Stories for March 2022

Saturday, March 12th 2022 - 06:02 UTC
New research shows that slow growth in Antarctic fish is linked to problems making proteins

Antarctic fish have adapted over millennia to survive in the freezing temperatures of the Southern Ocean but in doing so have lost their ability to grow at rates seen in their warmer water cousins. Researchers have now discovered the cellular causes of this crucial difference between Antarctic and warm water fish.
Saturday, March 12th 2022 - 04:06 UTC
Brazilian telemarketers have identification prefix added to their lines

Brazilian telemarketing companies have been forced to add a prefix to their telephone numbers since March 10, which allows recipients to decide whether they want to take incoming calls.
Friday, March 11th 2022 - 21:48 UTC
Former Uruguayan president says criminals would celebrate LUC repeal

Former two-time President of Uruguay Julio María Sanguinetti Friday said the National Human Rights Institution (INDDHH) was “helping criminals” by opposing certain provisions within the Law of Urgent Consideration that may end up repealed through a referendum later this month.
Friday, March 11th 2022 - 21:46 UTC
Argentine Lower House passes IMF deal

Argentina's House of Deputies greenlighted the deal reached between the administration of President Alberto Fernández and the International Monetary Fund in the wee hours of Friday by 202 votes in favor, 37 against, and 13 abstentions.
Friday, March 11th 2022 - 21:44 UTC
Shortage of affordable groceries reported in Argentina

Shortages of basic products at Argentine supermarkets have been reported Friday, particularly of flour, cooking oil, and dry noodles of the most affordable brands. Media coverage has also outlined a sharp increase in the price of eggs.
Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Jeremy Corbyn and Dilma Rousseff, special guests to Chilean president Boric inauguration Friday

The office of Chilean president-elect Gabriel Boric, who this Friday takes office as the successor of Sebastian Piñera, released the names of a list of special guests to the inauguration ceremony which includes well-known political leaders and social activists.
Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:43 UTC
Ukraine suspends exports of cereals to avoid a “humanitarian crisis”; strong IMF financial support

Ukraine’s government has suspended rye, barley, wheat, millet, and salt exports until the end of the year, while new rules for overseas sales of corn, buckwheat, sugar, live cattle, and meat have also been established.
Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Ecuador grants amnesty to those involved in 2019 scuffles

Ecuador's National Assembly Thursday passed a bill to grant amnesty to 268 people who were being prosecuted for “exercising their own right and collective rights recognized in the Constitution and international instruments” during the social uprisings in the last quarter of 2019, it was announced.
Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:35 UTC
Duque tells Biden Colombian crude available if needed

President Iván Duque has made Colombian oil available to the United States if the Joseph Biden administration needs to stabilize global energy prices following Russia's military operations in Ukraine, it was announced in Bogotá Thursday.
Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:29 UTC
Native Brazilians to tell UN violence, illegal mining on the rise

Groups of native Brazilians are to appear before the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN) to condemn the increase of illegal mining and violence in their communities, including death threats, raids, and forced displacements, the Missionary Indigenous Council (CIMI) announced this week.