South America
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:02:00 GMTArgentina's October midterm elections condition IMF debt deal
Argentina’s powerful vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her allies in the leftwing administration want to postpone a crucial US$ 44bn debt deal with the IMF until the pandemic has eased, officials said, avoidi...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:56:00 GMTDiscovery of life beneath Antarctica's ice shelves
Far underneath the ice shelves of the Antarctic, there’s more life than expected, finds a recent study in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, published this week. During an exploratory survey, researchers drilled through...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:49:00 GMTArgos Pereira Peruvian crew member hospitalized in Montevideo
One of the crew members from the Falklands bound trawler Argos Pereira, currently retained in Montevideo with 28 Covid-19 cases tested positive, had to be evacuated Monday afternoon and taken to a local hospital, because of fur...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:44:00 GMTWHO lists AstraZeneca Oxford University Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday listed AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, widening access to the relatively inexpensive shot in the developing world.
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:36:00 GMTFalklands invites 45/49 years old to vaccination session this Tuesday; 45% of population inoculated
The Falkland Islands hospital, KEMH, is inviting people aged between 45 and 49 to receive their Covid-19 vaccination this Tuesday, 16 February at the Falkland Islands Defence Force, FIDF, Hall in Stanley, between 09:00 am and 1...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:25:00 GMTCovid-19 "clean" and £210 travel test package for Falklands' travellers flying to England
The Falkland Islands government has informed of the new requirements for people travelling to England. In effect, as part of its response to Covid-19, the UK government has announced new testing requirements for people travelli...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:10:00 GMTSouth Georgia is releasing a 50 pence coin to honor nurses and nursing values
Following the success of the £2 coin issued on behalf of the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands last year, Pobjoy Mint announced the new release of a 50 pence coin that bears a design reflecting the uni...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 07:34:00 GMTCovid-19: Argentina's death toll reached 50,327 on Monday
Argentina's Health Ministry on Monday said 91 COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours have raised the country's total death toll to 50,327. According to the ministry, tests have detected 3,259 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 07:27:00 GMTSeparatist parties boost majority in Catalonia; Spanish far right elected to legislative for the first time
Separatist parties in Catalonia have boosted their parliamentary majority in the regional elections. The pro-union Socialist Party, led by former health minister Salvador Illa, won the most votes to claim a narrow victory but w...
Mon, 15 Feb 2021 09:54:00 GMTFalklands defined as British Independent Overseas Territory by US Navy triggers reaction in Buenos Aires
The Argentine government expressed deep concern following a report in the official twitter from the United States Commander Submarine Force Atlantic, (Comsublant) in which it reveals that it had recently operated in the South A...