Stories for November 2022

Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
US: Republicans far from landslide victory they had hoped for

The Republican recovery many had heralded ahead of this year's mid-term elections in the United States is still to materialize, as vote counting kept going on Wednesday.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Guyana becoming the world's most exciting oil frontier: with a million bpd by 2030

No end to surprises from offshore Guyana and an ExxonMobil-led consortium, which have identified at least 11 billion barrels of recoverable oil resources, and catapulted the impoverished South America country firmly onto the global oil map.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:28 UTC
Very promising cruise season in Ushuaia: Ten vessels calls this week

Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego province, extreme south of Argentina is reporting a very encouraging cruise season and anticipated this week a peak of calls in expected. In effect some ten cruise vessels will be calling at Ushuaia, and local businesses are preparing for the significant event.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:17 UTC
Mayor of Santos argues privatization of Brazil's largest port has to be addressed by Lula's incoming government

The mayor of the port city of Santos, Rogério Santos, argues that representatives of president-elect Lula da Silva should take part in the privatization process of the Santos Port Authority (SPA), whose auction is scheduled for December.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:10 UTC
Paraguayan foreign traders concerned over Waterway toll

Officials and exporters in Asunción continue to object to Argentina's announcement that shipments through the Paraná River Waterway will have to pay a toll, which would generate an extra cost of 7%.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
Chile's interannual inflation on downward path

Chile's inflation in October reached 0.5 % over the previous month, the National Statistics Institute (INE) reported this week. The new figure means an accumulated 11.4 % in the first ten months of 2022 and 12.8 % interannually.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
China October exports contract, first time since 2020; global recession reaching Asian super power

With an economy still gripped by strict lockdown measures, Chinese exports contracted in October for the first time since the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Exports in dollar terms fell 0.3 percent year on year last month, official data showed, compared with an economists’ forecast of 4.5% growth and a 5.7% gain in September. The figure last fell in May 2020.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 09:56 UTC
Maduro-Kerry handshake “unplanned,” US gov't says

The Government of the United States was quick to explain Wednesday that the much-publicized handshake between Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Climate Envoy John Kerry in Sharm El-Sheikh was an “unplanned” event.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 09:42 UTC
Foreign travelers flock to Argentina

Argentina welcomed 410,000 foreign travelers in October, 76% more than in 2019, the last “normal” year before the COVID-19 pandemic and its ensuing restrictions, the Tourism Ministry reported Wednesday.
Thursday, November 10th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
Argentina's industries highlight exports needed to make up for lack of US dollars

Leaders of Argentina's Industrial Union (UIA) Wednesday highlighted the country's export potential, particularly that of Vaca Muerta, to make up for the loss of foreign currency affecting the nation's coffers.