Stories for June 2022

Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:31 UTC
BCB head says worst part of inflation in Brazil is over

Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) CEO Roberto Campos Neto said Monday that the worst part of inflation in his country was over, after the proper tools to curb the process had been taken.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:23 UTC
Venezuelan carrier executives claim nothing wrong with 747

Emtrasur CEO César Pérez said in an interview that the Iranian crew members of the company's Boeing 747-300 seized at the Ezeiza International Airport were flight instructors and that the scandal that has unfolded was “ridiculous.”
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:20 UTC
Drug consumption on the rise worldwide, UN report shows

According to a United Nations report released in Vienna, the number of people who have tried a narcotic substance in their lives has increased by 26% in the last decade. In 2020, 13.6% of users suffered from drug-related disorders to the point of being dependent or requiring treatment.
Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 09:19 UTC
New Petrobras CEO greenlighted pending objections

Caio Mário Paes de Andrade has been approved Monday as the new CEO of Brazil's state-run oil company to replace José Mauro Coelho, who lasted merely 68 days on the job.
Monday, June 27th 2022 - 19:35 UTC
Johnson tells Fernández Falklanders and Ukrainians entitled to self determination

President Alberto Fernández Monday told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that more Britons were living in Argentina than in the Falkland Islands, but that did not change an iota the Conservative's leader stance that there was nothing to talk about in that regard because Falkland Islanders, like all people, have a right to self-determination, according to his post-meeting comments to the press quoted by Clarín.
Monday, June 27th 2022 - 19:17 UTC
Braga Netto chosen as Bolsonaro's VP running mate

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said during a TV interview Sunday that he had chosen former Defense Minister General Walter Braga Netto as his running mate for the Oct. 2 elections and that the official announcement is to be made shortly.
Monday, June 27th 2022 - 10:57 UTC
Falklands in agenda of Fernandez bilateral meeting with Johnson at G7

Argentine president Alberto Fernandez confirmed that this Monday afternoon, at the G7 summit in Munich he will be holding a fifteen minutes bilateral talk with UK prime minister Boris Johnson in which he plans to bring up the issue of the Falkland Islands.
Monday, June 27th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Uruguay Congress Falklands declaration expected first week of July; differences on the term 'usurpation'

The Uruguayan parliament is expected to make a legislative declaration relative to the Falkland Islands conflict and the 40th anniversary of the war during the first week of July. The initiative was presented by the opposition catch-all coalition (Broad Front) in April, but the final decision has been delayed since the senior member of the ruling coalition which supports president Luis Lacalle Pou, does not agree with the wording.
Monday, June 27th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
Argentina demands UK flagged vessels with toothfish licenses in South Georgia be listed as IUU

British flagged fishing vessels are illegally operating in South Georgia waters, with illegitimate licenses awarded by the United Kingdom, and outside of the multilateral agreement which rules operations in those fisheries, according to a formal complaint from the Argentine foreign ministry made public.
Monday, June 27th 2022 - 10:17 UTC
Argentine Army and Impsa agree on modernization of tanks

The Argentine Defense Ministry, the Argentine Army, and the Mendoza-based company Impsa have signed an agreement to modernize the turrets of several locally-built 2C tanks, it was reported.