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Montevideo, April 27th 2024 - 14:37 UTC

Tag: pandemic

  • Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 08:20 UTC

    With Bali beaches empty of tourists, locals are turning to plant seaweed again

    With visitors gone and the economy in tatters, locals are seen carrying baskets laden with seaweed up the shore amid a shift back to former ways of making a living.

    Before the coronavirus pandemic took its grip on Indonesia, the pristine beaches of Lembongan Island lapped by the Indian Ocean were dotted with sunbathing tourists from across the globe.

  • Monday, September 28th 2020 - 16:32 UTC

    Latino business owners thrive in the United States

    Once the world emerges from the current gloom it seems Latino business owners will continue to grow and thrive within the United States. Photo: Pixabay

    Whilst the United States economy is taking a hit due to the recent situation around the world, there is positive news to be found.

  • Monday, September 28th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

    Mercosur hosts World Tourism Day 2020 official celebrations

    Tourists on a viewpoint over the Iguazu Falls on the Argentine side.

    For the first time in the history of World Tourism Day, the 2020 official celebration will be hosted by a group of countries and not a single UNWTO Member State. The cross-border cooperation of Mercosur Member States (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay plus Chile, Member Associate) reflects the current need for international solidarity and cooperation. This is especially true for tourism, working together towards a common goal.

  • Saturday, September 26th 2020 - 08:57 UTC

    Uruguay is winning against Covid-19: This is how

    A normal scene in the capital Montevideo, people with face masks.

    by Luke Taylor, The British Medical Journal – Latin America continues to suffer some of the worst tolls of Covid-19, with over seven million recorded infections accounting for nearly half of all daily deaths. But in the region's Southern Cone there is a clear outlier wedged between Brazil to the east, with over 3.5 million confirmed cases, and Argentina to the west, with half a million.

  • Thursday, September 24th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

    Falklands announces support schemes for the tourism industry

    Tourism is an increasingly important sector for the Falkland Islands: prior to Covid-19, the sector generated approximately £16 million in annual sales.

    The Falkland Islands Government provided details on Wednesday of a range of support schemes designed specifically to mitigate the effects of the global pandemic on tourism businesses, operators, and employees over the next twelve months, as well as prepare the sector to take advantage of renewed demand in 2021 and beyond.

  • Thursday, September 24th 2020 - 08:14 UTC

    Planning for the Falklands 2021/22 season and beyond

    Among projects are a new “Welcome to Stanley” sign

    The Falkland Islands Tourist Board has also worked alongside the Government to identify ways in which it too could assist with helping position the sector to take advantage of demand in 2021/22 and beyond. To this end the tourist board has reallocated existing budgets and earmarked funds totaling £380,000 as follows:

  • Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

    World Bank chief economist estimates five years for economic recovery from the pandemic

    “There will probably be a quick rebound as all the restriction measures linked to lockdowns are lifted, but a full recovery will take as much as five years,” Reinhart said

    The global economic recovery from the crisis originated by the coronavirus pandemic may take as much as five years, the World Bank's chief economist Carmen Reinhart said on Thursday.

  • Wednesday, September 16th 2020 - 07:00 UTC

    Islands' Bits and Bobs

    An Intra-Island Invasive Species and Biosecurity Protocol was considered by the Falkland Islands' Environmental Commmittee on September 3.

    As a result of Covid-19 impacts and restrictions the Falkland Islands' Department of Agriculture has redirected surplus funds towards a salary for a third Agricultural Advisor. Director of Natural Resources Andrea Clausen told the Agricultural Advisory Committee that the move had been made in light of the high workload on the current Advisors, particularly with the need to support the investigation of Responsible Wool Handling and of businesses managing a future of lower wool and red meat prices due to uncertainties in the world market, the impact of Covid-19 and Brexit.

  • Friday, September 11th 2020 - 08:33 UTC

    Peruvian opposition want to sack the economy minister in the midst of the country's worst plunge

    If Congress agre, María Antonieta Alva, a 35-year-old, Harvard-trained public official, who has been a key figure in the administration, would be forced to resign.

    Peruvian opposition lawmakers filed a censure motion to oust the government’s economy minister, underscoring political tensions as the country rides out its deepest economic plunge in decades due to the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

    Latin America passed 300,000 confirmed deaths of coronavirus and 8 million contagion cases

    Mexico, Peru and Colombia have registered the highest number of coronavirus victims after Brazil, with Latin America reporting a daily average of 2,811 deaths

    The number of confirmed coronavirus deaths in Latin America passed 300,000 on Wednesday, according to several independent tallies, with the virus showing no signs of abating in the world's worst-hit region.