Stories for April 6th 2022

Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 20:38 UTC
Argentine scientists and lawmakers recommend returning to GMT -4

The Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Argentine Province of Mendoza's Lower House this week began analyzing a bill to adopt a daylight saving time system and go rogue to GMT -4, it was reported.
Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 20:34 UTC
Colombian low-cost airline cleared to land in Buenos Aires in June

Argentina's National Civil Aviation Administration (ANAC) has issued the green light for Colombian budget carrier Viva Air to start linking Buenos Aires' Ezeiza International Airport with Bogotá and Medellín as of June this year.
Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 20:31 UTC
Argentina takes IA-63 to Santiago Air Fair in search of buyers

Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana is to head the country's delegation at the Argentine ward of the International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE) in Santiago, Chile, where he will try to attract potential customers for the IA-63 jet trainer Pampa.
Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 13:55 UTC
Boric rounds up Argentine tour

Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Tuesday left Argentina, after a two-day official trip which marked his first trip abroad since taking office last month.
Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 10:02 UTC
“MPC is entirely defensive, to defend Falklands from any potential threat,” BFSAI commander

The visiting Argentine reporter Hugo Alconada Mon who is in the Falkland Islands reporting for the Buenos Aires daily La Nacion, on the 40th anniversary of the April 2nd Argentine military invasion and occupation of the Falklands, has included in his round of interviews, British Forces South Atlantic Islands Commander, Jonathan Lett.
Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 09:47 UTC
Uruguay's ANCAP makes US$ 88 million profit in 2021

After several adjustments in the price of fuel, Uruguay's state-run oil company ANCAP reaped profits worth US$ 88 million, authorities from the petrol supplier reported Tuesday in Montevideo.
Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Although not mandatory, Montevideo wants to keep sanitary measures

Even after Uruguay's national Government has decreed the end of the sanitary restrictions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the City Hall of Montevideo Tuesday urged the population to keep wearing facemasks “in buses, cabs, and other means of passenger transport.”
Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Massive investments in Guyana's oil and gas industry by Exxon-Mobil

Exxon Mobil is investing heavily off the coast of Guyana expecting future production of some 1,2 million barrels per day of oil and gas by 2027. According to the company the fourth oil project production off Guyana will receive an investment of US$ 10 billion.
Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 09:35 UTC
Argentina complains over Falklands tourism stand at WTM in Sao Paulo

Argentina expressed concern and requested specific measures from Brazilian authorities because of the presence in Sao Paulo at the World Trade Market, Latin America fair, of a Falkland Islands' stand.
Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 09:32 UTC
Paraguay advised to monitor inflation and tackle State spending

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a recommendation to the Government of Paraguay IMF to keep an eye on inflation and move forward with structural reforms in addition to improving State spending.