Stories for July 2022

Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 09:49 UTC
European heat wave in the 40 Celsius has become the “new normal”, says WMO chief

While a record 40.3°C was registered in UK on Tuesday, widespread extreme heat, wildfires and stress on health system were reported across the European continent.
Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 09:46 UTC
Bolivian railroad seeks to boost region's global trade capabilities

Bolivia's Foreign Minister Rogelio Mayta Wednesday highlighted his country's Bioceanic Integration Railway Corridor (CFBI), which seeks to link the Brazilian port of Santos with Ilo in Peru to further develop the region's trade capabilities.
Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 09:41 UTC
Brazilian conservatives want Temer to join presidential race

While the upcoming presidential elections seemed an inevitable clash between the incumbent rightwing Jair Bolsonaro and the former PT Lula Da Silva, Brazilian media rocked the political stage Wednesday with rumors that former President Michel Temer might join the race on behalf of the conservative Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).
Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 09:35 UTC
Mercosur clinches Singapore FTA, announces CET cuts

The governments of all four members of Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay) Wednesday agreed in Asunción to lower the bloc's common external tariffs (CET) by 10%.
Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 09:20 UTC
Biden does not have cancer, despite confusing speech

US President Joseph Biden Wednesday delivered a confusing message which prompted listeners to wonder whether he had actually confirmed he had cancer.
Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 08:28 UTC
College-like education program launched for teachers of Guarani

Education authorities in the Argentine province of Corrientes Wednesday launched a variety of Guarani programs whereby students can get various college-type degrees for the teaching of the ancestral language.
Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 07:13 UTC
Brazilians will again eat three meals a day, vowed Lula

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Dda Silva Wednesday said during a visit to his native state of Pernambuco that people in his country will go back to eating at least three meals a day if he beats the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the Oct. 2 elections.
Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 07:04 UTC
Iran files petition on behalf of its Emtrasur 747 crewmembers

The Government of Iran has requested Argentina's Judiciary lifts the travel ban on the five Asian country's nationals who have been staying at a hotel near the Ezeiza international airport following the seizing of a Venezuela-flagged Boeing 747-300.
Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 06:51 UTC
And then they were 2: Sunak and Truss

Following Wednesday's round of voting, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss finally made it to the showdown against former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak in the contest for Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister.
Wednesday, July 20th 2022 - 10:55 UTC
Despite Mercosur summit in Paraguay, Bolsonaro keeps cutting tariffs for critical inputs of industry and medicine

Although Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is not attending the Mercosur summit in Paraguay, his administration continues with its policy of unilaterally reducing the common external tariff. In this case Brazil's Foreign Trade Chamber Executive Committee approved the reduction of import tariffs on thirteen items, including medicines, medical equipment, printing ink and polypropylene resin. Tariffs were cut to zero or reduced to 2%, from 2% and 6,5%.