MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 22nd 2022
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Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 09:36 UTC
Paraguayans skipping booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Paraguayan health authorities have expressed their concern over a slowdown in vaccination against COVID-19, with very few booster doses applied.
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Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 09:33 UTC
Santos outperforms other Brazilian ports, despite a drop in overall throughput
As a lingering consequence of the covid-19 pandemic and a slowdown of the Chinese economy, cargo throughput in Brazilian ports fell by 3.3% in the first half of the year compared to the same period of 2021. On the other hand, the Port of Santos recorded an increase of 5.6% over the same period. The data are included in a report published by Brazil’s National Waterway Transportation Agency (Antaq).
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Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 09:27 UTC
While Tories look for a leader, UK hit by strikes: Felixstowe closed for eight days
On September 5, hopefully the conservative party will have a new leader and the British government should be back on track, leaving aside Boris Johnson. However, in the meantime prices of food and energy have soared and the country is under stress from a raft of industrial actions, the latest of which Felixstowe, Britain's largest container port, with staff walking out of their jobs for an 8-day strike on Sunday demanding better pay to meet the cost of living.
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Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 09:22 UTC
Pope admits “worry and pain” for Nicaragua, but no word for a bishop's arrest and persecution of priests and nuns
The ongoing conflict between the Nicaraguan government and Church was mentioned on Sunday by Pope Francis but certainly not with the commitment expected by Catholics both in the Central American country and his faithful in the region. The Catholic church in Nicaragua has been under increasing pressure from the government of ruling couple, president Daniel Ortega and vice-president Rosario Murillo, the latest of which has been the arrest of a much respected loved bishop and several priests.
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Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 09:05 UTC
Arrest made in case of poisoned babies in Argentina
A 27-year-old nurse has been arrested in the Argentine city of Córdoba in connection with the mysterious deaths of at least 5 newborn babies at a local maternity hospital.
