MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 2022
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Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 18:12 UTC
Uruguayan authorities tackle arsenic in drinking water
Uruguayan authorities are reviewing their options to tackle the presence of arsenic in faucet water in various towns nationwide, it was reported this week.
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Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:56 UTC
Uruguay ranked among best places for investing in the near future
According to one of the world's leading financial magazines, Uruguay remains “a haven of stability in a volatile region.” The report featured the opinions of experts participating in a regular survey, who were asked to evaluate 174 countries quarterly.
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Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:25 UTC
A smaller EU, (without UK), and Brazil negotiating new quotas and export volumes
Brazil and the European Union (EU) have reached a bilateral agreement on agricultural commodity quotas to adapt them to the bloc’s change in size following the Brexit departure of the United Kingdom. Under the new agreement, EU will reduce quotas, but, in return, UK decided to open others proportionately, thus preserving Brazil’s export window for both markets.
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Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:22 UTC
Chilean police launch major search for British astrophysicist disappeared in the Atacama Desert
Chilean police have launched a major search for a British scientist who has gone missing in the north of the country. Thomas Richard Marsh, an astrophysicist at University of Warwick, was last seen a week ago near the astronomical observatory La Silla on the outskirts of the Atacama Desert where he is understood to have been working.
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Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:19 UTC
Leveraged loan to help Latam airlines exit from bankruptcy
Fresh air for highly indebted Latam, probably still the largest Latin American air carrier. In effect, a group of banks led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has launched a leveraged loan sale that will support Latam Airlines Group SA’s exit from bankruptcy.
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Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:14 UTC
Leak from military brass shows Chile's concerns over current issues
Chile's Defense Minister Maya Fernandez was summoned back to Santiago at the earliest time possible after classified documents involving the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the relationship between President Gabriel Boric Font and his Argentine colleague Alberto Fernández went public.
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Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:10 UTC
England announces pause in “fracking moratorium” to bolster energy security
The UK government on Thursday lifted England's moratorium on the fracking process to extract oil and gas, saying the move aims to shore up energy security as Russia cuts gas deliveries amid tensions over its invasion of Ukraine and the intensification of the war.
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Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:08 UTC
Tourists leave hundreds of millions of dollars in Argentina
Foreign tourists have left US$ 850 million in Argentina during the recent winter recess, Buenos Aires authorities reported this week. The local government also said 4,510,000 visitors had entered the country through all border crossings, of whom 2,312,000 were leisure travelers.
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Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Spanish coalition plans a “wealth” tax on the richest 1% to support “the middle class and workers”
Spain's fragile left-wing coalition government plans to slap a temporary tax on the wealthiest 1% of the country's population to help pay for inflation and cost of living relief measures.
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Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Another challenge for UK unity: latest census shows Catholics are a majority in Northern Ireland
For the first time in the century of its existence, Northern Ireland has more residents who identify as Catholic than those calling themselves Protestants, a census has shown, according to results published on Thursday.
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