Stories for February 19th 2022

Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 17:05 UTC
Work to fully reopen Argentina's Petrel Base in Antarctica goes on

Argentine Navy's ARA Puerto Argentino sloop has sucessfully unloaded supplies and machinery this week at the Petrel Base in Antarctica, it was reported. A self-propelled pontoon built entirely at the Tandanor–CINAR shipyard was used for the reconstruction of this base, which is returning to permanent service after nearly 50 years.
Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 10:43 UTC
US Homeland Department to deploy robot dogs along the border with Mexico

A robot dog designed and manufactured in the United States by Ghost Robotics and which had been in the earlier stages of development last year has been given its marching orders for a major assignment.
Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 10:06 UTC
IMF says draft of deal with Argentina almost ready

A high-ranking International Monetary Fund (IMF) official Friday announced a full deal with Argentina “is very close,” as the Government of President Alberto Fernández hopes it will be next week, so that it can be put up for Congressional approval at the start of the new Legislature, March 1.
Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Chile is to become a “regional, multinational and intercultural State”, according to the new constitution

Chile is to be defined in the future as a “Regional State, multinational and intercultural” according to the draft approved on Friday afternoon by the constitutional convention that is discussing the new constitution for the country.
Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Interior Minister wants Chile's northern borders fully closed

Chile's Interior Minister Rodrigo Delgado wants to close the country's northern border as a new stage of the “state of exception” already in force in four provinces where the migration crisis is escalating.
Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
Canadian police launches foreceful removal of Freedom Convoy protesters

Canadian law enforcement officers have arrested over 100 people in Ottawa who had gathered at the capital city amid the so-called “Freedom Convoy” to protest against Prime Minister Trudeau's COVID-19 vaccination policies.
Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 09:33 UTC
Number of fatalities in Petropolis keeps rising as rescue work affected by rain

Rains have kept falling in the Brazilian city of Petropolis in the Brazilian State of Rio de Janeiro, which has affected relief work and taken the death toll up to 136, it was reported Friday, as the number of missing people rose to 213. Some 700 people were still sheltering in schools and churches after being evacuated from their homes.
Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 09:22 UTC
WTO Fisheries to end subsidies committee: Agreement to finalize negotiations as soon as possible

The World Trade Organization committee to eliminate subsidies for illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and banning certain forms of fisheries subsidies to impede overcapacity and overfishing, have agreed to continue working and conclude negotiations as soon as possible,
Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 09:19 UTC
Ahead of another major blunder, an Argentine haircut for the IMF

By Willem H. Buitter – By approving an unprecedentedly large loan to Argentina in mid-2018, despite the country's failure to meet basic borrowing conditions, the International Monetary Fund committed a major blunder. Rather than compounding the mistake with another similar program, it should accept reality – and responsibility.
Saturday, February 19th 2022 - 09:16 UTC
Strong jump in global 2021 trade of goods and services ,to pre-Covid-19 level, UNCTAD report

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNCTAD has published the Global Trade Update report, which shows that in 2021, world trade in goods remained strong and trade in services finally returned to its pre-COVID-19 levels.