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Friday, May 17th 2024 - 21:17 UTC
Argentine Gov't submits bill to Congress providing for easier gun ownership or disposal

The Argentine administration of President Javier Milei sent this week a bill to Congress to make legal gun ownership easier while at the same time encouraging holders wishing to do so to dispose of their weapons. According to the Security Ministry, there are some 800,000 unregistered firearms users nationwide.
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Friday, May 17th 2024 - 20:18 UTC
Milei lands in Madrid, praises his administration's achievements

Argentine President Javier Milei landed Friday in Madrid after a refueling stopover in the Canary Islands, for a series of engagements, none including a member of the Spanish government or the royal house. Also aboard the ARG 01 aircraft was Presidential Secretary Karina Milei.
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Friday, May 17th 2024 - 19:35 UTC
Brazil to host 2027 women's football World Cup

Brazil was chosen Friday by 119 votes to 78 to host the 2027 edition of the Women's Football World Cup, it was announced in Bangkok, Thailand, where the sport's governing body, FIFA, held its General Assembly. The South American country was preferred to the consortium formed by Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. It will be the tenth version of the competition and the first in this part of the globe.
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Friday, May 17th 2024 - 12:19 UTC
Colombian prison director gunned down by hitmen

Retired Colombian Colonel Elmer Fernández, director of the La Modelo prison in Bogotá, was gunned down by hitmen Thursday, Justice Minister Nestor Osuna confirmed. The assassination was carried out down a national road north of the country's capital, it was explained. Fernández was not driving his vehicle.
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Friday, May 17th 2024 - 11:59 UTC
Argentina's industrial activity keeps dropping

Despite victorious announcements from President Javier Milei's government, industrial activity in Argentina fell for the tenth consecutive month amid a growing loss of purchasing power. Interannually, a 17.2% drop was recorded after March's 4.7% decline. In addition, the first quarter of 2024 showed a year-on-year 11.7% slide.
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Friday, May 17th 2024 - 11:55 UTC
Uruguay creates “Residence by rootedness” legal figure for asylum seekers

Uruguayan authorities came up with the so-called “Residence by rootedness” (“residencia por arraigo”) solution to help some 20,000 migrants who had their asylum requests rejected but would otherwise need a consular visa to stay in the country, it was announced in Montevideo.
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Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 22:25 UTC
Peña highlights Paraguay's progress and Argentina's lack thereof

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña highlighted his country's “remarkable growth” and “flourishing democracy” in contrast with Argentina's mercurial performance. He made those remarks late Wednesday upon receiving the “CHLI Founders Award for International Leadership” during the Annual Gala and Leadership Awards in Washington DC.
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Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 21:58 UTC
A forum on decolonization calling on two other countries to decide the future of the Falklands people?

The speech was delivered in Venezuela by Teslyn Barkman Falkland Islands MLA at the Caribbean Regional Seminar on the Implementation of the Fourth International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, (14/16 May), ahead of the Special Committee on Decolonization later this year.
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Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 21:46 UTC
The Times torpedo against preferred bidder for Falklands FIPASS

On Wednesday, Harland & Wolff Group Holdings PLC, the preferred bidder status for the Falkland Islands Port Replacement Project, moved to reassure investors as it responded to what it considers to be a “misleading and inaccurate article published in The Times”, as reported by Alliance News.
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Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 19:34 UTC
Uruguayan aviation looking ahead at promising developments

Uruguayan authorities have reached an agreement with the company managing Montevideo's Carrasco International Airport for the installation of state-of-the-art navigation equipment which would make landings safer even under foggy weather.
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