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Montevideo, May 19th 2024 - 19:22 UTC

Stories for February 2024

  • Saturday, February 3rd 2024 - 10:47 UTC

    Heat wave grips Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay and Brazil

    The unusually hot weather is expected to stay around at least for a week

    Media reports all across the Southern Cone Friday underlined the heat wave affecting Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay with temperatures reaching 48 degrees Celsius and forecast to remain around or above 40 degrees for several days.

  • Saturday, February 3rd 2024 - 10:34 UTC

    Paraná River: Traffic restored after ship is freed from bridge pillar

    Traffic was partially diverted to the Paraná Guazú temporarily

    The Liberian-flagged freighter En May was removed on Friday from one of the pillars of the Zárate-Brazo Largo bridge that connects the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires and Entre Ríos, where she got stuck after losing her steering capabilities last Sunday. Full navigation was thus restored on the Paraná River waterway.

  • Saturday, February 3rd 2024 - 10:28 UTC

    At least 10 killed in simultaneous wildfires across Chile

    Boric declared a national emergency

    At least ten people were reported Friday to have died in Chile as forest firest gripped the Valparaíso area, where President Gabriel Boric Font decreed a state of emergency.

  • Saturday, February 3rd 2024 - 00:17 UTC

    Uruguayan surgeon dies meters away from Buenos Aires before completing River Plate swim

    Leal, 56, embarked on his journey from Colonia del Sacramento beach at around 4:30 a.m, closely followed by two boats, including one with his son Octavio.

    In a daring attempt to swim across the Rio de la Plata from Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, to Argentina, experienced Uruguayan swimmer and surgeon Gonzalo Leal tragically lost his life. Leal, from the Uruguayan department of Salto, suffered a cardiac arrest shortly after reaching the shore of Buenos Aires, according to El País.

  • Friday, February 2nd 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    BlackRock: Investing guru Larry Fink tells Milei he will be visiting Argentina in May

    Fink told Milei that it would “take a long time for investments to return to Argentina”

    BlackRock CEO and founder Larry Fink told Argentine President Javier Milei in a virtual meeting that he would be visiting the South American country in May, and Casa Rosada Spokesman Manuel Adorni confirmed in Buenos Aires.

  • Friday, February 2nd 2024 - 10:29 UTC

    S&P raises Paraguay's grading to BB+

    Fernández Valdovinos insisted that the new rating represented more opportunities for investment and economic growth

    The Standard & Poor's (S&P) rating agency Thursday raised Paraguay's grading from BB to BB+ after 10 years, Economy Minister Carlos Fernández Valdovinos announced. The news represented one more step towards obtaining an investment grade rating (a low risk of non-payment of debts), he also explained on social media.

  • Friday, February 2nd 2024 - 10:27 UTC

    Brazil: STF judge suspends heavy fine on Odebrecht

    Those being investigated may have been led to make decisions contrary to their interests and for the benefit of the prosecution, Toffoli argued

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice José António Dias Toffoli ordered a R$ 8.5 billion (about US$ 1.7 billion) corruption fine on Odebrecht suspended after raising doubts on the circumstances that led the company to accept such a collaboration agreement with the Prosecutor Office.

  • Friday, February 2nd 2024 - 10:20 UTC

    Agreement signed to make Port of Asunción a key cultural spot

    ”This is an effort joined by the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC), the National Secretariat of Tourism, and other institutions,” Peña also noted

    According to an agreement signed by Paraguay's National Secretariat of Culture (SNC), the National Administration of Navigation and Ports (ANNP), and First Lady Leticia Ocampos, the Port of Asunción will become the country's most important cultural center, it was reported. The measure also seeks to reconvert and revamp the country capital's historic downtown, it was explained.

  • Friday, February 2nd 2024 - 10:19 UTC

    Chilean tourist found dead in Rio favela

    Rio Police believe the victim was stabbed during a robbery

    A 39-year-old Chilean tourist identified as Javier Valdés Susarte was found dead at a Rio de Janeiro favela, it was reported Thursday in Brazil's former capital city. Authorities are still investigating.

  • Friday, February 2nd 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Argentine Blue Helmets off to Cyprus

    There are 237 Argentine troops deployed in Cyprus

    Argentine defense authorities bid farewell earlier this week to the new group of troops to be deployed in Cyprus as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Blue Helmets (UNFICYP), it was reported in Buenos Aires.