Stories for May 2022

Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:53 UTC
New poll says Lula may not need a runoff to win Brazil's elections in October

Following weeks of uncertainty during which incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro was closing in on challenger and former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva in most polls, the Workers' Party (PT) leftwing leader has been once again reported to have an unsurmountable edge which could even earn him a first-round victory comes Oct. 2.
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:53 UTC
Southern Brazil ports and Montevideo have become drugs exporting hubs

The seizure by Brazilian police of 136 kilos of cocaine on a docked ship in the port of Rio Grande, state of Rio Grande do Sul, clearly indicates the existence of an international drug trafficking route, in the south of the country and neighboring Uruguay.
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:52 UTC
EU wants to sign stalled trade agreements, but with Mercosur objections persist

The European Union aims to finalize and sign at least three stalled trade agreements this year as the bloc looks to reinforce strategic alliances amid the turmoil caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:45 UTC
Constitutional Court greenlights medically assisted suicide in Colombia

Colombia's Constitutional Court Wednesday ruled by 6 votes to 3 to decriminalize medically assisted suicide. Euthanasia in Colombia is already legal, but in this case, it is the patient and not the doctor who executes the action to end his or her life.
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:10 UTC
Brazil consumer prices increased 1.06% in April and 12,13% in twelve months

Consumer prices in Brazil increased 1.06% from March, the fastest rise for the month of April since 1996, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, or IBGE, said on Wednesday. Prices rose 12.13% from a year earlier, the fastest pace since 2003. In March, prices rose 1.62% from February and increased 11.30% from a year earlier. Again food and transport had a decisive impulse.
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:10 UTC
Buenos Aires health minister warns of possible new, milder covid-19 wave

Buenos Aires City Health Minister Fernán Quirós Wednesday warned the recent increase in covid cases might be heralding “the beginning of a new wave.”
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:08 UTC
Chile's Lower House passes Escazú treaty bill

Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Wednesday praised his country's Lower House for approving the Escazú 'green' treaty, which he said was “a milestone” in the path towards a new relationship “between the State and its inhabitants in environmental matters.”
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:04 UTC
FIMA Funded Falklands 40th Photo Exhibition Moves to Chatham's Historic Dockyard Museum

Last year, FIMA, (Friends of the Falkland Islands' Museum and the Jane Cameron National Archives), agreed to fund the restoration and printing of 40 photographs taken by a Falklands photographer during and in the aftermath of the 1982 war for the Falklands Museum.
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock's Telescope Purchased for Falklands' Museum

A telescope that once belonged to Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock has been purchased at auction by the Friends, and will soon be a treasured artifact in the Falklands' museum in Stanley.
Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 09:58 UTC
Argentine entrepreneurs buy over Montevideo daily

A group of investors of mostly Argentine origin has bought over Montevideo's renowned daily El Observador. Although the deal was reportedly closed May 5, it was not officially announced until Wednesday, May 11.