Stories for February 2023

Monday, February 13th 2023 - 09:52 UTC
US Gov't seizes Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC

The Government of the United States has taken temporary control of the premises where the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC used to function following the dissolution of the so-called interim government of Juan Guaidó, it was reported during the weekend citing State Department sources admitting that the premises had been seized on Feb. 6 last.
Monday, February 13th 2023 - 09:36 UTC
Luxury Coffee Experience: Australian coffee shop offers Panamanian coffee at $140 per cup

A café in Melbourne, Australia offers its customers a unique experience by serving a cup of coffee for 140 dollars, 50 times the market price. The city of Melbourne has a tradition of coffee culture, which was fostered by Italian and Greek migration from the 1940s.
Sunday, February 12th 2023 - 13:24 UTC
Brazil: Monitoring flight spots lost tribe in the middle of Yanomami lands

A small indigenous community has been detected inside the Yanomami Territory in Roraima, only 15 kilometers from an illegal mining site where garimpeiros pose a threat to their survival and well-being, Agencia Brasil reported Friday.
Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 15:48 UTC
Brazil, free of avian flu, so far, exported a record 421.000 tons of poultry meat in January

With poultry prices soaring (a dozen of eggs in California reached eight dollars, yes eight dollars and climbing) because of the intense culling of millions of chickens caused by the avian flu, no wonder then than poultry meat exports from Brazil during January reached 420.900 tons, up 20.6% compared to the same period of the previous year and a record for the month, claimed the ABPA (Brazilian Association of Animal Protein) this week.
Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 15:46 UTC
“Tight money ahead for months to come”, anticipates the UD Fed unpleased with inflation

The United States Federal Reserve is not satisfied with the evolution of inflation in the country and has warned the fight is not over, and could possibly result in higher interest rates that those markets are anticipating and despite of growing fears they could lead to a recession.
Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 15:44 UTC
Launch of 'Looking North: The UK and the Arctic', by Foreign minister Lord Goldsmith

Foreign Office Minister of State responsible for the polar regions, Lord Goldsmith, gave a keynote speech to launch the UK's new Arctic policy framework:
Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 11:20 UTC
US shoots down a “high altitude” flying object, this time over Alaska frozen waters

A United States fighter jet shot down an unidentified high altitude object overflying the state of Alaska, the second time in a week that such an operation takes place, it was announced on Friday by the White House .
Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 11:10 UTC
Despite war in Ukraine and the Chinese lockdown, Brazilian ports overall had a positive performance

Despite the negative effects of a hectic year with unexpected events such as the war between Russia and Ukraine and the lockdowns imposed by China throughout 2022, Brazilian ports handled 1.209 billion tons last year. The figure was released by the National Waterway Transport Agency (Antaq), this month in Brasília.
Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 11:06 UTC
Argentine Supreme Court dismisses Mapuche land ownership filing

Argentina's Supreme Court halted the granting of land to a Mapuche community in the province of Río Negro when implicitly validating an injunction requested by a landowner who had filed for a judiciary remedy against a decision by the National Institute of Indigenous Affairs (Inai) whereby the Lof Che Buenuleo community in Bariloche was awarded 481 hectares, it was reported Friday.
Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 11:03 UTC
Peru's Congress chooses new 2nd Vice President

Peru's one-house Congress Friday chose Rep. Silvia Monteza Facho of the Cajamarca constituency to replace Digna Calle as Second Vice President, following the latter's decision to leave her post after numerous failures on the part of Parliament to agree on a date to which to move the general elections forward, which is one of the demands of the protests since the Dec. 7 impeachment of Pedro Castillo Terrones. Monteza, of Acción Popular, is to take over from Calle, of Podemos Peru.