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Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:55:00 GMT
No discrepancies found in audit of Brazil's electronic ballot system
Brazil's Court of Audit of the Union (TCU) found no discrepancies in the ballot papers of the electronic ballot boxes that were analyzed during an audit conducted after the presidential runoffs held last week, Agencia Brasil reported Tuesd...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:48:00 GMT
Yellow Alert decreed in Chile over increasing volcanic activity
Chilean authorities have issued a Yellow Alert for the communes of Villarrica, Pucón, and Curarrehue in the region of La Araucanía, and for Panguipulli, in Los Ríos after an increase in activity by the Villarrica volcano was...

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 09:44:00 GMT
Extension granted to companies searching for oil off Argentina's shores
Argentina's Energy Secretariat extended until 2024 the oil offshore exploration permits of ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum (QP) to operate in the Argentine Sea, it was reported earlier this week in the Official Gazette.

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:38:00 GMT
AOSIS countries want oil companies to fund climate action through taxation
Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Gaston Browne Tuesday launched an appeal on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) for oil companies to pay a "global carbon tax" and thus help undo some of the damage caused ...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:33:00 GMT
Embraer remains on course with delivery of 33 aircraft in Q3
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer delivered 33 units in the third quarter of 2022 despite problems in the production chain, it was reported. So far this year, 79 aircraft came out, 27 commercial and 52 executive ones, aga...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:31:00 GMT
New Ecuadorian prison riot leaves 5 inmates dead
Another prison riot in Ecuador Monday evening has left at least five inmates dead and six others wounded at the Pichincha correctional facility in Quito also known as "El Inca," where some 1,365 inmates are housed.

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 20:28:00 GMT
COVID-19 outbreak halts travel to US McMurdo Antarctica Base
The United States National Science Foundation (NSF) has been forced to stop inbound travel to the McMurdo Base in Antarctica following a COVID-19 outbreak that has gripped nearly 10% of the staff, it was reported late Thursday,...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:44:00 GMT
US: Democratic majority in Congress at stake
The ruling Democratic Party of President Joseph Biden risks losing its Congressional majority in Tuesday's mid-term elections while many polls foresee the opposition Republicans are likely to regain some of the 435 seats in the...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:34:00 GMT
Pesticides and heavy metals detected in Argentine river waters
According to a report from the National Institute of Agropecuarian Technology (INTA) and the national universities of San Martín (Unsam) and of the Litoral (UNL), a high number of biocides was detected in the Salado River basi...

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:28:00 GMT
Argentina to create yet another dollar exchange rate
Argentina's Superminister of Economy, Industry, and Agriculture Sergio Massa Monday announced the creation of yet a new parity between the local currency and the US dollar to be applied to regional economies.



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