Stories for 2024

Friday, January 19th 2024 - 10:54 UTC
Argentina reports more Covid-19 patients in ICU

Argentina's sanitary system is noticing an increase in the number of patients hospitalized in intensive care units (ICUs) with Covid-19 during the first weeks of January, it was reported Thursday in Buenos Aires. ICU specialist Arnaldo Dubin spoke to local media about “mainly elderly patients, with many comorbidities and an out-of-date vaccination schedule.”
Friday, January 19th 2024 - 10:52 UTC
Ecuador: Two arrested in connection with Prosecutor Suárez's murder

Ecuadorean authorities Thursday arrested two people in connection with Wednesday's murder of Prosecutor César Suárez, who was handling the case of the Jan. 9 assault on a TV station amid the growing wave of drug trafficking, terrorism, and organized crime violence. Various guns and two vehicles were also seized in the operation, it was explained.
Friday, January 19th 2024 - 10:40 UTC
No price tag should be placed on nature's services to mankind, Brazilian minister tells WEF

According to Brazil's Minister for the Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva, there should be no pricing services provided by nature given their value to the planet and to human beings. She made those remarks this week during her appearance at one of the panels at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Agencia Brasil reported.
Friday, January 19th 2024 - 10:27 UTC
Lithium: Bolivia's YLB signs new agreement with China's CBC

A new agreement between Bolivia's state-owned Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB) and the Chinese consortium CATL, BRUNP & CMOC (CBC) was signed Thursday to install a lithium carbonate pilot plant with Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technology in the Uyuni salt flat and would have a production of 2,500 tons per year after an investment worth US$ 90 million.
Friday, January 19th 2024 - 10:17 UTC
Foreign Ministers of Brazil and China holding key talks

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a meeting in Brasilia on Thursday with his Brazilian counterpart Mauro Vieira and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's special advisor Celso Amorim to discuss trade and cooperation between the two countries, it was reported. Wang Yi and Vieira are to meet again Friday for the signing of a series of agreements after which they will be issuing a joint statement to the press, it was also explained.
Friday, January 19th 2024 - 10:10 UTC
Paraguay's BCP confirms CPI in 2023 within target range

Paraguay's Central Bank (BCP) Thursday released a report showing that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for 2023 was 3.7%, making it the fourth lowest in South America in addition to falling within the target range (3.8%). It also meant a decrease from 2022's 8.1%.
Thursday, January 18th 2024 - 21:13 UTC
Argentina: Record highs in parallel dollar rates as the country grapples with economic challenges

The strength of the dollar in alternative markets is once again exerting pressure on financial dealings on Thursday, with the exchange rate gap reaching 60%, posing challenges to President Javier Milei's economic plan amidst soaring inflation and increasing poverty.
Thursday, January 18th 2024 - 10:59 UTC
Milei holds “very good” meeting with Georgieva

Argentine President Javier Milei said his 25-minute meeting Wednesday with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva at the World Economic Forum was “very good” after a verbal agreement was reached last week between the credit agency and the South American country. It was the first time that Milei and Georgieva saw each other face to face.
Thursday, January 18th 2024 - 10:56 UTC
Ecuadorean prosecutor handling last week's TV station seizure shot dead

Ecuadorean Prosecutor César Suárez who was handling the investigation into the Jan. 9 seizure of a Public TV station by a drug-trafficking gang, was shot dead Wednesday in Guayaquil, adding to the South American country's wave of crime and violence. Suárez took over 20 gunshots, it was reported. National Police “specialized units” have been assigned to the case.
Thursday, January 18th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Argentina: New oil spill recorded off Bahía Blanca

Argentine authorities in the city port of Bahía Blanca in the province of Buenos Aires said a new oil spill had been reported after the one late last month. However, this time around the damage would have been controlled in less time, it was explained.