Investments

• Friday, February 18th 2022 - 20:29 UTC

  Uruguayan President promised new investments by Argentine group

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou met this week with representatives from the Argentine Grupo Werthein to discuss further developments and investments in the country, it was reported.

• Friday, February 18th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Falklands' Chamber of Commerce organizes First Environmental Business Symposium

  

  The Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce has announced the first Falkland Islands Environmental Business Symposium, will be held at 12:30 on the 18th of March. The Chamber is bringing together speakers from organizations across the Falklands to share knowledge and discuss what businesses can do to reduce or offset their environmental impacts.

• Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Portsmouth's special power catering for Royal Navy aircraft carriers so as not to leave the city in the dark

  

  When the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers arrived in Portsmouth, the base faced a critical issue – how to find enough electricity. HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales doubled the base's energy use. In fact, the load was so great there was a danger it would impact power supplies to the city itself.

• Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 10:05 UTC

  UK becomes third largest defense spender in the world behind US and China

  

  UK has overtaken India to become the third-largest defense spender in the world, according to a new report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). The new 'Military Balance 2022' report is an assessment of all military capabilities and defense economics of 171 countries worldwide.

• Wednesday, February 16th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  A former Chilean Socialist minister considers “delirious” the nationalization of mining industry

  

  A veteran Chilean politician who among other appointments was Minister of Mines under the deposed Socialist government of Salvador Allende in 1973, and later held other ministerial responsibilities following the return of democracy in 1990, strongly criticized the initiative to again nationalize the mining companies which operate in Chile, as proposed in the Constitutional Convention drafting a new constitution.

• Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 10:21 UTC

  New IA-63 Pampa takes to the skies for further testing

  

  Argentine-built jet training aircraft IA-63 Pampa III Block II AR-005 made its maiden flight last week at the Argentine Aircraft Factory (FAdeA) – First flight of the Pampa III AR-005, it was announced.

• Tuesday, February 15th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Round of hearings for 35-year concession of Brazil's busiest port has started

  

  The round of hearings for the privatization of the Port of Santos in Sao Paulo state, and the busiest of Brazil have started with the participation of the minister of Infrastructure Tarcisio Gomes de Freitas and the different interested parties. It’s basically a 35-year contract project which will demand almost 3,5bn dollars

• Monday, February 14th 2022 - 08:47 UTC

  Argentina to send military team to China to discuss arms deal

  

  The Government of Argentina is planning to send a military team to China in March to broker the purchase of combat aircraft, for which over US $ 600 million have been allocated as per the 2022 Budget bill, it was reported.

• Thursday, February 10th 2022 - 09:32 UTC

  HMS Protector officer visits “his island” in Antarctica

  

  No man is an island – apart from Royal Navy officer Lieutenant Commander Dave Pitt. Currently deployed on survey ship HMS Protector, Lt Cdr Pitt has become possibly the first Pitt to set foot on the Pitt Islands.

• Wednesday, February 9th 2022 - 22:00 UTC

  Venezuela allows flights to and from Portugal to resume

  

  The Venezuelan government of President Nicolás Maduro Wednesday gave the nod to the resumption of commercial flights to and from Portugal, which were halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.