Stories for February 2022

Saturday, February 26th 2022 - 09:28 UTC
Peru's vaccination chief resigns

Peru's Director of Immunizations Friday turned in her resignation to the Health Ministry citing declining efforts in the area to carry out its duties.
Saturday, February 26th 2022 - 09:20 UTC
US inflation in January at a four decades high, and still has to peak

No peace for president Joe Biden absorbed by the Ukraine war, and for US consumers, inflation keeps surging and is expected to peak sometime midyear, before it begins to weaken. An inflation gauge closely monitored by the Federal Reserve effectively jumped 6.1% in January compared with a year ago.
Saturday, February 26th 2022 - 09:18 UTC
UEFA moves Champions League final from St Petersburg to Paris; Gazprom sponsorship cancelled

The Union of European Football Associations, UEFA finally decided on Friday to move the 2022 Champions League final from Saint Petersburg to Saint-Denis in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Friday, February 25th 2022 - 22:24 UTC
Business not as usual in Rio during paradeless Carnival weekend

Just when The Economist pointed out Montevideo was boring compared to Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian city started its traditional Carnival long weekend under sanitary protocols which have taken away much of its joy.
Friday, February 25th 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Brazil's FM plans joint evacuation from Ukraine with other LatAm nations

Brazilian authorities are planning to carry out a joint evacuation operation with other South American countries to rescue nationals of their countries who wish to flee war-torn Ukraine, it was reported Thursday.
Friday, February 25th 2022 - 10:08 UTC
Uruguayan fish processing plants blame unions for the dismantling the industry

The Uruguayan Fishing Industry Chamber, CIPU announced one of its associates had been forced to send 80 workers to unemployment insurance because it run out of fish to process, as a result of the conflict in fishing vessels. The Chamber claimed that in a decade the fishing industry has been cut to half because of the ongoing labor conflicts.
Friday, February 25th 2022 - 10:01 UTC
Rescuing juvenile Magellan penguins along the Uruguayan coast

Uruguayan marine life protection organizations have come across an unexpected number of juvenile penguins on their annual transit to less frigid waters in neighboring southern Brazil.
Friday, February 25th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Uruguay's FM condemns use of force in Ukraine and calls for diplomatic channels to be resumed

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRREE) of Uruguay called on Thursday for the parties involved in the conflict unleashed after Russia's attack on Ukraine “to return to the path of negotiations, to full compliance with the Minsk agreements” and to “resolve the current conflict of interests through diplomatic channels”.
Friday, February 25th 2022 - 09:58 UTC
France and the import of meats, “Si vous plais, pas plus des antibiotiques”

French poultry industry group supported the government's decree banning meat imports from animals treated with growth antibiotics, a practice prohibited in the European Union since 2006, but which still needs to be fully implemented particularly for the poultry sector.
Friday, February 25th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Kyiv to capitulate any time soon, according to western media

The United States military sources have warned Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, was about to capitulate any time as Russian forces marched onto the country for allegedly refusing to recognize the independence of the eastern rogue provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk.