Stories for August 2022

Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
Falklands' Beauchene Fishing orders a new trawler to replace “Baffin Bay” sunk in Vigo

Galicia's Copemar and their Falkland Islands partner Beauchene Fishing have contracted Armón Vigo, an affiliate of the Asturian Naval Group Armon, for the construction of a trawler to replace the “Baffin Bay” which caught fire and sunk in the port of Vigo on its return from the Loligo season in the Islands.
Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 10:16 UTC
All fuel prices in Brazil down, thanks to Petrobras and tax reductions

A survey from Brazil's National Oil, Gas and Bio-fuels Agency, ANP, showed that the average price for a liter of gasoline in service stations across Brazil had dropped 2,77%, and this way the price is now R$ 5,25 this week, the lowest it has been since February 2021.
Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 10:13 UTC
Brazil to become wheat self sufficient in five years, planting the grain in tropical areas

Brazil will become wheat self sufficient in five years time, according to Celso Luiz Moretti, head of EMBRAPA, the Brazilian agriculture surveys and research center, which has helped the country become one of the world's leading food producer and exporter.
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.
Monday, August 29th 2022 - 22:55 UTC
Bolivia: Theft of Evo's cell phone prompts large-scale police deployment

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales had his cell phone stolen during the weekend, which prompted a full-scale operation to retrieve the device, it was reported Sunday.