Stories for September 2022

Monday, September 5th 2022 - 18:07 UTC
ECLAC's new boss appointed

Costa Rican economist José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs has been chosen to replace Mexican diplomat Alicia Bárcena at the helm of the ECLAC after 14 years on the job, it was announced. Salazar took the oath of office before UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 17:54 UTC
Santiago's Stock Exchange booms after Rejection won

Santiago's Stock Exchange reached peak figures Monday after Rejection prevailed in Sunday's referendum, which meant the welfare state failed at least for now to become a reality that would have also included differentiated judiciary systems for native groups.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Foreign Office update travel advice for Chile: protests can turn violent

The latest Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) travel advice for Chile, which includes entry requirements, safety, and security, and local laws and customs warns of potential deportation if foreign nationals are involved in protests and demonstrations.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:27 UTC
Petro links FARC groups to bomb trap that killed 7

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said this weekend that it was very likely that dissident FARC groups were behind the bomb trap attack that killed 7 police officers last week.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:24 UTC
Respiratory disease in Tucumán determined to be Legionella

Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti confirmed that the mysterious respiratory disease in the province of Tucumán, which has caused so far 5 deaths, was bilateral pneumonia caused by the Legionella bacteria.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
Chile: New Constitution rejected

Nearly 62% of Chilean voters chose to reject the Constitution drafted by an Assembly called on after the 2020 incidents that led to President Gabriel Boric Foont's election.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
Argentina creates “soybean dollar” to boost Central Bank reserves

Argentina's Superminister of Economy Sergio Massa Sunday announced the creation of the so-called “soybean dollar” at a special parity of AR$ 200 / US$ 1 on the condition that exports be liquidated at the earliest.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:14 UTC
Uruguayan President stopping for a bite goes viral

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou was photographed while caught by a patron as he sat at the bar of a Montevideo restaurant in the exclusive Carrasco area Saturday to have a “Hungarian” sandwich and a beer.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
Falklands' Veteran hero paratrooper who acted on a BBC show on the war dies in air crash

An inquest has been opened into the death of Chris Waddington, the Falklands War Veteran who was tragically killed in a plane crash in Herefordshire reports the HerefordTimes. The Parachute Regiment veteran, who served for more than 20 years in the British Armed Forces, was killed five days before his 60th birthday when the plane he was flying hit the ground at Shobdon Airfield, near Leominster.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
CFK case: Assailant's phone reported restored to default values

Argentine Federal Judge María Eugenia Capuchetti, who is in charge of the case of attempted murder Thursday evening against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), Sunday imposed the seal of secrecy on the entire dossier after it was leaked to the press that the assailant's cell phone had been reset to default values.