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Stories for August 2023

  • Thursday, August 10th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

    Chilean lawmakers want to know about US involvement in 1973 coup

    “A half-truth is a complete lie,” Kaiser argued

    Chile's Lower House Wednesday agreed to ask President Gabriel Boric Font to instruct the Foreign Ministry to request the government of the United States to release the details of its involvement in the Sept. 11, 1973, coup d'état staged by General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte against the democratically-elected Salvador Allende, it was reported in Santiago.

  • Thursday, August 10th 2023 - 10:49 UTC

    Uruguayan orange producers said to be retaining cheap Argentine labor

    “So far we have not found where this phenomenon is occurring,” Uruguayan Labor Minister Mieres said

    Agricultural producers in the Salto area have been reported to hire Argentine labor from Concordia just across the border and pay them three times less than they would local workers, Uruguay's National Union of Salaried, Rural, and Related Workers (Unión Nacional de Asalariados, Trabajadores Rurales y Afines - Unatra) denounced.

  • Thursday, August 10th 2023 - 10:46 UTC

    Edilene Lobo becomes first black woman to join Brazil's TSE

    “She becomes a symbol of respect for black women,” TSE Chief Justice De Moraes said

    Lawyer Edilene Lobo became the first black woman to join Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) after she was sworn in as a substitute judge on Tuesday before Chief Justice Alexandre De Moraes, Agência Brasil reported.

  • Thursday, August 10th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Falklands Airbridge rerouted to East Midlands Airport, from August 12 to 26

    RAF Brize Norton will undergo essential repair work to the runway, and SAA from MPA will fly into and out of East Midlands Airport (EMA)

    Due to essential repair work to the runway at RAF Brize Norton, the South Atlantic Airbridge connecting with the Falkland Islands will temporarily fly into, and out of East Midlands Airport (EMA). The final SAA flight into RAF Brize Norton prior to work commencing is scheduled to be the northbound service TOW 2233 due to depart MPC on Saturday 12 Aug. The following TOW 2230 service on Monday 14 Aug will depart from East Midlands Airport.

  • Thursday, August 10th 2023 - 09:28 UTC

    New Covid-19 strain classified by WHO as EG5 and “variant of interest”

    The EG.5 variant has been spreading rapidly in the United States, with over 17% of cases. Although also detected in China, South Korea, Japan and Canada.

    The World Health Organization, WHO, on Wednesday classified a new strain of Covid 19 as a “variant of interest.” The EG.5 variant has been spreading rapidly in the United States, encompassing over 17% of cases. Although also detected in China, South Korea, Japan and Canada.

  • Thursday, August 10th 2023 - 09:06 UTC

    King Charles III 50p coins begin circulating , “a piece of British history”

    The design for the tails face of the coins features Westminster Abbey and the King's official cypher, representing him being crowned as King

    A batch of millions of 50p coins celebrating the coronation of King Charles III will begin circulation in UK. Featuring a design by Royal Mint coin designer Natasha Jenkins, the coins are the second 50ps to enter circulation bearing the monarch's official coin portrait.

  • Wednesday, August 9th 2023 - 10:51 UTC

    UK warned EU of “Argentina's misinterpretation” on any Falklands reference

    Foreign Secretary James Cleverly sent a text message to Josep Borrell, a senior EU diplomat, urging him to “keep the Falkland Islands out of the summit communiqué”

    The British press is revealing some of the facts surrounding the European Union/Community of Latin American and Caribbean States summit, held in the third week of July in Brussels when Argentina celebrated that in the controversial final communiqué, a reference to the Falklands was changed to Malvinas Islands.

  • Wednesday, August 9th 2023 - 10:49 UTC

    Overseas Territories two-day Biodiversity Strategy forum held in the Falkland Islands

    Overseas Territories participants of the Biodiversity Strategy workshop held in the Falkland Islands. Lawmaker MLA Leona Roberts in the middle of the pic.

    A successful two-day workshop for the new Overseas Territories Biodiversity Strategy, held in the Falkland Islands concluded successfully last Friday. The workshop led by the UK’s Joint Nature Conservation Committee, in partnership with FIG and representatives from conservation, science, rural business, economic development, tourism and fishing sectors.

  • Wednesday, August 9th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

    Argentina: Milei closes campaign ahead of PASO elections

    Milei argued people needed to vote for him “if we don't want to be the biggest slum in the world”

    Libertarian Deputy Javier Milei closed his campaign for Sunday's Simultaneous, Open, and Mandatory Primary (PASO) presidential elections like a rock star in a packed Buenos Aires indoor 15,000-capacity Movistar Arena, capitalizing on one of Mexican singer Luis Miguel's days off at the venue.

  • Wednesday, August 9th 2023 - 10:34 UTC

    Colombian President wants to create “Amazon NATO” to defend jungle “with weapons”

    “It is no longer enough” to reach the goal of “zero deforestation,” Petro insisted

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro Urrego Tuesday suggested during his speech at the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) Summit in the Brazilian city of Belém that an international environmental court should be created to prosecute crimes in the area, in addition to an “Amazon NATO” to defend the region “with weapons”.