MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
What could happen when Argentina's Sea Lion ultimatum to the UK expires
The two-week deadline Argentina gave the United Kingdom to halt the Sea Lion oil project in the North Falklands basin expires around October 12. Its expiry will not in itself suspend the project or establish a British breach of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the S...
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Politics
- Lula targets non-voters and over-70s to overturn the first-round result
- Paraguay's opposition takes Asunción from the Colorado Party and holds Ciudad del Este
- “The end of the PT era is decreed,” says Flávio Bolsonaro after winning the first round
- Lula bets on education and non-voters to overturn the result in the runoff
Energy & Oil
- British foreign secretary reiterates support for the Falklands in meeting with Cheryl Roberts
- Uruguay's foreign minister separates the “invaded island” from the money extracted from the Falklands
- London rejects Argentina's arbitration and questions its “reliability” as a partner
- Milei orders arbitration proceedings against the UK over the Sea Lion project
Agriculture
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- Brazil grain harvest expected at 361.7 million tons, Conab, led by soybeans, corn and cotton
- Germany, extreme hot summer ripens grapes faster and advances wine harvest several weeks
- The US waives beef tariffs for Brazil and Paraguay, but not for Argentina and Uruguay
Environment
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- Falklands’ stamps and the story of the only reindeer world population unaffected by the Chernobyl radioactive fallout
- Argentine Patagonia national park will twin with a Welsh similar of Snowdonia
- WMO forecasts a very strong El Niño peaking at year's end and lasting into February 2027
Entertainment
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- Drums in his neighbourhood and a wake in parliament: Uruguay bids farewell to Ruben Rada
- Specialist outlets estimate GTA VI absenteeism could cost the US a billion dollars
- Ruben Rada, who took Uruguayan candombe to international audiences, dies at 83
Health & Science
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- Norway prepares to open The Whale Museum, 190 miles north of the Arctic Circle
- A personalized mRNA therapy passes a phase 3 melanoma trial for the first time
- Australia launches program to vaccinate colonies of little penguins against avian influenza
Tourism
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- Uruguay ranks third in Latin America for international air passengers per capita
- Latin American airports will need US$178 billion to nearly double their traffic
- A port dispute in Montevideo blocks a second ferry operator on the Buenos Aires route
