Stories for 2022

Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 20:01 UTC
China back to COVID-19 lockdowns, while UK lifts all restrictions

While China is back to harsh lockdowns due to an increase in COVID-19 cases and world leaders keep reminding people of the importance of getting vaccinated, western powers such as the United Kingdon and The Netherlands are lifting all restrictions in the coming days.
Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 20:00 UTC
Puerto Rico formally out of bankruptcy

The Government of Puerto Rico Tuesday announced the largest public debt restructuring in US history, thanks to which the island has formally managed to avoid bankruptcy after a debt of US$ 70 billion seven years ago was beyond its repayment capacity.
Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Mercosur and associate members want fertilizers off Russia's sanctions list

Mercosur country members plus associate Chile and Bolivia (in the process of joining the block) want fertilizers excluded from the list of sanctions on Russia, according to Brazilian Agriculture minister Tereza Cristina da Costa Dias.
Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:44 UTC
Argentina fisheries exports in 2021 reached 515,000 tons; poor year for squid

A first release on Argentina's fisheries exports for 2021, shows an improvement over 2020, and even 2019. However the significant information is that prices for a majority of species during last year were down, even when in the first weeks of 2022, according to the Argentine Chamber of fishing vessels, CAPECA, most prices tend to recover except for Illex squid.
Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:39 UTC
The IMF understanding does not solve Argentina's problems, “it's only a breathing space”

Gustavo Grobocopatel, one of Argentina's most successful farming businesspeople said that the understanding reached with the IMF does not solve the country's problems, IMF merely agreed “to kick the can down the road” and give Argentina time to change its production matrix.
Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:38 UTC
Ecuadorian banana producers seek declaration of emergency

Ecuadorian banana producers in the coastal provinces of Guayas, Los Rios, and El Oro, have staged road blockades demanding the government to step in and purchase the surplus resulting from Russia's military operation in Ukraine.
Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:37 UTC
First Woman Governor of the Falkland Islands: Alison Mary Blake CMG

Ms. Alison Blake CMG has been appointed Governor of the Falkland Islands and Her Majesty’s Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in succession to Mr Nigel Phillips CBE. Ms Blake will take up her appointment during July 2022.
Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:37 UTC
PM Johnson hosted a roundtable of leaders in the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry

Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosted on Monday a roundtable of leaders in the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry today to discuss domestic energy security. This is part of a series of engagements by the Government across the UK’s energy sectors, including with renewable and nuclear companies in the coming days and weeks.
Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:32 UTC
Three provinces concentrated 74% of Argentine US$ 78bn. exports in 2021

Three mainly agricultural provinces in Argentina, Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, and Córdoba accounted for 74% of the US$ 78 billion exported by the country in 2021, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec).
Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:32 UTC
Peru's Parliament to debate impeaching President Castillo, yet again

Peru's Congress Monday passed by 76 voted in favor, 41 against, and one abstention a motion to debate the impeachment of President Pedro Castillo Terrones for “permanent moral unfitness” to hold office.