Stories for September 2022

Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 19:13 UTC
Chile's top general resigns over intel leak

Chilean General Guillermo Paiva Hernández has resigned as head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (EMCO) following the leaking of classified information to the press which went viral Thursday
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:10 UTC
England announces pause in “fracking moratorium” to bolster energy security

$UK had halted fracking, or hydraulic fracking, in 2019 over fears that the procedure could trigger earthquakes.$

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.
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.
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.