Tag: Parana

• Thursday, June 22nd 2023 - 11:04 UTC

  Shooter at latest Brazil high school massacre found dead in his cell

  

  The 21-year-old shooter who killed two teenagers at a high school in the Brazilian State of Parana earlier this week “was found dead in his cell Tuesday night,” authorities said. “The circumstances” of his death are under investigation, Parana's Public Security Secretariat also explained.

• Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

  Teenager killed in another high-school shooting in Brazil

  

  A 16-year-old female pupil was killed Monday at the Professor Helena Kolody School in the city of Cambé in the Brazilian State of Paraná when a former student walked into the premises carrying a gun, Agencia Brasil reported citing local authorities.

• Wednesday, April 19th 2023 - 09:35 UTC

  Grains inspectors strike in chaotic Argentina, freezes shipments in the Parana

  

  In chaotic Argentina, grains inspectors have launched a 24-hour strike that is halting shipments at key Parana river ports in farm transport hub Rosario, the ports chamber CAPyM said on Monday, April 17.

• Saturday, May 21st 2022 - 08:39 UTC

  Argentina extends Paraná river water emergency

  

  The Argentine government of President Alberto Fernández Friday announced it was extending the declaration of emergency for another 180 days in the Paraná River area as water levels remained at historically low levels.

• Thursday, April 28th 2022 - 20:51 UTC

  Paraná-Paraguay Waterway Agency finally has a board of directors

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández has appointed the members of the Ente Nacional de Vía Navegable Paraguay-Paraná (Paraguay-Paraná Waterway National Agency), the body which oversees operations of the Paraguay-Paraná waterway.

• Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:19 UTC

  Some 6,700 Magellan penguins migrated to Brazil's coastline during winter

  

  Brazil's Beach Monitoring Project, PMP, reports that more than 6,700 penguins have arrived mainly on Santa Catarina and Parana states coast during the migration season this year, which represents a 20% per cent increase in the number of marine birds coming over last year.

• Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 09:16 UTC

  Yacyretá's electricity output severely hit by Paraná river downspout

  

  The historical downspout of the Paraná River has led Yacyretá, Argentina's biggest hydroelectric plant, to work at around 50% of its normal capacity, which has a direct impact on supply to the electrical system.

• Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  Brazilian Parana state abattoirs facing repeated outbreaks of Covid-19

  

  A single BRF SA unit accounted for about 29% of COVID-19 cases at slaughterhouses in Brazil’s Parana state, according to the most recent data available, underscoring the challenges for stemming outbreaks at meat plants.

• Wednesday, August 12th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazilian state in talks to begin producing the Russian Covid-19 vaccine

  

  Brazil’s Parana state is in talks to produce a COVID-19 vaccine approved by Russia despite not having completed mass clinical trials, but it was unclear if the state’s research institute would get regulatory approval in Brazil.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  Parana River embankment collapse hampers Argentina's grains exports

  

  Ships transporting cargo from Argentina's Rosario grain hub through the Parana River are having to reduce their cargoes after a bank collapse obstructed the navigation channel, exporters have revealed.