Stories for 2022

Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 21:31 UTC
Poverty in Latin America affects 32% of the total population; 28% don't study or have paid jobs, ECLAC report

In Latin America and the Caribbean some 200 million people live in poverty, with 82 million in extreme poverty, points out a report from the UN Economic Commission for the region, ECLAC. The numbers are equivalent to 32,1% and 13,1% of the total population and need to be urgently addressed to avert the risk of a lost generation.
Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 21:22 UTC
Falklands map with the names of British fallen during the 1982 Liberation of the Islands

The autonomous Government of the Falklands Islands, FIG, Gilbert House in an official release has given its support for the idea of a map to commemorate those who lost their lives during the Liberation of the Falkland Islands in 1982. The initiative started at the time of the 25th anniversary and became reality this year.
Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:51 UTC
Colombia: Mexico agrees to join as guarantor of peace talks with ELN

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) Friday told his Colombian colleague Gustavo Petro that Mexico had accepted the invitation to join as guarantor of the peace talks between the South American country's administration and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas.
Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:41 UTC
Women take to the streets in a new November 25 against sexual and gender-based violence

Dozens of cities in Latin America and around the world were the scene where thousands of women marched on a new International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, better known as 25N.
Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:12 UTC
Brazilian-developed COVID-19 vax begins clinical trials

Volunteers were given Friday their first injections of SpiN-Tec MCTI UFMG, a vaccine against COVID-19 developed in Brazil “with national technology and inputs” and “financed with resources from Brazilian institutions,” according to Agencia Brasil.
Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:09 UTC
Indonesia earthquake toll reaches 310 dead

Search and rescue teams in Indonesia have so far retrieved 310 bodies after Tuesday's 5.6-degree tremor that hit the Cianjur region in the country’s West Java province, it was reported Friday. The whereabouts of at least 24 people are still unknown and over 36,000 residents have been displaced, the authorities also said.
Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:02 UTC
Argentina's Lower House passes zero-alcohol for drivers bill

Argentina's Lower House has this week passed a zero-alcohol-while-driving bill which still needs to go through the Senate to become a fully enforceable norm.
Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Castillo appoints new Peruvian Prime Minister

Culture Minister Betssy Chávez Chino was chosen by Peru's President Pedro Castillo Terrones to become the country's new Prime Minister (President of the Council of Ministers) following Aíbal Torres' resignation Thursday after Congress “refused” to approve a motion of confidence.
Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 09:51 UTC
Guarantors of Colombia-ELN peace talks ratified

Negotiators in the Colombian peace process involving the government of President Gustavo Petro and remnants of the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas Friday agreed in Caracas to ratify Cuba, Norway, and Venezuela as guarantor countries in the talks.
Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 09:48 UTC
Unions halt import of Argentine-brewed beer into Uruguay

Unions have saved Uruguayan brewery workers from calamity after their actions prevailed in stopping FNC from importing domestic brands from Argentina, where production costs around half as much due to the currency exchange scenario.