https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2026, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif http://en.mercopress.com/ British frozen food chain Iceland Foods announced Thursday that it has completed a deal to open a store in Stanley, the capital of the Falklands, in what the company describes as the first UK high street retail brand to establish itself in the archipelago.

]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Jacob Coxon, a model pretraining researcher at Anthropic, announced his resignation on Tuesday, accusing the company and OpenAI, where he also worked, of "not acting responsibly" and of "gambling with our lives" in the race to build artificial intelligence systems capable of improving themselves.

]]> Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:28:00 GMT Jaguar Land Rover announced on Monday it will cut 4,000 jobs across its global workforce as it tries to cut costs and compete with Chinese electric carmakers. Britain’s biggest automaker said the job cuts will take place over the next two years as it targets 1.7 billion pounds (US$2.3 billion) in savings to make it more competitive as the industry transitions to electrification.

]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2026 04:29:00 GMT Uruguayan ferry company Colonia Express obtained authorisation from the Ministry of Transport and Public Works at the end of July to operate the passenger and vehicle route between Montevideo and Buenos Aires, but cannot begin the service because the only ramp at the Montevideo port suitable for unloading cars belongs to Buquebus, the company that currently runs the crossing alone.

]]> Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:20:00 GMT Simón Bolívar international airport, located in Maiquetía and Venezuela's principal air gateway, resumed domestic and international operations on Tuesday, two months after the double earthquake of June 24 destroyed its facilities.

]]> Tue, 01 Sep 2026 17:37:00 GMT The British Embassy in Santiago earlier this month organized an event which brought together government authorities, industry representatives and academia to discuss key findings of the reports and explore next steps for the development of offshore wind development in Chile.

]]> Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:40:00 GMT The formalization of a regular commercial maritime link between the Falklands and Chile, together with the promotion of an Expo of Islands and Chilean products in Punta Arenas, are being pushed with considerable enthusiasm by the Chilean shipping company Easter Island Naviera (EIN), which connects Easter Island with mainland Chile.

]]> Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:48:00 GMT Federal judge Ernesto Kreplak, sitting in La Plata, this week admitted a class action and requested urgent reports from the Ministry of Economy, the National Roads Directorate and Banco Nación on the use of resources from the Integrated Road System (SisVial), a trust fund financed by the tax on liquid fuels whose legal purpose is the construction and maintenance of national highways.

]]> Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:13:00 GMT Argentina's Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI), created in 2024, "consolidated a strongly extractive profile and did not stimulate new sectors," according to a report released on Wednesday by the RIGI Observatory, a coalition of civil society organisations and academic centres that examines the scheme from a critical standpoint.

]]> Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:50:00 GMT American Airlines will restart its seasonal service between Carrasco International Airport and Miami International Airport on December 3, once again becoming the only carrier offering nonstop flights between Uruguay and the United States during the peak summer season.

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