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Montevideo, May 20th 2024 - 09:33 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Thursday, January 18th 2024 - 10:13 UTC

    Sierra Leone Ministerial Delegation expected this week in the Falklands

    Members of the Sierra Leone delegation headed by Minister Dugba which will address fisheries and cooperation issues

    The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly is pleased to announce the upcoming visit of a delegation from the Sierra Leone Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources from the 18th to 23rd of January. Led by Mrs. Princess Dugba, the current Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, the delegation aims to explore potential avenues for collaboration and cooperation between Sierra Leone and the Falkland Islands in various critical areas of fisheries management and marine resources.

  • Thursday, January 18th 2024 - 10:10 UTC

    PM Sunak relief: Rwanda Bill approved by Commons but stiffer battle expected at Lords

    The bill, which aims to stop legal challenges against ministers' plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, was approved by 320 votes to 276 votes in the Lower House

    British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has succeeded in getting his key Rwanda bill through the House of Commons after a Tory rebellion failed to materialize, BBC reports. But the bill must now go to the House of Lords, another stiff battle.

  • Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 19:18 UTC

    Argentina and UK explore economic ties and Falklands resolution in Davos meeting

    Milei mentioned that the discussions didn't delve deeply into the Falklands matter, but they framed it as an agenda item. He expressed a perspective on resolving it through a Hong Kong model

    Argentine President Javier Milei and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron met at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, signalling a commitment to enhance bilateral trade relations and address the dispute over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands. Both nations engaged in a conflict over this territory in 1982, when Argentina invaded the South Atlantic islands. Since then, the South American country has maintained its claim to sovereignty.

  • Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 11:55 UTC

    Argentina reports illex squid is back, and announces new monitoring approach along EEZ mile 201

    Defense minister Luis Petri with the commanders of ARA Cordero at the launching of the new approach to protect natural resources

    Squid is back, and with good prospects for the catch season, according to reports from Argentina that also announced the launching of an aggressive vigilant and monitoring campaign between the Navy and Coast Guard to check on the estimated 350 Asian jiggers next to the 201 plus mile don't slip into the Argentine EEZ to “steal our sea resources”

  • Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Brazil imports fewer inputs; industrial crisis expected

    A drop in key imports is not a good sign, according to Murillo Barbosa

    According to a report published Tuesday by Folha in Sao Paulo, a trade imbalance at private ports would reflect dramatic conditions for the local industry. A deficit in the arrival of key inputs will sooner or later result in fewer products manufactured and the vicious cycle would then mean increasingly dwindling export revenues.

  • Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:58 UTC

    Uruguay launching new Covid-19 vaccination campaign

    This monovalent vaccine has “an important coverage against all circulating strains,” Rando explained

    Uruguayan authorities have launched a vaccination campaign against Covid-19 as the malady is spreading nationwide with a “moderate intensity,” it was reported in Montevideo. The Health Ministry said 330,000 booster vaccines have become available.

  • Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:49 UTC

    Paraguay with positive trade balance and good news from Israel

    Israeli health authorities have authorized the shipment of bone-in beef from Paraguay, which is considered a historic event for the country and the sanitary conditions of its national herd.

    Land locked and Mercosur member Paraguay exports reached US$ 17,3 billion in 2023, according to the country's Central Bank International Trade Report. This represents a 24,8% increase in US dollars over a similar period a year before. The success is attributed to larger shipments of soybeans, rice and soy flour.

  • Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:48 UTC

    UK: Crucial vote on Rwanda bill this Wednesday; blow to PM Sunak's authority

    In a blow to the PM's authority, 60 Tory MPs backed rebel amendments. No 10 is confident the bill as a whole will still pass later, but is thought to be preparing to offer concessions.

    British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a crucial vote on his Rwanda bill this Wednesday, after two Conservative deputy chairmen and a ministerial aide resigned to rebel over the issue. BBC has reported that on Tuesday Lee Anderson, Brendan Clarke-Smith and Jane Stevenson stepped down to vote for changes they said would toughen up the legislation.

  • Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    “Remigration,” an EU and German 'non word' applied to promote extreme right wing policies against migration

    “The new right's use of the word aims to achieve cultural hegemony and ethnic homogeneity”.

    Germany has increased its vocabulary of “non words”, with the term “remigration”, quite extensive to the rest of the European Union combating illegal migration. However a jury of linguists in Marburg in Hessen, argue the term is being used as a “euphemistic cover vocabulary” by extreme right wing parties.

  • Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

    Taiwan's unknowable future and president for life Xi Jinping rage

    If there were a referendum in Taiwan today on declaring independence from China (and Beijing didn’t threaten to invade to stop it), a large majority of Taiwanese would vote yes

    By Gwynne Dyer

    Taiwan’s fate is as unknowable as usual, even though we know who the next president is, William Lai, vice-president under outgoing President Tsai Ing-Wen, mainly because the two opposition parties failed to agree on a joint candidate and ultimately split the slightly-less-anti-China vote between them.