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Sat, 06 Feb 2021 08:54:00 GMT
Chile speeding up its vaccination campaign: 455,000 from critical groups in two days
Chilean Health Minister Enrique Paris reported on Friday that 454,155 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the country so far, as part of the mass vaccination plan that kicked off on Wednesday.

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 08:47:00 GMT
IMF chief Georgieva tells Argentina, “it takes two to tango”
The chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday that the fund is working towards reaching an agreement on a new loan deal with Argentina and the next round of meetings will focus on the d...

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 08:38:00 GMT
Latin America's second economy grew 12% in third quarter but still 8,6%, below year to year
Mexico’s economy contracted 8.5% in 2020, the largest single-year drop since 1932 and the second consecutive year of economic contraction, worsened due to the Covid-19’s pandemic. Latin America's second economy, the gross d...

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 08:20:00 GMT
Hamburg/Falklands/Munich: details from Lufthansa's longest nonstop flights
An airline preparing to launch its longest-ever flight – a fifteen-hour non-stop flight from Hamburg Germany to the Falkland Islands in an A350 – is as tricky a project as one might expect.

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 07:34:00 GMT
Falklands' "Restriction on Movement" declaration in full force until 18 February
The Falkland Islands Government Executive Council, ExCo, has agreed to the making and publication of a Declaration to bring into force regulations 11 (restrictions on movement) and 12 (restrictions on movement – specified are...

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 07:20:00 GMT
Falklands planning climate adaptation strategy to help farmers combat the lack of water
Lafonia, the lower half of East Falklands is suffering from a drought and this has an impact for farmers and rural activities, a situation that was pointed out by Goose Green manager Keith Alazia when he revealed that water sou...

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 07:15:00 GMT
Falklands' GDP in 2018 reached £254.7 million with a real growth rate of 3,9%
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Falkland Islands increased by 15.7% between 2017 and 2018 (in nominal terms), primarily driven by high results within the fishing sector that year, according to the recently released Falk...

Sat, 06 Feb 2021 04:29:00 GMT
Thousands of dead fish wash up on a Chilean beach
Thousands of fish mysteriously washed up on shore on Horcones Beach in Chile’s south-central Biobío region, amidst fears that changes in water temperature and quality may have been the cause.

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:33:00 GMT
FAO's food prices index at its highest level since July 2014
Global food prices rose in January for the eighth consecutive month, led by cereals, vegetable oils and sugar, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Fri, 05 Feb 2021 18:26:00 GMT
Brazil anticipates bumper soybean and corn crops despite late drought
Brazil expects to harvest bumper soybean and corn crops in spite of planting and harvesting delays in 2020. A drought late last year delayed sowing of Brazil’s soybeans, and excess rainfall disrupted harvesting in January. Th...



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