Stories for November 2022

Thursday, November 24th 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Bolsonaro's party officially questions outcome of elections

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's Liberal Party (PL) called for a partial annulment of the Oct. 30 elections whereby the opposition candidate and former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT)was chosen to return to the Planalto Palace on Jan. 1.
Thursday, November 24th 2022 - 09:20 UTC
Brazilian pop musician Erasmo Carlos dies aged 81

Brazilian pop and rock music legend Erasmo Carlos has died at a Rio de Janeiro hospital where he had been admitted a day earlier for breathing complications. He was 81.
Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 19:51 UTC
Son of Chilean rebel group leader arrested after arson attacks

Chilean authorities have arrested a son of Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM) leader Héctor Llaitul, it was reported in Santiago.
Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 18:30 UTC
Brazil back to mandatory facemasks on airplanes and at airports

Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Wednesday approved the return effective Nov. 25 of the mandatory use of face masks in airplanes and airports in a move to reduce the risk of COVID-19 contagion after a significant increase in the number of cases in recent weeks.
Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 18:27 UTC
Argentine President halts all traveling due to poor health

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday decided not to travel to Corrientes for the Convention of Grand North Governors on his doctors' advice after the gastritis problem he had during the G20 Summit in Indonesia.
Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 18:00 UTC
The first industries to bank on bitcoin

Back at the beginning of 2010 Bitcoin was nothing more than an intrepid idea with a whole lot of mathematics and computing behind it.
Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 10:56 UTC
Echoes from Qatar World Cup: hooligans replace English flag by an Argentine Malvinas-claim

Argentine fans and followers of the national football team participating in the World Cup 2022, in Qatar were involved in a hooligan incident which demanded the intervention of local law enforcement officers after the English flag was forcibly replaced by an Argentine Malvinas-claim colors.
Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Argentina objects to the presence of Prince Anne in the Falklands, “a discourtesy” complains Carmona

From Buenos Aires, Argentina objected to the presence of Princess Anne in the Falkland Islands during her six-day visit, with a brief release.
Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 10:37 UTC
How do micro-plastic particles differ across the Atlantic Ocean?

A new study, published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, has found the waters of the North Atlantic gyre contain greater quantities of plastic, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, acrylic, and polyamide, whereas other offshore locations are more associated with PVC and polystyrene.
Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 10:37 UTC
Argentine National Fire Management Program gets funding

The government of Argentine Tuesday announced that a US$ 50-million loan with the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) to finance the National Fire Management Program had been approved.