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Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:22:00 GMT
New Research and Monitoring Plan for South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands Marine Protected Area
A new Research and Monitoring Plan is being launched today to help support the management of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and Marine Protection Area, MPA, points out the SGSSI Newsletter.

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 11:55:00 GMT
Back to earth: Ushuaia admits much uncertainty about the coming cruise season
The recent decision by Silverseas Cruises to move its operations to neighboring Punta Arenas and Puerto Williams in Chile, has shaken Tierra del Fuego and Ushuaia officials who are complaining that the Argentine government, des...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:47:00 GMT
Uruguay on 24-hour strike for lost wages and in favor of repealing Government’s Law
Uruguay is going through a 24-hour strike called by the labour union Pit-Cnt to demand better wages and working conditions, to defend national development and state-run companies and, most importantly, to say “yes” to the r...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:45:00 GMT
Remains of Argentine combatants identified at last by ICRC mission
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Second Humanitarian Project Plan has identified the remains of four Argentine combatants from the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas war buried in grave C.1.10 at Darwin's military cemet...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:40:00 GMT
Maduro appoints jailed ally, with pending extradition to US, to political talks with the opposition in Mexico
Venezuela has announced that it will incorporate the government delegation in negotiations with the political opposition in Mexico, Alex Saab, a close ally jailed in Cape Verde, Africa who is to be extradited to the United Stat...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:34:00 GMT
Argentine government said to be eyeing injecting pesos into the market to bounce back from electoral loss
The Frente de Todos coalition ruling Argentina is said to be going through an internal crisis following last Sunday's results at the Mandatory, Simultaneous and Open Primary (PASO) elections where it lost some 4.8 million votes...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:30:00 GMT
Brazilian Senate repeals Bolsonaro decree against social media alleged censorship
Brazil's Senate Speaker Rodrigo Pacheco Tuesday repealed a Law-decree issued last week by President Jair Bolsonaro concerning censorship on social media.

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:13:00 GMT
Argentina's August inflation set at 2.5% by Indec
Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI-Cost of Living) rose 2.5% during August and fell below 3% in July, according to a report from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) released Tuesday.

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 08:31:00 GMT
New Falklands port gets green light to proceed as part of ambitious infrastructure investment program
Last Friday 10 September 2021, the Falkland Islands port project received ExCo (Executive Council) approval to proceed to Stage One B, Detailed Design, which will take place over the next 13 months. Stage One A began in July 20...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 08:00:00 GMT
Pelé discharged from ICU but stays hospitalized
Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known worldwide as Pelé, has been discharged from São Paulo's Albert Einstein hospital's Intensive Care Unit Tuesday but will remain in the institution to continue...



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