Stories for August 2023

Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 14:17 UTC
Mar del Plata breakwater closed due to sea lions dying of bird flu

Coast Guard and port authorities in the Argentine beach resort of Mar del Plata Saturday closed the South breakwater after the National Service of Agrifood Health and Quality (Senasa) confirmed two cases of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5 in sea lions in the area where 4 dead specimens were found.
Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 08:41 UTC
Lula wants Brazil to strengthen its presence in Africa

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Saturday that the South American country wants to open a consulate general in Luanda, the capital of Angola, Agência Brasil reported.
Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 03:00 UTC
Former Bolsonaro aide isolated pending ongoing investigations

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Friday issued a resolution banning Lieutenant-Colonel Cid is currently under arrest for his alleged involvement in the forging of a Covid-19 vaccination card in the name of Bolsonarofrom having any contact with former President Jair Bolsonaro and former First Lady Michelle in addition to his own wife Gabriela, it was reported in Brasilia.
Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 02:51 UTC
Documents revealing US involvement in Pinochet's coup declassified

Documents revealing the US government's involvement in the Sept. 11, 1973, coup d'état against Chilean President Salvador Allende have been declassified, it was reported in Santiago.
Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 00:56 UTC
Bolsonaro's son's properties raided by Brazilian police

Brazilian police Thursday raided two properties belonging to Jair Renan Valle Bolsonaro, the 25-year-old son of former President Jair Messias Bolsonaro, in Camboriú, (Santa Catarina) and Brasília, for his alleged involvement in a money laundering and embezzlement scheme.
Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 00:37 UTC
Brighter future ahead for businesses in Latin America

According to a study by the Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) released Thursday, businesses in Latin America are up to their best level in two years after hitting unusual lows from the third quarter of 2022 through the second quarter of 2023.
Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 00:22 UTC
Uruguayan wages already at pre-pandemic levels, minister says

Uruguay's Finance Minister Azucena Arbeleche Friday said her country's wages were competitive for workers and had already reached pre-pandemic levels and would hopefully continue to rise in the coming years.
Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 00:09 UTC
Hot weather hits Rio de Janeiro this winter

Despite the southern hemisphere being still in winter, meteorologists foresee temperatures in the iconic city of Rio de Janeiro might reach 41°C as dry conditions heat up Southeastern Brazil, Agencia Brasil reported Thursday.
Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 00:03 UTC
Despite Russian threats vessel sails from Odessa to Istanbul with 30,000 tons of cargo

The passage of a cargo ship from Ukraine to Turkey this week vindicated Kyiv’s gamble that Russia would not act on threats to attack commercial shipping in the Black Sea. But the successful gambit leaves a bigger question for Ukraine: Will any other commercial vessels follow the Joseph Schulte and dare to call Russia’s bluff?
Saturday, August 26th 2023 - 23:49 UTC
Global fund for nature restoration and biodiversity conservation

The international community ratified a new global fund aimed at ramping up critical nature restoration and biodiversity conservation, at a gathering in Vancouver. Canada and Britain said they together would provide US$ 160 million in seed money to set up the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF).