Stories for March 20th 2024

Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 21:32 UTC
Falkland Islands celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Social Services Department

Tuesday 19 March is World Social Work Day, and 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of Social Services in the Falkland Islands. To mark this milestone the Social Services Department wanted to celebrate the successes that have been made since 1999.
Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 20:42 UTC
Brazil: Dengue cases so far in 2024 surpass previous yearly figures

Brazilian authorities have confirmed 1,889,206 positive cases of dengue fever so far this year, thus surpassing 2015's 1,688,688 and 2023's 1,658,816, it was reported. In addition to 630 confirmed fatalities, another 1,009 deaths are under investigation since Jan. 1 to determine whether they were caused by dengue or by another pathogen.
Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 20:02 UTC
Fish and chips: “The unscrupulous British” had eaten Russian fish for 68 years, says leading ally of Putin

No more fish and chips from Russian waters? A 1956 agreement that allowed British boats to fish in the Barents Sea has been ripped up, in the latest sign of growing tensions between Moscow and London, and the last batch of sanctions imposed on Russia and autocrat Putin criminals by UK.
Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 19:41 UTC
One person killed, over 110,000 left without electricity in storm-hit Buenos Aires

One woman was killed and over 110,000 households in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) were left with no electricity on Wednesday morning as heavy rains hit the Argentine capital and its surrounding areas, leading to the delay or cancellation of some 60 passenger flights among other nuisances such as flooded streets.
Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 18:55 UTC
French company to open world's first solar-powered air traffic control station in Chile

The French company Thales will be opening a 100% solar energy-powered air traffic control (ATC) station in Chile, it was announced in Santiago. The facility will be in the city of Calama in the Atacama Desert in the northern part of the country, it was also explained. The radars consume about one megawatt per hour.
Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 15:08 UTC
Good squid catch news from Argentina: jiggers managing some 30 tons per day

The Argentine current squid season, based on catches reports is considered encouraging because the so called sub-Patagonic, 46 degrees South, resource keeps the jigger fleet fully occupied with average catches of 30 tons per day, and with good sized specimens.
Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 13:04 UTC
A Malvinas April 2nd parade in front of Argentine Congress

Argentine vice president Victoria Villarruel is planning a great parade of Malvinas Veterans in front of the Congress building in Buenos Aires, not necessarily to glorify war and military actions, but to vindicate the thousands of Argentine conscripts that were sent to invade and occupy the Falkland Islands, and after the mission's defeat had to return in disgrace, hidden by their officers, and only years later were given some sort of compensations, although abundant garrulous oral praise. The parade would take place on April 2nd, the 42nd anniversary of the Falklands invasion by Argentine forces.
Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 12:38 UTC
Falkland Islands Government representatives attend all-party Parliamentary Group meeting

The Falkland Islands Government Representatives, Richard Hyslop and Michael Betts, participated in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Falkland Islands, held in the Houses of Parliament.
Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 10:46 UTC
Yerba mate producers from Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil join forces

Growers from Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay Tuesday launched the South American Federation of Yerba Mate Producers “to protect and promote” their activity and work toward its “worldwide dissemination,” it was announced in Buenos Aires. The founders of the new guild highlighted mate's value as a natural and healthy food in the global market.
Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 08:31 UTC
Lula picks Rosa Weber for Mercosur Court

Former Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Chief Justice Rosa Weber has accepted President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's proposal to become a member of Mercosur's Asunción-based Review Court which handles disputes among member countries, Agencia Brasil reported.