Stories for December 2022

Friday, December 30th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Pork exports growing in Paraguay

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”

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

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

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

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.
Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 20:07 UTC
Football legend Pelé dies aged 82

Brazil's best footballer of all time and arguably still unmatched, has died Thursday in Sao Paulo where he had been hospitalized a month ago to undergo cancer treatment. His agent, Joe Fraga, confirmed his passing. He was 82.
Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 19:37 UTC
Brazil: Lula releases final list of future ministers

Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Thursday announced the last 16 names of the people who will join his cabinet after his Jan. 1 inauguration. Lula's third term in office will include a total of 37 ministries.
Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:52 UTC
Uruguayan Senate passes social security reform on to Lower House

Uruguay's Senate Wednesday approved each article in particular of the social security reform bill, which will now go to the Lower House for further deliberation.
Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Brazilian investigators find Bolsonaro committed incitement to crime

Brazil's Federal Police (PF) has found evidence proving that President Jair Bolsonaro might have committed the crime of spreading false information about the Covid-19 pandemic when he linked the use of vaccines to the development of the AIDS virus
Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:24 UTC
Pacific Alliance in havoc; the group's summit re scheduled for second half of 2023

The Pacific Alliance, the trade group made up of Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico is in havoc following the political and social situation in Peru, where president Pedro Castillo has been arrested following his attempt to close down congress.