Stories for May 31st 2022

Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 20:48 UTC
Children from the Falklands say “Thank you” in a video to veterans who liberated the islands in 1982

As part of the commemoration events for the 40th anniversary of the Falklands war, school children from both the Junior and Secondary schools in the Falkland Islands have created special “Thank you” messages to all the veterans involved in liberating the Falkland Islands in 1982. The school children are keen that their messages are seen by as wide an audience as possible, so that as many veterans and their families and families of those 255 lost, get to see them and know that what they did 40 years ago is still greatly appreciated and not forgotten, even by the most recent generation of young Islanders.
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 10:55 UTC
“Colombian Trump” now 3 weeks from being elected

Non-leftwing voters have all their eggs now in Rodolfo Hernandez's basket, after the candidate many dub the “Colombian Trump” made it to the second round against all forecasts, to face off former M19 guerrilla leader and current Senator Gustavo Petro June 19.
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 10:52 UTC
Elimination of a “Brazil cost” item represents a further 1,5 percentage point reduction in tariffs

The Brazilian government is drafting a presidential decree to change tax revenue mechanisms, which the economic team argues it will lead to a 1.5 percentage point reduction in the rates levied on all imported products. This is part of president Bolsonaro's administration policy of (gradually) opening the Brazilian economy to foreign competition.
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 10:45 UTC
Falkland Islands Veterans Reunion in Gosport and Portsmouth

As the Falkland Islands Liberation Day approaches, on 14 June, commemoration events and services are being held across the United Kingdom and the Falklands, and over last weekend it was Gosport and Plymouth that marked the 40th anniversary of the 1982 War and honored those who did not return from the South Atlantic.
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 10:15 UTC
Boric's negative image keeps growing among Chileans

Chile's President Gabriel Boric Front is recording astonishing levels of disapproval less than three months after taking office, according to Cadem's latest weekly survey released Monday.
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 10:06 UTC
Did Volkswagen use slave labor during Brazil's dictatorship?

Brazil's Labor Attorney (MPT) has summoned carmaker Volkswagen for an administrative hearing following reports that the company benefitted from slave labor in the 1970s and 1980s in Santana do Araguaia, in the State of Pará, it was announced Monday.
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 10:04 UTC
Hurricane Agatha makes landfall in Mexican state of Oaxaca

Agatha Monday made landfall in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca as a Class 2 hurricane, according to reports from the National Meteorological Service (SMN).
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Brazilian rice exports booming; challenge for all three Mercosur partners

Brazilian rice exports (husk base) totaled 451.3 thousand tones during the first quarter, more than double the same period in 2021 when 207.7 thousand tons were shipped, reports the Brazilian Rice Industry Association (Abiarroz).
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 09:55 UTC
BRICS financing, a life-changer for Amazonia residents

Financing from the BRICS bank has been pivotal in boosting pavement, drainage, basic sanitation and sidewalk construction works in Brazil's Amazonia, it was reported.
Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 09:49 UTC
WHO says tobacco industry poisoning the planet, and sponsors “polluter pays principle” and banning cigarette filters

The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Tuesday new information on the extent to which tobacco damages both the environment and human health, calling for steps to make the industry more accountable for the destruction it is causing.