Stories for December 2022

Monday, December 26th 2022 - 10:26 UTC
Argentine Cabinet Chief has busy Christmas Day in Israel

Argentina's Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur spent Christmas Day in Israel, where he arrived last Thursday at the invitation of Chief Rabbi David Baruch Lau.
Monday, December 26th 2022 - 10:22 UTC
Cotopaxi volcano fumes have Ecuador under alert

Ecuadorian authorities have been placed on alert after a 1,500-meter column of steam, gas, and ash emanated Sunday from the Cotopaxi volcano, it was reported.
Monday, December 26th 2022 - 10:14 UTC
Solar energy use grows at a record pace in Brazil

Monetary savings when compared to electricity stemming from other sources reaches up to 90%, Agencia Brasil reported Sunday about the increasing use of solar energy in South America's largest country.
Monday, December 26th 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Brazilian airline pilots' strike over

Brazil's National Union of Aeronauts (SNA) Sunday agreed by 70.11% of the 5,834 votes to accept the airlines' offer and lift the two-hour daily strike that had been going on for about a week, but which had been lifted temporarily for Christmas weekend and was to resume Monday. Meanwhile, 28.8% of the SNA members rejected the proposal and abstentions reached 1.09%.
Monday, December 26th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Owner of Bariloche hotel charged with manslaughter

The owner of a hotel in the Argentine skiing resort of Bariloche has been charged with manslaughter after three Uruguayan tourists lost their lives in June this year when a mudslide hit the structure. The architect behind the building of the Villa Huinid hotel was indicted as well.
Monday, December 26th 2022 - 09:01 UTC
Chile launches the first icebreaker made in South America

The first icebreaker built in Latin America, Almirante Oscar Viel, was launched last week from the state-run naval ASMAR shipyard in Talcahuano, Chile after five years of construction
Monday, December 26th 2022 - 08:51 UTC
Uruguay's cruise season in full swing; largest ever vessel MSC Seaview docks in Montevideo

The cruise season in Uruguay is in full swing and according to local authorities, some 241 calls are expected this summer. On one day three cruises docked in Montevideo, the MSC Preziosa with 4,300 passengers, the Azamara Pursuit with 379 passengers, and the Oosterdam with 1,200 passengers.
Saturday, December 24th 2022 - 10:59 UTC
Criminal complaints filed against Argentine President

Criminal complaints have been filed against Argentine President Alberto Fernández for non-compliance with the Supreme Court ruling ordering the national government to give the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) 2.95% of the so-called “federal co-participation funds.”
Saturday, December 24th 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Chile: Two people dead, multiple homes burned down in Viña del Mar fire

At least two people have been killed and over 400 homes were burned down in a fire Friday at Viña del Mar, 120 km west of the Chilean capital. Authorities foresee it will take several days to extinguish the fire and the national government has declared a state of catastrophe for the Valparaíso region.
Saturday, December 24th 2022 - 10:42 UTC
Culture and institutions of democracy are proving to be resilient in Latin America

By Andrés Velasco (*) SANTIAGO – Just in recent months, Peru’s president attempted to dissolve Congress, Argentina’s vice president was convicted of fraud, and Brazil’s incumbent president threatened not to leave office if he lost the upcoming election. Add the consolidation of dictatorships in Venezuela and Nicaragua and the Salvadoran president’s announcement that he will seek re-election despite constitutional limits, and it would seem that democracy is in trouble in Latin America