Stories for April 2023

Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 02:49 UTC
Penguins Day and the Falklands as one of the world's great penguin capitals

Monday, April 25th, was Penguins Day, an occasion closely linked to the Falklands and its identity with the iconic penguin. In effect, most people imagine the flightless seabird to be solely polar creatures, much more at home in a world of ice and snow than on the sandy beaches and sheep paddocks of the Falkland Islands.
Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 01:57 UTC
Falklands' population ensures access to the best of British TV and Radio content

The Falkland Islands Government has announced that they have signed a new agreement with BFBS Media Ltd for the continued provision of Television, Radio and MiPlayer Services for the Falkland Islands.
Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 19:46 UTC
Argentine gov't losing grip: peso keeps plummeting

By Mordechai Taji – Argentina's authorities are losing grip of the economy as the “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar hit AR$ 497 Tuesday before recoiling to AR$ 487, then bouncing back to AR$ 490, down again to AR$ 487 and back up once more to AR$ 495 amid growing unrest.
Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 12:57 UTC
“Blue” dollar hits AR$ 462 in Argentina

The “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar went up another AR$S 20 Monday to close at AR$ 462 and somehow match inflation in other items of the country's economy, which it was lagging.
Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 12:43 UTC
Argentina to export oil to Chile again

Beginning in June, Argentina will resume exporting oil to Chile after 17 years, the website Rio Negro reported.
Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 12:18 UTC
Brazil passes law requiring race and ethnicity data in employee records

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed into law an amendment to the Statute of Racial Equality, requiring the inclusion of race and ethnicity information in administrative employee records in the public and private sectors. The move is intended to “promote ethnic equality and combat social inequalities resulting from racism,” according to the federal government. Law 14.553/23 also mandates a survey conducted every five years by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics to measure the percentage of occupation of these segments in the public sector. The government aims to produce information that can help overcome racial stigmas and guide public policy implementation.
Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 12:09 UTC
Mexican Interior Secretary denies rumors about AMLO's health

Mexican Secretary of the Interior Adán Augusto López Monday denied President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) had suffered a heart attack or was even hospitalized following local media reports in that regard. AMLO is in isolation due to Covid-19, it was reported.
Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 11:52 UTC
Lula wants partnerships with private companies in developments to come

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday told a group of businessmen in the Portuguese city of Porto that his country was not willing to sell any public company but it would nevertheless welcome private entrepreneurship “to partner with us in what we need to create anew.”
Tuesday, April 25th 2023 - 11:47 UTC
Deportation flights to Havana resumed

The United States has resumed its deportation flights to Cuba of the so-called undesirable migrants after the procedures were halted during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed.
Monday, April 24th 2023 - 18:42 UTC
Mount Pleasant Complex runway in Falkland Islands undergoes successful refurbishment

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has completed a project worth almost £7 million to extend the lifespan of the runways and taxiways at the Mount Pleasant Complex airfield in the Falkland Islands. The project was awarded to Mitie in June 2022, and was undertaken by sub-contractor Gatwick Construction, with work commencing at the end of January.