Stories for August 3rd 2022

Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 21:32 UTC
Colombia foresees stagnant coffee harvests in 2022

Colombia's coffee production for the year 2022 will reach 12 million bags, weighing 60 kilos each, according to National Federation of Coffee Growers (FNC) Manager Roberto Velez.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 21:26 UTC
Brazil's STF Chief Justice insists there are legal instruments against fake news

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Chief Justice Luiz Fux said Wednesday that spreading information known to be false during the election period is a threat to the democratic system. For him, Brazil has instruments to combat “head-on” this risk.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 09:15 UTC
Uruguay: Lacalle admits to changing his mind over retirement age

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday admitted he had defaulted on one of his campaign promises of not raising the retirement age, because “it was impossible” not to modify it.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:59 UTC
Beijing summons US ambassador over Pelosi's Taiwan bravado

The Government of Beijing Tuesday summoned US Ambassador Nicholas Burns after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan despite China's advice against it.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:59 UTC
Petro's liaison team releases report on the state of Colombia

Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro's liaison team with the outgoing administration of Iván Duque released earlier this week a report on what to expect when the first-ever leftwing head of state is inaugurated Aug. 7.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:55 UTC
Detractor of Falklands people's rights, Argentina's candidate to the International Law Court of The Hague

Dr. Marcelo Kohen is an Argentine lawyer who for more than three decades has been living in Switzerland where he is a professor of International Law at the University Institute of International High Studies in Geneva, He is also currently secretary of the prestigious International Law Institute created in 1843.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:50 UTC
Brazilian industrial exports to neighboring South American countries booming

As the global economy recovers from the Covid 19 pandemic and its contracting influence on production and trade, Brazil's commercial relations with South American neighboring countries soared by 64,7% last year, and is expected to do even better by the end of 2022. (7,3bn)
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:47 UTC
US Navy building up on its Pacific armada around Taiwan

The United States Government of President Joseph Biden is taking additional military precautions in case China decides to retaliate after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went ahead with her plans to visit Taiwan.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:37 UTC
South Georgia consultation period for Special Protected Area Management Plan

The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands has announced the opening of the consultation period for the Specially Protected Area Management Plan and Regulations.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 08:32 UTC
Argentina and Chile lobby for a Marine Protected Area west of Antarctica Peninsula

Argentine and Chilean relations have not been traditionally smooth given the several borderline disputes both in land and in the sea, but there is a chance that this rivalry turns into a biodiversity milestone, with the joint proposal to create a Marine Protected Area in waters next to west Antarctica Peninsula and south of the Scotia arc, a project in which the Chilean Antarctic Institute and Argentina's Antarctic Institute have been working on since 2012.