Stories for April 2023

Friday, April 21st 2023 - 10:45 UTC
Uruguayan agricultural emergency extended until when?

Uruguayan authorities Thursday announced the current declaration of agricultural emergency will be extended until September from April 24.
Friday, April 21st 2023 - 10:41 UTC
Chile announces national lithium strategy

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Thursday launched a new state lithium policy which includes the creation of the National Lithium Company and the participation of private companies in new developments. Chile is the world's second-largest lithium producer, behind Australia.
Friday, April 21st 2023 - 10:35 UTC
Petro meets Biden at the White House and asks for help fighting drug trafficking

During a meeting Thursday at the White House, Colombian President Gustavo Petro asked his US colleague Joseph Biden for more boats, drones, and ships to stop drug traffickers in the South American country because so far such a war has “failed.”
Friday, April 21st 2023 - 10:08 UTC
Except for Argentina, the ECLAC study highlights that in the region “inflationary pressures have slowed down”

According to an ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean: an organization of the United Nations that supports trade and economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean) study released Thursday, Latin America's growth for the year 20023 was forecast to be averaging 1.2%.
Friday, April 21st 2023 - 10:05 UTC
Lavrov strengthens Moscow's ties with Havanna

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Thursday told Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel that Moscow continued to reject the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by Washington on Havanna. The Russian diplomat also met with former President Raúl Castro and with his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla during the last stop of his Latin America and Caribbean tour which included Brazil, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
Friday, April 21st 2023 - 10:05 UTC
Argentine peso keeps sinking against US dollar

The Argentine peso kept sinking Thursday against the US dollar with the “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) rate hitting AR$ 440 before closing at AR$ 437/AR$ 432 (buy/sale).
Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:59 UTC
Lula's stance could jeopardize Mercosur-EU deal

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's stance on the war in Ukraine might jeopardize the Mercosur-European Union deal, according to a confidential report drafted ahead of a European foreign ministers' summit and accessed by Politico.
Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:58 UTC
1435 Flight Typhoons primary role is 24/7 Air Defense and QRA of the Falklands

If you live on the Falkland Islands, you will be lucky enough to see the FGR4 Typhoons regularly grace the skies with their presence. A team of highly skilled and hardworking engineers ensure that the jets are well maintained and ready to provide Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) should it be required.
Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:53 UTC
Work started on Royal Navy's next Type 26 frigate “Birmingham”

Work got underway on the latest of the Royal Navy’s next-generation submarine hunters, a £840m Type 26 frigate warship which will carry the name and motto – Forward – of England’s second city, Birmingham, around the globe for a quarter of a century.
Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:50 UTC
“Jewish soldiers in Malvinas”, and acts of anti Semitism by some Argentine military officers

A third of Argentine conscripts of Jewish origin who participated in the Falklands/Malvinas conflict suffered different forms of anti-Semitism, including torture, abuses, and psychological threats, and 10% of them were staked to the ground.