Stories for June 2024

Friday, June 21st 2024 - 10:21 UTC
Falklands looks into organizing the peak inflow of visitors next cruise season

The Falkland Islands Tourist Board Executive Director Steph Middleton outlined the Tourist Board’s attendance at Seatrade Global in Miami, WTM Latin America in Sao Paulo and IAATO in Maryland this year at the recent Board meeting.
Friday, June 21st 2024 - 10:00 UTC
Paraguay's Central Bank keeps benchmark interest rate unchanged at 6%

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of Paraguay's Central Bank (BCP) unanimously decided Thursday to keep the benchmark interest rate at 6% for the fourth month in a row and found that cuts might be in order during the second semester of 2024 given the favorable economic indexes recorded recently.
Friday, June 21st 2024 - 09:06 UTC
Safeguarding Oceans - theme for Albatross Day

By Veronica Iriarte - On Wednesday we celebraed our fifth World Albatross Day! The Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) announced “Marine Protected Areas – Safeguarding our Oceans” as the theme for this year’s World Albatross Day.
Thursday, June 20th 2024 - 22:04 UTC
Two die as Chilean trains clash head-on

Two people died and at least nine others were injured Thursday after a head-on collision between two trains in Santiago, Chile. The units involved were a freight convoy of the company Fepasa and a passengerless test formation belonging to the Empresa de Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE). “We regret to report the death of two workers on the freight train,” the state-owned company said in a statement.
Thursday, June 20th 2024 - 20:19 UTC
Milei now hopes May Pact will be signed on July 9

Argentine President Javier Milei Thursday relaunched his so-called May Pact initiative during the Flag Day celebrations in Rosario. The agreement between the federal government and the provincial Executives was to have been signed on the May 25 National Holiday; hence its name.
Thursday, June 20th 2024 - 19:17 UTC
Montevideo remains the most expensive city in the region

Montevideo remained South America's most expensive place to live according to the Mercer Ranking released this week, closely followed by Buenos Aires, a place that has been moving up fast since President Javier Milei's Dec. 10, 2023, inauguration. The list helps multinational employers plan their strategies regarding compensations and other expenses, it was explained. Hong Kong stayed at the top, followed by Singapore, and Sitzerland's Zurich, Geneva, and Basel.
Thursday, June 20th 2024 - 18:21 UTC
Falklands Representative attends services for Liberation Day

Last week, the Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK & Europe, Richard Hyslop, visited St Paul’s Cathedral, London, and attended the annual Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving at the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel, Pangbourne College in order to mark Liberation Day.
Thursday, June 20th 2024 - 15:55 UTC
Falklands: Consultation to begin on Sea Lion offshore oil development, north of the Islands

Following an extraordinary sitting of Executive Council on Monday 17 June, the Falkland Islands Government has agreed that there will be a public consultation from Monday 24 June to Monday 5 August 2024, on the Environmental Impact Statement for the Sea Lion Field Northern Development Area, Phase 1 and 2, which has been submitted by Navitas Petroleum Development and Production Limited.
Thursday, June 20th 2024 - 15:29 UTC
“If you have to deny the existence of a people, your argument does not work”, Falklands reply to Mondino

“If you have to deny the existence of a people to make your argument work, your argument doesn’t work,” has been the public reply of Falkland Islands lawmaker MLA Teslyn Barkman to the piece of Argentina's foreign minister Diana Mondino addressed to Falkland Islanders, during this week's session of the Special Decolonization Committee, or C24, held at the United Nations, New York.
Thursday, June 20th 2024 - 15:25 UTC
Fearing inflation ahead, Brazil's central bank leaves basic rate unchanged at 10,50%

With budget overspending and prospects of higher inflation in weeks ahead, the Brazilian central bank, independent from the Executive, kept the Selic rate unchanged at 10.50%. This means there are no expectations for a resumption of the rates easing cycle this year.