator arrested in Jamaica for Moïse's killing

A former Haitian senator has been arrested in Jamaica in connection with the July 7 magnicide of President Jovenel Moïse in Port-au-Prince, it was reported.
Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:18 UTC
Buenos Aires road safety boss dies in highway car crash

Oscar Astoreca, director of Road Safety in the Argentine Province of Buenos Aires, died in a car crash last Saturday down National Route 2 (highway between Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata) near the town of Lezama, some 163 kilometers south of the country's capital.
Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:13 UTC
Peru's President has 60% disapproval rate

Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones, who became head of state in a tight runoff against Conservative Keiko Fujimori about half a year ago, has a disapproval rate of 60%, according to a survey released Sunday.
Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:00 UTC
Paraguay closes 2021 with sizeable trade surplus

The year 2021 closed for Paraguay with a trade surplus of US $ 941 million, according to the Advance Foreign Trade Report (RCE) for December 2021, published by the Undersecretary of State for the Economy (SSEE) of the Finance Ministry.
Monday, January 17th 2022 - 08:46 UTC
Djokovic loses legal battle, no chance to play Australian tennis Open

World tennis number one player Novak Djokovic of Serbia will not be able to defend his Australian Open crown after his visa was canceled for a second time by local migration authorities.
Saturday, January 15th 2022 - 20:55 UTC
Falklands' Maritime Heritage Trust resumes search for Shackleton's Endurance

Last week the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust announced the resumption of the search for Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance which lies in deep water beneath the ice of the Weddell Sea. A hundred years after his death Shackleton is still big news and media outlets around the world were quick to pick up on the story.
Saturday, January 15th 2022 - 13:52 UTC
Uruguayans and residents may return by car even if they are COVID-19 positive

The Government of Uruguay has announced it would allow foreign residents to return to the country by car even if they are COVID-19 positive.
Saturday, January 15th 2022 - 13:51 UTC
Argentine boat owners trapped in Punta del Este

Dozens of Argentine-flagged private boats have been left stranded after mooring at the Uruguayan most exclusive port of Punta del Este because there is no COVID-19 corridor for their voyage back home, it was reported.
Saturday, January 15th 2022 - 10:09 UTC
The most luxurious vacation properties in Uruguay: Up to US$ 250,000 per fortnight

For some years now, luxury vacationers are increasingly enjoying Eastern Uruguay's coastline. Beach towns such as José Ignacio, Manantiales or Miamesque Punta del Este are hosts to thousands of tourists that are giving an air of increasing exclusivity to these places.