Stories for February 17th 2022

Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 21:13 UTC
Fretes becomes Paraguay's Supreme Court Chief Justice for the 5th time

Paraguay's Supreme Court has elected Antonio Fretes with 8 votes as Chief Justice for the fifth time, it was announced Wednesday. He has already chaired one of the country's branches of Government in 2005/2006, 2009/2010, 2013/2014, 2015/2016 and now 2022/2023.
Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 21:10 UTC
Argentina eyes National Food Company to regulate domestic prices

The Government of Argentina is planning to create a National Food Company as a measure to curb inflation, keep prices under control and help small and medium producers, Presidential Spokeswoman Gabriela Cerruti said Thursday in Buenos Aires.
Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 21:08 UTC
State of Emergency decreed in northern Chile to deal with irregular migration

Chile's government has decreed a State of Exception in the country's northern region to address the migration crisis, which has resulted in both an increase in crime and in acts of xenophobia, it was announced.
Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 21:04 UTC
Argentine President urged to choose a woman for the Supreme Court

Argentine President Alberto Fernández has been pressured this week by Amnesty International and other non-government organizations to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court with a female magistrate, it was reported.
Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Bolsonaro, Putin discuss strengthening bilateral trade and cooperation

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin Wednesday underlined the future importance of the BRICS partnership (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and called for a more fluent dialogue between the Mercosur and the Eurasian Economic union (EAEU), according to a joint statement released after their meeting in Moscow.
Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
No more searching for survivors from Spanish fishing trawler

Canada's naval authorities have stopped searching for survivors of the Spanish fishing trawler “Villa de Pitanxo” which sank abruptly off Newfoundland Tuesday, it was announced.
Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 10:14 UTC
On 16 February 1990, the re establishment of diplomatic relations between UK and Argentina was announced

On 16 February 1990, Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Sir Timothy Sainsbury informed the House of Commons of the 14,15 February 1990 Madrid meeting which resulted in the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Argentina and the United Kingdom
Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 10:12 UTC
Patagonia January inflation 3,6%, double the Falklands' annual retail prices index

Despite highly subsidized public rates, a long list of coerced consumer prices, relatively cheap fuel in the current global energy-short environment, the Consumer Price Index in Argentine Patagonia, mainly Tierra del Fuego, reached 3,6% in January, according to the latest report from the official stats office, Indec.
Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 10:09 UTC
Last living Yagan language speaker dies aged 93; members of her ethnicity lived in the Falklands

The last known living person who spoke Yagan, the language of the indigenous people who inhabited Tierra del Fuego, passed away this week in the Clinics Hospital from Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile. She was 93, and had to be transported urgently from Puerto Williams to the Magallanes Region capital.
Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
Portsmouth's special power catering for Royal Navy aircraft carriers so as not to leave the city in the dark

When the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers arrived in Portsmouth, the base faced a critical issue – how to find enough electricity. HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales doubled the base's energy use. In fact, the load was so great there was a danger it would impact power supplies to the city itself.