Stories for 2023

Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 08:18 UTC
The Grytviken Church in South Georgia will celebrate 110 years this Christmas

When the island of South Georgia was a booming whaling station, in the roaring forties, more than a century ago, Grytviken received what was to be the first church established in the Antarctic region. In effect the church was completed in 1913 just on time for the Christmas Day with the first ever ringing of bells occurring on Christmas Eve.
Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 07:46 UTC
Burnt out shell of an old Ferrari from the fifties sold at US$ 2 million

The burnt-out shell of an old Ferrari racing car from the late fifties has sold at auction in the US for nearly $2m (£1.5m), reports BBC. It caught fire during a race in the 1960s and was not touched for decades.
Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 - 07:20 UTC
WindWings: cargo vessel travelling to Brazil fitted with giant sails

A cargo ship fitted with giant, rigid British-designed sails has set out on its maiden voyage. Shipping firm Cargill, which has chartered the vessel, hopes the technology will help the industry chart a course toward a greener future.
Monday, August 21st 2023 - 15:51 UTC
Exclusive images from Uruguay's heroic cruise ship rescue revealed

Almost two years after the documentary “Greg Mortimer: In Search of a Land of Solidarity” (Greg Mortimer: En busca de una tierra solidaria in Spanish) was premiered in cinemas, the former Health Minister of Uruguay, Daniel Salinas, shared some new pictures from the time when the country helped people on a cruise ship stuck due to COVID-19. He posted these pictures on his X account (which used to be called Twitter).
Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:30 UTC
Elections in Ecuador: González and Noboa advance to runoff

Luisa González of former President Rafel Correa's Revolucion Ciudadana (RC) was the most-voted candidate in Sunday's elections in Ecuador marred by last week's murder of Movimiento Construye's (MC) hopeful Fernando Villavicencio.
Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:25 UTC
Uruguayan-born Bernardo Arévalo de León wins Guatemalan elections

Uruguayan-born Bernardo Arévalo de León of the center-left Semilla (Seed) Movement, a sociologist with a PhD in Philosophy and also the son of a former head of state, will become Guatemala's next president after Sunday's landslide at the runoff victory over former First Lady Sandra Torres Casanova of the National Unity of Hope (UNE)
Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:23 UTC
Argentina: Who can fix the political and economic problems?

To most people's surprise, the divisive libertarian populist Javier Milei won Argentina's presidential primary. Milei took around 30% of the vote, triumphing in 16 out of the country's 24 provinces.
Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:18 UTC
Brazil's Petrobras refineries increase gasoline 16,17% and diesel, 25,83%

Brazil's Petrobras this last week increased the price of gasoline and diesel, 16,17% and 25,83% respectively at its refineries. The higher prices were announced following complaints from private refineries that domestic prices were out of line and tendency with the increased situation in international markets.
Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:06 UTC
Brazil limits the purchase of Argentine hake: twenty companies under “Import Alert Regime”

Argentina is taking steps to ease the entry of hake into the Brazilian market following the placement of twenty companies under the “Import Alert Regime” in May. In recent decades, Brazil’s role as an importer of specific animal products, particularly fish and dairy items, has been growing.
Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:01 UTC
Dramatic report on world water resources, four billion people affected

One-fourth of the planet’s population in 25 countries experiences extremely high water stress annually, using nearly all of their available water supply on a regular basis, according to new data from the World Resources Institute (WRI)’s Aqueduct Water Risk.