Stories for January 2023

Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 21:51 UTC
Argentine opposition wants Maduro arrested if he attends Celac Summit

Argentine opposition leader and presidential hopeful Patricia Bullrich Thursday called for the arrest of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro should he travel to Buenos Aires for next week's VII Celac Summit. Maduro's travel plans are yet to be announced.
Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 19:46 UTC
ECLAC sees great stress ahead for Latin America

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) foresees “great stress” and a “cascade of crises” including rampant inflation and increasing climate change that will affect the livelihoods of people in the region.
Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 19:43 UTC
Peruvian authorities up security measures as protesters march through Lima

Over 11,000 law enforcement officers were deployed Thursday across Peru's capital and the nearby port of Callao as anti-government demonstrators were getting ready to stage the so-called Lima Takeover.
Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 10:30 UTC
Darwin Plus Local funding scheme for South Georgia projects' applicants

The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) is proud to promote and encourage science that contributes to developing and upholding best-practice environmental management and that supports the active management and good governance of the Territory.
Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 10:22 UTC
Agricultural emergency, triggered by drought, extended for another 90 days in Uruguay

More than 60% of the Uruguayan territory is suffering from extreme or severe drought in the last three months, October 2022/January 2023, according to the Uruguayan Meteorological Institute, Inumet,
Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 10:19 UTC
Buquebus orders largest 100% electric high-speed catamaran ferry in the world

Shipbuilders Incat Tasmania has begun construction of what they claim will be the world's largest electric ferry boat. The 130-meter-long unit has been ordered by Buquebús, the company offering passenger services between Buenos Aires and the Uruguayan ports of Colonia and Montevideo through the Río de la Plata. It will have room for 2,100 travelers and 226 vehicles, it was reported.
Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 10:14 UTC
PDVSA suspends oil exports to review contract terms fearing no payment defaults

Venezuela's PDVSA announced it was suspending most of its crude oil exports to review the contractual terms. The review aims to make sure there will be no payment defaults, pointing out that the imposition of U.S. sanctions on the trade in Venezuelan,
Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 10:10 UTC
HMS Protector play football at the most southerly and rugged pitch: South Georgia

Sailors from the Royal Navy went head to head with British Antarctic Survey staff during a game of football on the most southerly – and arguably the worst – pitch in the world. The playing field, at Grytviken, the largest settlement of South Georgia Island, in the South Atlantic, is billed as the most southerly in the world, some 2,476 miles from the South Pole, to be precise.
Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 10:08 UTC
Falklands Customs and Immigration Service: Fee increase for new Passports from next February

The Falkland Islands Government Customs and Immigration Service has announced on Wednesday that the UK Passport Office, have made a fee increase to passports, which will be implemented Thursday 2 February 2023.
Thursday, January 19th 2023 - 10:05 UTC
Uruguay deploys Protector class Coast Guard cutters

Uruguayan Defense Minister Javier García explained in an interview with Paysandú's 'El Telégrafo' earlier this week that the new Protector class Coast Guard cutters donated by the United States in November of 2022 were actively patrolling the country's river waterways bordering Argentina.