Stories for October 2022

Wednesday, October 19th 2022 - 08:59 UTC
Update on Falklands commercial air-link with Brazil

Falkland Islands Government has confirmed that commercial air links with Brazil will continue to remain suspended until 2023.
Wednesday, October 19th 2022 - 08:49 UTC
Corruption rampant in Chinese party cadres, Global Times Editorial

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping stressed in a report to the 20th CPC National Congress that the CPC must meet the overall requirements for Party building in the new era and improve the system for exercising full and rigorous self-governance.
Wednesday, October 19th 2022 - 08:41 UTC
Brazilian Port of Santos privatization project faces further delays

The acting chairman of the Brazilian Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) and rapporteur of the Port of Santos privatization process, demanded the court’s technical unit a report on the project by November 6. Minister Bruno Dantas signed the order on October 11, stressing the “relevance of the matter” and the “need for timely action”.
Tuesday, October 18th 2022 - 19:18 UTC
German WWII sunken submarine found off Necochea

Researchers from the “Eslabón Perdido” (Missing Link) team have come across a German Reichsmarine submarine off the coast of Necochea in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires near Arenas Verdes and Costa Bonita, it was reported Tuesday.
Tuesday, October 18th 2022 - 19:14 UTC
Paraguay is a haven for international crime, Congressional report finds

According to a report from Paraguay's Congressional Bicameral Investigative Committee (CBI) released Tuesday, the country has become “a logistic corridor for international crime,” CBI Chairman Senator Jorge Querey told reporters in Asunción.
Tuesday, October 18th 2022 - 19:11 UTC
Argentine delegations tour Brazil seeking business opportunities

Argentina's Ambassador to Brazil Daniel Scioli Monday headed a trade mission in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre searching for business opportunities at the Federation of Industries of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (FIERGS) which brings together 114 industrial unions and over more than 47,000 industries.
Tuesday, October 18th 2022 - 11:39 UTC
Man falls from footbridge at Iguazu Falls

Authorities in the Argentine Province of Misiones have launched a search and rescue operation after a man was reported to have fallen off the walkways at the Iguazú falls.
Tuesday, October 18th 2022 - 10:44 UTC
Argentine prosecutor wants Iran's VP arrested in Qatar

Argentine Prosecutor Sebastián Basso asked the Foreign Ministry to take the necessary steps for Iranian Vice President Mohsen Rezai to be arrested in Qatar and extradited to Buenos Aires in connection with the 1994 bombing of the Jewish welfare AMIA association.
Tuesday, October 18th 2022 - 10:11 UTC
Argentine President highlights what a future Macrist gov't would entail

Argentine President Alberto Fernández said he had started reading his predecessor Mauricio Macri's book Para qué? (What for?) and found profound differences between each other's views of things.
Tuesday, October 18th 2022 - 10:09 UTC
Arbeleche says Uruguay going through economic recovery

Uruguay's Economy Minister Azucena Arbeleche Monday underlined her country was going through a process of economic recovery despite the global scenario.