Stories for 2022

Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 10:09 UTC
Argentine White Helmets arrive in Honduras

An Argentine “white helmet” mission to assist Honduran victims of recent rainstorms has been deployed to the area, it was reported Sunday in Buenos Aires.
Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Russian tourists land on Margarita Island

After months of blockades to Russian commercial flights, the first batch of tourists arrived this weekend at Venezuela's Margarita Island on a Nordwind charter service, it was reported.
Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 09:56 UTC
Ecuadorian women march against gender violence

Ecuadorian women took to the streets during the weekend to protest against the 206 femicides already recorded in the country during 2022 in the aftermath of María Belén Bernal's murder.
Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 09:53 UTC
Largest ports in UK Felixstowe and Liverpool on strike

The dockworkers at Felixstowe, the largest port in the United Kingdom have started an eight-day strike in protest over their wages and inflation, overlapping with an ongoing strike at the Port of Liverpool.
Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 09:47 UTC
Argentine tire manufacturers back to work

An agreement has been reached between Argentina's Single Union of Argentine Tire Workers (SUTNA) and the three companies operating in the country, thus bringing the five-month conflict that left the country virtually tireless to an end.
Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Rockhopper/Navitas plans to develop Falklands' Sea Lion offshore project in late 2023 or 2024

Falklands upstream firm Rockhopper Exploration said a final investment decision (FID) on the Falkland Islands project Sea Lion should be taken by end-2024 the latest. Officials are working on a lower upfront cost project and seeking financing.
Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 10:20 UTC
De Pedro's mission to US heading back home

Argentine Interior Minister Wado De Pedro's trip to the United States alongside a delegation of governors of the country's Grand North has come to an end.
Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 10:17 UTC
Neymar backs Bolsonaro over Lula

Brazilian football star Neymar has supported incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro for Sunday's elections, which earned him heavy criticism from his country's media, where opposition candidate Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva looks poised to return to the Planalto Palace.
Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 10:14 UTC
Argentine authorities favor sterilization surgery starting at age 16

Argentina's Health Ministry has launched a campaign aimed at enabling teenagers to have access to sterilization procedures such as a vasectomy or a tube ligation from the age of 16, it was reported in Buenos Aires.
Saturday, October 1st 2022 - 10:11 UTC
AMLO's emergency hospitalization in January leaked to the press

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) was hospitalized in January due to a serious health crisis that had been kept secret but became public Friday after confidential documents were accessed by hackers who leaked them to the press.