Stories for August 2022

Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 19:19 UTC
Uruguayan President praises law enforcement, would like better results

Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou said he was pleased with the way the Ministry of the Interior and the Police were handling the latest increase in violence. But he added that, as long as some violence remained, he could not be happy yet about the results.
Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 10:38 UTC
Brazilian presidential election: opinion polls show Bolsonaro closing in on Lula, but still not enough

The poll from Instituto Parana Pesquisa was released 24 August and compared to the previous one from August second, the difference which stood at 5,5 percentage points has now fallen to 4,7 percentage points.
Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 10:16 UTC
Second corn crop helps Brazil achieve a harvest of 271 million tons, and target 300 million tons in a near future

Brazil is forecasted to break another crop record in 2022 with the largst grain harvest in history, particularly because of the second crop of corn in Brazil, or safrinha. Previously considered merely a way to keep the soil in use between two important harvests, corn’s second crop gained importance as production became more sophisticated with the aid of technology.
Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 10:12 UTC
Carmona visits Santiago, thanks Chile for its support on the Malvinas Question

Argentina's Secretary in charge of Malvinas, Antarctica, and the South Atlantic, Guillermo Carmona, following on his tour of neighboring countries, the first of which was Brazil, has now continued with a visit to Chile.
Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
Rockhopper could net £210m compensation from Italian government because of offshore drilling ban

A corporate tribunal has ordered the Italian government to pay more than £210m to the UK/Falklands oil company Rockhopper as compensation for an offshore oil drilling ban. Rockhopper’s case was launched after the Italian government banned oil exploration and production within a 12 mile-limit off Italy’s coast in 2015, scotching the company’s planned Ombrina Mare oilfield.
Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 10:01 UTC
11-yr-old girl among confirmed cases of monkeypox in Bolivia

Bolivian health authorities Wednesday announced that an 11-year-old girl in the department of Cochabamba was among the 49 confirmed cases in the country of monkeypox, a malady that usually affects male adults.
Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Fertilizer congress reveals Brazil's efforts in accessing the input and the need to promote a national industry

The ninth edition of the Brazilian Fertilizer Congress, organized by ANDA, (Brazilian National Fertilizers Organization) underscored the main difficulties faced by the agriculture sector in having access to fertilizer at a time of global logistics chaos caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 09:58 UTC
Dinosaur footprints unearthed as Texas river dries up

Scientists in the US State of Texas have discovered human remains and dinosaur footprints believed to be among the best preserved in the world, after a severe drought at Dinosaur Valley State Park, about 60 miles southwest of Fort Worth, according to Superintendent Jeff Davis.
Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 09:53 UTC
Employment grows in Uruguay after pandemic lull

Uruguay's National Statistics Institute (INE) has published its latest measurement according to which the employment rate stood at 56.8% in July of 2022, one-tenth higher than the previous month.
Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 09:42 UTC
State-run companies sign deal to seek lithium in Argentine province of Catamarca

An agreement between YPF and CAMYEN for lithium exploration in the province of Catamarca was signed Wednesday. The joint undertaking has been described as the first of its kind.