Stories for December 2022

Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 19:04 UTC
Bolsonaro to skip Lula's inauguration?

Contradicting press reports are piling up in Brasilia as to the future of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes office on Jan. 1.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 18:09 UTC
Benedict XVI seriously ill

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is “very ill” and Pope Francis has asked for prayers for his predecessor, it was reported Wednesday in Vatican City.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 10:57 UTC
CFK insists there is a proscription on her running for office

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) insisted there was “neither resignation nor self-exclusion” on her part because “here there is proscription,” which is why she claimed she would not be running for any office in 2023.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 10:05 UTC
US Supreme Court appeals to 1944 law to expel asylum seekers at border

The United States Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a pandemic-era health measure used to limit immigration will say in place indefinitely. The restriction, known as Title 42, has been used by officials to expel asylum seekers. In all, it has been deployed some 2.5 million times and turned away many more at the border.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Putin bans sale of oil to countries that abide the US$ 60 cap on Russian crude

President Vladimir Putin announced Russia was banning the supply of Russian oil and oil products to countries that impose a price cap, allowing deliveries to those nations only on the basis of a special permission from the Kremlin leader.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 09:53 UTC
Argentine peso keeps falling against unofficial US dollar

The unofficial “blue” dollar traded for AR$ 355 Tuesday in Argentina, thus reaching a new record high. It was an AR$ $9 increase in one day, AR$ 30 in one week, and AR$ 41 so far in December.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Argentine wheat crop, one of the least productive in recent history

The Argentine wheat crop, 2022/23 is again suffering the consequences of a prolonged drought and lack of sufficient rain, which means that the overall estimate volume has again been reduced by 300,000 tons to a total of 11,5 million tons, according to the Rosario Grains Exchange.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 09:13 UTC
Rules for 5G technology approved by Argentine authorities

Argentina's National Communications Bureau (Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones - Enacom) Tuesday approved the General Regulations for the Reliable and Intelligent Telecommunications Service, which will regulate the allocation of frequency bands for the provision and deployment of fifth-generation (5G) systems, it was reported.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 09:13 UTC
Brazil agribusiness exports US$ 160 billion in '22, but inputs have soared and '23 could see a return of protectionism

Brazilian agribusiness exports should reach a record US$ 160 billion this year, which represents an increase of 32% compared to 2021, and a number that also was surprisingly high last year. But on the other hand input imports have never been so costly because of the international prices with inputs reaching almost US$ 50 billion, up 51% year to year.
Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 08:38 UTC
Tebet to head Brazil's future Planning Ministry

Former Presidential candidate and Senator Simone Tebet, who endorsed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the Oct. 30 runoff against the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, has reportedly accepted to become Brazil's next Planning Ministry, according to press reports published Tuesday in Brasilia. The official announcement is to be made Wednesday.