MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 22nd 2022
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Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC
With Argentine wheat crop failing, Brazil appeals to Russian grain, but it has its problems
A severe drought, followed by several episodes of frost, is expected to reduce Argentine wheat harvest by 40% from initial estimates to around 11/12 million tons, which is expected to have an impact on the Mercosur partner Brazil.
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Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 09:46 UTC
COVID-19 back on the rise in Argentina
Six people were reported Sunday to have died of COVID-19 in Argentina as 2,206 new infections were detected last week nationwide, a 48% increase in just one week (1,486 by Nov. 13).
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Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Lula back home from larynx surgery
Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been discharged from the Hospital Sírio Libanês in São Paulo after undergoing larynx surgery Sunday for a lesion in his left vocal cord.
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Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 09:27 UTC
Eight people killed in Medellín air crash
Eight people were reported dead after a light aircraft crashed in a residential area after declaring an emergency following takeoff at Medellín's Olaya Herrera Airport, the same air terminal where famous tango singer Carlos Gardel and his band were killed in an airplane crash on June 24, 1935.
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Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 08:50 UTC
Two US cruise passengers drown during a Zodiac excursion in Antarctic waters
Two United States cruise passengers drowned in Antarctica during a tour in a semi-rigid inflatable Zodiac boat, which capsized for reasons still to be determined. Fortunately, other passengers on board were rescued on time from the frigid waters.
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Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 08:37 UTC
Fourth Kirchner government climax, 12 month food inflation at 100%
The basic food basket, CBA, in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego province, Argentina soared 9,5% during October while the overall food basket, CBT, 9%, according to the latest figures from Indec, the country's stats office. This is 50% higher than the inflation rate for the month of October which stood at 6,3%.
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Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 08:31 UTC
PM Sunak committed to “no turning back on Brexit”, and rejects CBI appeal for closer trade links with EU
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rejected calls from the strongest business lobby, the Confederation of British Industry, CBI, for closer ties with the European Union to address damaging trade barriers born out of Brexit, and also ruled out softer immigration rules to help with labor shortages.
