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Stories for April 2023

  • Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

    First Quarter sees over a million tourists flocking to Uruguay

    Purchases by 'premium' tourists increased by 36% in relation to the pre-pandemic period

    The Ministry of Tourism of Uruguay announced that in the first quarter of the year, more than one million tourists visited the South American country, generating revenues of 741 million US dollars. This was presented on Wednesday, indicating an increase in the sector.

  • Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

    European Parliament approves law banning imports from deforested lands

    The rules aim to eliminate deforestation from the supply chains of a range of everyday items sold in Europe

    The European Parliament on Wednesday approved a landmark deforestation law to ban imports into the European Union that come from any land that was deforested since December 31, 2020.

  • Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

    How far up did the US dollar go Wednesday against the Argentine peso?

    After six days of purchases, Argentina's Central Bank had to sell dollars to avoid a sharper increase in the “blue” rate

    Argentine Economy Minister Sergio Massa seems unable to find a way out of the country's current crisis. In this scenario, the “blue” dollar (a euphemism for “black market”) rose five more pesos Wednesday to close at AR$ 423 as the Central Bank (BCRA) ended with a negative balance of US$197 million, this bringing a streak of six positive rounds to an end. The country risk remained at 2,474 basis points, according to JP Morgan's index.

  • Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    Arrest of former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno requested

    Moreno travels in a wheelchair and refused to travel from Asunción to Quito citing health issues

    Ecuadorian prosecutors Wednesday requested the pre-trial arrest of former President Lenín Moreno after the latter failed to appear before the courts as mandated in the Sinohydro corruption case, in which he is said to have accepted bribes for the construction of the country's largest hydroelectric plant.

  • Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:01 UTC

    Escazú Agreement poses new challenges to Latin American countries

    Human greed is the cause of the current climate crisis, Fernández said

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday opened the Second Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP2) of the Escazú Agreement at the Kirchner Cultural Center in Buenos Aires. The event will last until April 21.

  • Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:01 UTC

    Díaz-Canel reelected as President of Cuba

    “Cuba defends the single party because it is at the root of our history”, said Díaz-Canel after being reelected

    Miguel Díaz-Canel was re-elected for a second term in office by the National Assembly of People's Power, a body which was renewed Wednesday after the March 27 elections, it was reported in Havanna.

  • Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    US Judge orders arrest of former Peruvian President Toledo pending extradition

    Toledo, 77, was President of Peru between 2001 and 2006

    US Federal Judge Thomas Hixson ordered former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo to surrender to marshalls in the Californian city of San Jose next Friday, April 21, at 9 am local time for his extradition to Lima to face corruption charges in another spinoff of the Odebrecht case in his country. In the meantime, Toledo will be housed in a jail in the Californian county of San Mateo.

  • Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    BAS Rothera Research Station has new scientific and operational support facility

    The Discovery Building at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica.

    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.A new scientific and operational support facility at Rothera Research Station for British Antarctic Survey has been made weather-tight, with the cladding complete and an operations tower installed.

  • Wednesday, April 19th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentine FM denounces presence of extra-regional powers in South Atlantic

    British unilateral actions represent a contravention of Resolution 31/49, Cafiero argued in Cape Verde

    Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Tuesday said during a bi-continental forum in Cape Verde that the military presence“ in the South Atlantic of extra-regional powers, such as the United Kingdom, was ”not in accordance with the times and the current practices of multilateralism and international law“ and deemed the situation was ”unacceptable.” Cafiero also denounced the presence in the Malvinas/Falkland Islands of Kosovo Security Forces.

  • Wednesday, April 19th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    What triggered a new “blue” dollar rise in Argentina?

    Aracre (right) turned in his resignation to defuse rumors and appease the markets

    Rumors about Economy Minister Sergio Massa's possible resignation, the “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) US dollar rose again Tuesday against the Argentine peso. President Alberto Fernández was reported to have a name to replace Massa: that of his Chief Advisor Antonio Aracre, who turned in his resignation Tuesday afternoon in a move to appease the markets.