Stories for 2022

Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 10:25 UTC
Female team, with descendants of whaler families, reopening the South Georgia Museum at Grytviken

An all-female team from Dundee in Scotland has travelled some 8,000 miles to South Georgia to help reopen the island's South Georgia Museum at Grytviken on time for the coming summer and cruise season.
Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 10:12 UTC
Petro and Maduro sign joint declaration, pledge to work together

The Presidents of Colombia and Venezuela Tuesday signed a joint declaration in Caracas after their meeting marking the beginning of a new stage in bilateral ties.
Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 10:11 UTC
Maersk and MSC accused in Brazil of abusing their dominating position in the container business

The Brazilian Association of Port Terminals (ABTP) – a group representing 73 port companies across 235 terminals in Brazil – filed a legal request at Brazil’s Administrative Economic Defense Council (CADE) to investigate Maersk and MSC’s impact on the port market. ABTP accuses the two companies of abusing their domination in the maritime transport of containers business to favor their own terminals, raising costs and reducing options for the flow of cargo in Brazil.
Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 10:10 UTC
Falklands' Rockhopper 200 million Euros award ruling which Italy is working to annul

Falkland Islands-linked Rockhopper Exploration said that Italy was working to annul the August ruling by an arbitration panel under which Italy has to pay 200 million Euros, plus interest, to Rockhopper for breaching its obligations related to the company's Ombrina Mare field in the Adriatic Sea.
Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 10:03 UTC
Argentina: Higher court orders rebel group leaders be released

A Buenos Aires Federal Court of Appeals Tuesday ordered the release of the members of the rebel group Revolución Federal who have been arrested for alleged incitement to violence.
Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 10:03 UTC
Uruguayan exports fall for the 2nd month in a row

Uruguayan exports in the month of October 2022 totaled US$ 842 million, which represented a 6% year-on-year drop, it was reported Tuesday in Montevideo.
Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Espionage charges filed against former Argentine President

Argentine Federal Prosecutor Franco Picardi requested the indictment of former President Mauricio Macri for the alleged crime of espionage, it was reported Tuesday in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 09:38 UTC
First 50p coins with King Charles III portrait will be circulating next December

Britain's 50p coin has started to be struck at The Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Wales, and will enter tills, wallets and purses in December, reports BBC. Sculptor Martin Jennings, who created the portrait of the King, said that witnessing the coin being produced was a “quite remarkable experience”.
Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 09:17 UTC
Bank of England begins QE “tightening”; first successful sale of £750 million bonds

The Bank of England sold on Tuesday £750 million worth of UK government bonds from its quantitative easing stockpile. It was the first Western central bank to do so and received a solid demand from investors at its first auction to sell government bonds from its £838 billion pound quantitative easing portfolio.
Tuesday, November 1st 2022 - 22:15 UTC
Tension escalates in Bolivian department of Cochabamba

Bolivia's National 2023 Census Committee gave President Luis Arce Catacora's ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) 48 hours to pull the party's strike forces from Cochabamba, or else radical pressure measures will be adopted.