Stories for March 2022

Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Argentine President says March 24 brings Argentines together

President Alberto Fernández Thursday stressed March 24 was the day when Argentines were stronger together. Hos words came during a ceremony marking a new anniversary of the 1976 coup d'etat aganst Constitutional President María Estela Martínez de Perón.
Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Falkland Islands Government retains their global S&P A+ rating

The Falkland Islands Government confirmed on Thursday that, following a detailed review of updated fiscal and economic information, supported by a process of confidential interviews with FIG officers and representatives of the business community, S&P Global Ratings have confirmed the sovereign rating for the Falkland Islands remains at A+ with a stable outlook.
Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:41 UTC
Strange living creatures found in Antarctica

A team of geologists found a group of creatures in an area of Antarctica where life was deemed near to impossible, it was reported.
Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:37 UTC
CFK and her son praise Memory Day rally demonstrators

Argentine Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Thursday sent a message through social media to the groups who marched onto Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo during the Memory Day commemorations of those fallen under the military dictatorship which came to power March 24, 1976.
Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:31 UTC
Venezuela's Maduro feels worthy of Nobel Prize in Economics

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro Thursday unleashed anger worldwide when he claimed his government deserved the Nobel Prize in Economics, which earned him a barrage of negative comments on social media.
Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Force-majeure applies to pre-war Russian diesel shipments bound for Ecuador

Ecuador's oil ruling entity Petroecuador has granted force majeure exemptions to shipments of Russian diesel which were already underway when the invasion of Ukraine started and western powers replied by imposing sanctions on Vladimir Putin's government
Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:29 UTC
Potash prices have more than trebled and keep climbing

Potash prices, a key element used as fertilizer have more than trebled compared to a year ago. The mineral which was trading at US$ 300 a ton in early 2021, has now skyrocketed to US$ 1,100 a ton, and with not many prospects of returning to normal levels given the ongoing month-long war in Ukraine following on the Russian invasion.
Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:22 UTC
Drought hits Paraguayan soybean production

Paraguay's meager output of soybeans this year will prevent it from capitalizing on soaring international prices, it was reported in Asunción.
Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:20 UTC
Falklands Chamber of Commerce satisfied port project advances, but warns FIG on “gaps and issues”

The Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce has reacted positively to news that the new port construction will go ahead. Invited to respond to the news in the light of recent controversy (FIG approved the Port Development Planning application despite a recommendation against by the Planning and Building Committee) a spokesperson for the Chamber responded to the Penguin News as follows:
Thursday, March 24th 2022 - 22:40 UTC
Thousands of Argentines march 46 years after coup d'état

Tens of thousands of Argentines marched again to Buenos Aires’ Plaza de Mayo (Mayo Square) on Thursday, 46 years after the coup d'état that installed a dictatorship responsible for tens of thousands of disappearances, exiles and executions in clandestine centers.