Politics

• Monday, March 16th 2020 - 11:01 UTC

  Coronavirus: Chile imposes quarantine for visitors from high risk countries and bans cruise vessels until 30 September

  

  Chilean president Sebastián Piñera announced nine basic measures which will be enforced as of Monday referred to containing the spread of coronavirus. Chile had on Sunday 75 cases that tested positive but no deaths. Magallanes region and Punta Arenas had no cases according to the Chilean Health ministry daily report.

• Monday, March 16th 2020 - 10:40 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego rushes 400 tourists to Buenos Aires from an Antarctic cruise

  

  The Argentine Tierra del Fuego province government rushed some 400 passengers from a cruise vessel, by air, to Buenos Aires before the implementation of a coronavirus fourteen-day quarantine which becomes effective this Monday. The Norwegian flagged vessel Midnatsol arrived on Saturday to Ushuaia from Antarctica.

• Monday, March 16th 2020 - 10:23 UTC

  Oil drilling sediment shows Falklands could have suffered a tsunami a million years ago

  

  Scientists have found evidence of ancient slope failures on the seafloor to the south of the Falkland Islands on the South Atlantic. Computer models suggest these underwater landslides would have been capable of sending waves crashing on to the Falklands' coastline that was tens of meters high.

• Saturday, March 14th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguay confirms first four tested cases of coronavirus, all arrived from Italy

  

  Uruguay confirmed its first four tested cases of coronavirus on Friday, the Ministry of Health announced in a tweet. All four cases were people who had arrived to Uruguay from Milan, Italy between March 3 and March 6, the ministry said, adding that the patients are stable and at their homes.

• Saturday, March 14th 2020 - 09:48 UTC

  Falklands HMS Forth honors officers and crew members from SMS Scharnhorst sunk in 1914

  

  Falklands patrol HMS Forth hosted a wreath-laying ceremony in Falkland Islands waters during a remembrance service honouring those who lost their lives aboard SMS Scharnhorst in 1914.

• Saturday, March 14th 2020 - 09:46 UTC

  Argentina to strengthen fisheries patrolling in the South Atlantic

  

  Argentina is going to strengthen control over its EEZ, to protect resources, and quite soon the recently acquired “ARA Bouchard” will be setting sail for its first patrolling, according to Argentine fisheries and navy officials.

• Saturday, March 14th 2020 - 09:17 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government update of the COVID-19 response

  

  The Falkland Islands Government announced on Friday that next week it will publish details of its planning to respond to serious infectious disease outbreaks. All parts of the Government have been working since late January on the many parts of such a response, including regular pandemic planning group meetings.

• Saturday, March 14th 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  Recount of votes in Guyana election questioned by OAS observer mission

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS) election observer mission on Friday said it would be pulling out of Guyana because tabulation process for Region Four is unlikely to produce overall results that are widely accepted.

• Friday, March 13th 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Coronavirus panic in markets wipes US$ 14 trillion in a month

  

  Global stock markets crashed on Friday, ending a years-long bull run, with coronavirus panic selling hitting almost every asset class and leaving investors nowhere to hide. Half a trillion dollars in liquidity from the U.S. Federal Reserve and the promise of more were not enough to calm the fear that has wiped some US$14 trillion from world stocks in a month.

• Friday, March 13th 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Latin American countries halt flights from Europe, ban public gatherings and close schools

  

  Several Latin American countries stepped up measures on Thursday to slow the spread of the coronavirus, halting flights to and from Europe, banning public gatherings and closing schools.