Stories for 2023

Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 10:46 UTC
South Atlantic Fisheries Enforcement with the Falkland Islands Maritime Authority

Without effective enforcement at sea, impunity and associated unlawful activities in the waters around the Falkland Islands threaten not just wider ocean conservation but the responsible management and value of the natural resources.
Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 10:43 UTC
No progress in Latin America against child marriage

According to the latest UNICEF study on child marriage, Latin America is second only to sub-Saharan Africa as the region of the world where the fight against such a practice has progressed the least in the last 25 years, it was reported.
Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 10:30 UTC
Uruguay starts vaccinating poultry against avian flu

Uruguayan authorities began vaccinating poultry against avian flu with immunizers from the United States, it was reported Tuesday in Montevideo. An additional batch of chemicals is due from Mexico shortly.
Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 10:28 UTC
First case of Arcturus reported in Brazil

São Paulo's Municipal Health Secretariat reported this week the first case of variant XBB.1.16 of Covid-19, also known as Arcturus in a 75-year-old man, bedridden and with comorbidities, who presented the symptoms of influenza syndrome and persistent fever on April 7.
Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 10:22 UTC
Quito Metro does not run smoothly on first day of commercial service

Ecuadoreans stood in long lines Tuesday to buy tickets for the first day of commercial services by Quito's new underground railway system, it was reported. The Quito Metro had been performing free-of-charge test rides for the past four months.
Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 10:17 UTC
World Press Freedom Day: IAPA anything but optimistic

Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) President Michael Greenspon was anything but optimistic in his World Press Freedom Day message after reports showed that, in the last semester, 10 journalists were murdered: 5 in Haiti and the others in Colombia, the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, and Paraguay.
Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:57 UTC
Massa to broker imports from Brazil paid in Argentine pesos

Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa will travel to Brazil alongside President Alberto Fernández to find credit alternatives through which to spend fewer dollars in bilateral trade, it was reported.
Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:45 UTC
Colombia: Petro moves on with drastic reforms

Colombian President Gustavo Petro Monday insisted that people in his country have no rights or freedom when introducing a new set of measures and appointing seven new cabinet ministers. Colombia “is a people without freedom,” Petro argued.
Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:43 UTC
FIDF members rehearsing in London, next to Commonwealth and UK soldiers for the Coronation

Members of the Falkland Islands Defense Force especially invited to participate in the coming Coronation of King Charles III are already in London and have been training daily alongside Commonwealth and UK soldiers.
Tuesday, May 2nd 2023 - 10:22 UTC
Schools in Mar del Plata to be named after 1982 war fallen

Public schools and kindergartens in the Argentine beach resort and port of Mar del Plata will be named after local combatants fallen in the 1982 Malvinas War, it was announced Monday. The initiative was approved unanimously by the City Council.