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☆ 3-Year Cruise Passengers Seek Fraud Charges Over Cancellation
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Ceylan Yeginsu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

By now, they were supposed to be well into the first leg of the three-year Life at Sea cruise, sailing from Ushuaia, Argentina, to Punta Arenas in Chilean Patagonia. On Tuesday, 78 would-be Life at Sea passengers sent a letter to Markenzy Lapointe, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, asking him to investigate whether Miray, a Turkish cruise company, defrauded them out of millions of dollars. They claim that the company collected an estimated $16 million and used it toward a deposit to acquire a new ship that it did not end up purchasing. Dozens of passengers quit their jobs, sold their homes and withdrew their life savings to pay for what promised to be the adventure of a lifetime: a cruise with 382 ports of call over 1,095 days. But in late November, just days before the cruise was scheduled to depart, the voyage was canceled because Miray had failed to acquire a suitable ship.

Persons: Markenzy Lapointe, Mr, Lapointe, Miray Organizations: Punta Arenas, Southern, Southern District of Locations: Ushuaia, Argentina, Punta, Chilean Patagonia, Istanbul, Ecuador, U.S, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, Turkish

☆ Chile announces biological corridor to protect endangered deer
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Rewilding Fundation Chile/Handout via REUTERSSANTIAGO, March 6 (Reuters) - Chile launched a program on Monday to protect the huemul, an endangered southern deer, by creating a biological corridor that includes an area recently donated by the family of the late philanthropist and founder of the North Face, Douglas Tompkins. The Rewilding Chile Foundation, Tompkins' legacy, along with Chile's Ministry of Agriculture, said that the "Huemul National Corridor" will be made up of approximately 16 connected, state-protected areas alongside other private conservation initiatives. Last week, Kristine Tompkins, co-founder and president of Rewilding Chile, met with President Gabriel Boric to donate 93,492 hectares (231,024 acres) for the creation of a new national park in the Magallanes region. The huemul is one of two species of native deer found only in the Patagonian forests of Argentina and Chile. Despite being originally found in areas in central Chile, the huemul can now be seen mainly in the southernmost regions of Aysen and Magallanes.

☆ 'The grass does not grow': In Chile's far south, the worst drought in 50 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A view of parched earth as a wetland is drying up, in Punta Arenas, Chile February 2, 2023. In the far south city of Punta Arenas, that has led to a water emergency declared last year. "In 2022 Punta Arenas had its driest year in 52 years," said Nicolas Butorovic, a climatologist from the regional University of Magallanes. "The wind picks up and dries everything and the grass does not grow, that is the drama we're facing," said Hector Garay, a livestock farmer in the region. "If there is no irrigation water, water from rain, the grass does not grow.

☆ Porsche begins production of 'e-fuel' that could provide gas alternative amid EV push
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Michael Wayland | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Porsche and several partners have started production of a climate neutral "e-fuel" aimed at replacing gasoline in vehicles with traditional internal combustion engines. The German automaker, owned by Volkswagen , said Tuesday that a pilot plant in Chile started commercial production of the alternative fuel. By mid-decade, Porsche is planning to produce millions of gallons of the e-fuel. Plans are to expand that to about 55 million liters (14.5 million U.S. gallons) by mid-decade, and around 550 million liters (145.3 million U.S. gallons) roughly two years later. Porsche officials celebrated the beginning of the e-fuel production with the filling of a Porsche 911 with the first synthetic fuel produced at the site.

☆ Singurul continent care nu a fost afectat de pandemia de coronavirus, până acum, a raportat primele cazuri
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-22 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Până acum singurul continent al planetei care nu a fost afectat de pandemia de coronavirus, Antarctica înregistrează primele sale cazuri de îmbolnăvire – mai multe persoane de la o stație de cercetare chiliană au fost confirmate cu coronavirus, transmite digi24.ro. Presa de limbă spaniolă a raportat un focar de infecție la baza de cercetare General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme, luni. Acolo au fost identificate 36 de cazuri printre cei staționați – 26 dintre ei sunt militari chilieni, iar alți 10 sunt angajați care se ocupă cu întreținerea bazei. Armata chiliană a anunțat, într-un comunicat că „mulțumită acțiunilor preventive timpurii” personalul său militar a putut fi testat, fapt ce a demonstrat infecția cu SARS-CoV-2 la cele 36 de persoane dar și la alți trei membri ai echipajului unei nave de sprijin care se întorcea dintr-o misiune în Antarctica. Cele 36 de persoane infectate au fost evacuate în orașul Punta Arenas din Chile și se află acum în izolare.

Persons: Bernardo O’Higgins Organizations: Armata Locations: coronavirus, Antarctica, Punta Arenas, Chile

☆ Singurul continent neatins de pandemie până acum, a raportat primele cazuri
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-22 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: 1 min

Presa de limbă spaniolă a raportat un focar de infecție la baza de cercetare General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme, luni. Acolo au fost identificate 36 de cazuri printre cei staționați – 26 dintre ei sunt militari chilieni, iar alți 10 sunt angajați care se ocupă cu întreținerea bazei. Armata chiliană a anunțat, într-un comunicat că „mulțumită acțiunilor preventive timpurii” personalul său militar a putut fi testat, fapt ce a demonstrat infecția cu SARS-CoV-2 la cele 36 de persoane dar și la alți trei membri ai echipajului unei nave de sprijin care se întorcea dintr-o misiune în Antarctica. Cele 36 de persoane infectate au fost evacuate în orașul Punta Arenas din Chile și se află acum în izolare.

Persons: Bernardo O’Higgins Organizations: Armata Locations: Antarctica, Punta Arenas, Chile

Presa de limbă spaniolă a raportat un focar de infecție la baza de cercetare General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme, luni. Acolo au fost identificate 36 de cazuri printre cei staționați – 26 dintre ei sunt militari chilieni, iar alți 10 sunt angajați care se ocupă cu întreținerea bazei, citează Digi24. Armata chiliană a anunțat, într-un comunicat că „mulțumită acțiunilor preventive timpurii” personalul său militar a putut fi testat, fapt ce a demonstrat infecția cu SARS-CoV-2 la cele 36 de persoane dar și la alți trei membri ai echipajului unei nave de sprijin care se întorcea dintr-o misiune în Antarctica. Cele 36 de persoane infectate au fost evacuate în orașul Punta Arenas din Chile și se află acum în izolare.

Persons: Bernardo O’Higgins Locations: Antarctica, Punta Arenas, Chile

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