Stories for 2022

Friday, June 24th 2022 - 10:08 UTC
Chilean miners lift strike after agreement with Codelco

Chilean copper mine workers have agreed to lift their strike after reaching an agreement with the state-owned Chilean National Copper Corporation (Codelco), it was announced Thursday.
Friday, June 24th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
MLA Spink visits Whitby, twinned to Falklands Stanley City

As part of the commemorations marking the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands, the city of Whitby welcomed a special guest, reports the local media. The special guest is none else than elected lawmaker MLA Roger Spink who has been doing the round of commemoration events in the United Kingdom.
Friday, June 24th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
BRICS Summit sees new role for the bloc in a changing world

In a move to strengthen cooperation and promote economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, BRICS countries agreed this week during the bloc's virtual Summit to launch the BRICS Business Forum, which they regard as an effective tool to achieve the association's goals.
Friday, June 24th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Argentina and C24 members want a return of real colonialism to Falklands and Southwest Atlantic, MLA Short

My name is Gavin Short and I am a democratically elected representative of the Government and people of the Falkland Islands and my family have lived there for 173 years.
Friday, June 24th 2022 - 09:29 UTC
European countries launch vax funding for LatAm developments

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Thursday said that around US$ 940 million will be invested in the production of vaccines and medicines in Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Friday, June 24th 2022 - 09:21 UTC
Colombia confirms first 3 cases of monkeypox

Colombian health authorities Thursday confirmed the first three local cases of monkeypox had been detected. Two of the patients were also proved to have had a recent travel history to Europe.
Friday, June 24th 2022 - 09:20 UTC
Falklands challenges C24 to visit the Islands: the inconvenient truth a bully Argentina wants to hide, MLA Roberts

Chair, Committee Members – my name is Leona Roberts and I am proud to be one of the eight elected representatives of the Falkland Islands Government. I am here today to speak for our people and to defend our tiny, democratic, and freedom-loving country against the colonial ambitions of our aggressive neighbor.
Friday, June 24th 2022 - 09:00 UTC
Grenada's Gov't changes hands, goes to political newcomer

A 44-year-old lawyer with no previous political career has led Grenada's National Democratic Congress (NDC) to a 9-6 victory in Thursday's general elections.
Friday, June 24th 2022 - 00:28 UTC
Paraguay launches probe into Emtrasur 747's Ciudad del Este stop

Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez has instructed the Anti-corruption Minister René Fernández to request the Prosecutor's Office to launch a probe into the stop in Ciudad del Este in May of the Venezuelan-flagged Boeing 747-300 aircraft with Iranian pilots currently held in Buenos Aires.
Friday, June 24th 2022 - 00:20 UTC
Brazil: Inflation and GDP projections up from March figures

Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) Thursday announced it projected a 1.7% increase in the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the end of 2022, thus improving a previous forecast released in March, which mentioned merely 1%.