Stories for September 12th 2022

Monday, September 12th 2022 - 19:19 UTC
Progress reported in Lugo's health

Former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo was reported Monday to be recovering well from the stroke he had on Aug. 10 and for which he underwent surgery in Asunción, fellow Senator Jorge Querey, who is also Lugo's personal physician, said.
Monday, September 12th 2022 - 19:17 UTC
Bolsonaro plans to attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed he will be attending Queen Elizabeth II's funeral next Monday in London, from where he will fly straight to New York for the United Nations General Assembly the following day. Traditionally, the Brazilian president's speech opens the conference.
Monday, September 12th 2022 - 19:09 UTC
Uruguay's Carrasco Airport gains momentum as more services are offered

LATAM Airlines has announced an increase in its number of flights between Montevideo and Santiago de Chile starting in September and growing steadily through December as the Uruguayan capital's Carrasco International Airport picks momentum worldwide.
Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
Bolsonaro not allowed to use Independence Day celebrations for political gain

Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Justice Benedito Goncalves partially granted a petition from former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva requesting incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro be banned from using images of the September 7 celebrations for his own political campaign ahead of next month's elections.
Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:14 UTC
Turkey rejects scrapping Brazilian air carrier because of undeclared hazardous materials

The decommissioned Brazilian navy air carrier Sao Paulo, originally the Foch, a French Clemenceau-class carrier, built in the late 1950s and commissioned in 1963 is being towed back to Rio do Janeiro, unable to reach Turkey to be scrapped.
Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:12 UTC
RAF AirTanker heading to Brize Norton from MPA lands in Rio do Janeiro

An Airbus A330-200 from AirTanker, on contract with the Royal Air Force (RAF), has reportedly made an unscheduled landing at the Galeao airport in Rio do Janeiro. The aircraft took off from the Falkland Islands on Friday (09/09) afternoon, on a regular flight to Brize Norton, with a stopover in Cape Verde, but ended in Rio.
Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:11 UTC
Violence marks commemoration of 1973 coup in Santiago

Riots and looting were reported Sunday in Santiago during demonstrations marking another anniversary of the coup d'état that in 1973 toppled then-President Salvador Allende and started the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet which lasted until 1990.
Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:09 UTC
New step to combat IUU fishing: FAO voluntary guidelines on transshipments

A key intergovernmental forum on fisheries and aquaculture has endorsed new voluntary guidelines governing the transfer of fish between ships, in a move aimed at curbing the Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing that threatens the sustainability of global stocks.
Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
Argentina formalizes its BRICS membership application

Argentina has sent a BRICS' formal membership application to Chinese authorities this week. Beijing since last June current holds the chair of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South African powerful trade and cooperation block
Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:04 UTC
Wind energy and green hydrogen projects in Rio Grande do Sul target 13% of power demand

The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with Neoenergia, a subsidiary of the Spanish giant electricity energy corporation Iberdrola, for the development of offshore wind power, plus a project for the production of green hydrogen.