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Stories for December 30th 2022

  • Friday, December 30th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

    Azul adds new destinations to/from Montevideo

    Azul now links Montevideo with Porto Alegre, Florianopolis, Recife, and Foz do Iguazu

    Brazilian carrier Azul has added new services to and from Montevideo's Carrasco International Airport, thus increasing the Uruguayan capital's connectivity with destinations in South America's largest country, after direct flights to Foz do Iguazu, Florianópolis, and Recife were introduced.

  • Friday, December 30th 2022 - 09:36 UTC

    YPF to build lithium batteries in Catamarca

    “We must move from salt to batteries, and from there to the change of the electric system,” Jalil said

    Argentina's state-run Y-TEC YPF plans to install a lithium battery manufacturing plant in the province of Catamarca, according to a deal signed this week between Governor Raúl Jalil and YPF's President Pablo González, it was announced. Also signing the document was Y-TEC (YPF's technological institute) Chief Roberto Salvarezza.

  • Friday, December 30th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

    Pork exports growing in Paraguay

    “Pork and chicken are the most consumed protein in the world,” Camperchioli insisted

    Paraguayan pork exports are looking at a brighter future for 2023, according to various positive developments on various fronts over the past few months, it was reported in Asunción.

  • Friday, December 30th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

    Exxon Mobil suing EU windfall tax on oil companies profits:“counter -productive”

    The European Union windfall tax gives the bloc the authority to place a 33% levy on energy company profits for 2022

    Exxon Mobil Corp is suing the European Union on the grounds that the windfall tax on oil companies will hinder investment and end up being “counter-productive”, according to media reports.

  • Friday, December 30th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

    Record sales of US beef to East Asia markets in volume and value

    USDA said exports between Jan/September reached US$ 6.6 billion, surpassing the previous record set in the same period of 2011 with US$ 5.4 billion, 22% increase

    United States beef exports to East Asia in 2022 broke the record reached last year, both in volume and value, according to a report by the US’s Department of Agriculture (USDA).

  • Friday, December 30th 2022 - 01:16 UTC

    Tierra del Fuego fires still smoldering

    It has been already a month since a bonfire apparently went out of control

    One month after the forest fires started in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, the authorities are still unable to put down the flames as new “hot spots” keep being found with over 100 firefighters deployed. Over 9,000 hectares of native forests burned down, it was reported.

  • Friday, December 30th 2022 - 01:12 UTC

    Bolsonaro followers arrested in coup d'état probe

    One of the Bolsonaristas arrested calls himself a “defender of the homeland.”

    At least eight raids were carried out Thursday and four followers of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro were arrested for their alleged involvement in a plot to prevent President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from taking office this coming Sunday.

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