Stories for 2022

Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 03:33 UTC
Mapuche women deliver longest weaving in the world

A total of 426 Mapuche women who were summoned a year ago for the task have come up with a loom almost 1 kilometer long to promote a Weltanschauung in which Chile's most numerous indigenous community is represented.
Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 03:31 UTC
Bolsonaro angry at YPFB for selling Argentina the gas that was for Brazil

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro complained that Bolivia's state-owned oil company Yacimientos Petróliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) funneled 30% of the gas that was to be sold to Brazil and sent it to Argentina as a part of an “orchestrated plan” against him and added Petrobras was behind it.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:33 UTC
UK Foreign office releases paper on Business Risks in Uruguay

Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou is currently on a four-day visit to Great Britain, invited by Prime Minister Boris Johnson. According to Uruguayan officials, the main purpose of the visit is to promote trade and investments and reinforce the strong historic ties between the two countries.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:25 UTC
Argentina: Domestic Trade Secretary resigns over ministerial rearrangement

Argentina's Domestic Trade Secretary Roberto Feletti has turned in his resignation after his office was relocated from the Ministry of Productive Development to the Ministry of Economy.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:25 UTC
Investing elsewhere too easy for Argentine entrepreneurs

Argentine entrepreneurial migrants who seek a better future elsewhere prefer Uruguay, Paraguay, Bahamas, and Portugal to start anew, it was reported.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:14 UTC
New Darwin Plus Initiative funding for Falklands' New Island Nature Reserve

Threatened species across the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) are set to benefit from £6.4 million in government funding announced on Monday 23 May. Green turtles and the West Indian whistling duck are just some of the species that will be boosted by a share of the Darwin Plus Initiative. Likewise Falklands' New Island Nature Reserve and Peatlands.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:10 UTC
Powell takes oath as Fed's chair second term; first African American woman joins US central bank

Jerome H. Powell on Monday took the oath of office for his second term as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Vice-Chair Lael Brainard administered Chair Powell's oath in the press briefing room of the Board's Martin Building.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:09 UTC
Guess where consumers' choice best gin in the world comes from?

Which brand is the best gin, and where is it made? Believe it or not, Chile according to the latest SIP Awards, the only internationally recognized consumer judging spirits competition.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
Defense ministers to create “Argentine-Bolivian Working Group”

Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana Monday welcomed his Bolivian counterpart Edmundo Novillo Aguilar in Buenos Aires. During the meeting, an agreement to create the so-called “Argentine-Bolivian Working Group” was signed.
Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
Argentine Air Force tests JF-17 warplanes

A delegation of Argentine Air Force (FAA) officers has visited China's National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation (CATIC) to further evaluate that country's JF-17 Thunder jets for a possible purchase.