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Stories for August 30th 2022

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 10:04 UTC

  F-16s for Argentina, --and convincing UK--, US strategy to contain Chinese influence in the South Atlantic

  

  An article published by the United States Naval Institute, USNI, a private, professional military think-tank which since 1873 provides independent ideas for debating US defense issues, has revealed that Washington, fearful of China's advance in South America, offered back in 2020, surplus Danish F-16A/Bs both to Colombia and Argentina, and is “negotiating with the UK to approve the sale”.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Rubinstein denies Argentina plans 50% devaluation

  

  Argentina's Deputy Economy Minister Gabriel Rubinstein Monday denied rumors of a 50% devaluation of the local peso against the US dollar that had gone viral in Buenos Aires' financial circles.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Sunken ship found off Argentine Patagonia identified

  

  Scientists have announced they have identified the remnants of a sunken ship found near the Argentine city of Puerto Madryn. It would be a US-built whaler called Dolphin from the mid-1800s.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  German consul in Rio charged with husband's murder

  

  Germany's Consul in Rio de Janeiro Uwe Herbert Hahn has been formally indicted Monday for the August 5 murder of his husband, the Belgian national Walter Henri Maximilien Biot, in the couple's apartment.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Peru takes over CAN's pro tempore presidency

  

  Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones Monday welcomed his colleagues from Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia, Luis Arce for the Council of the Andean Community (CAN) summit in Lima.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Monkeypox spreading fast throughout South America

  

  Peruvian health authorities Monday reported 1,463 cases of monkeypox in 16 of the country's regions, while 812 patients had already been discharged, as Health Ministry officials were monitoring the close contacts of those infected.