MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for June 24th 2022
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Friday, June 24th 2022 - 09:21 UTC
Colombia confirms first 3 cases of monkeypox
Colombian health authorities Thursday confirmed the first three local cases of monkeypox had been detected. Two of the patients were also proved to have had a recent travel history to Europe.
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Friday, June 24th 2022 - 09:20 UTC
Falklands challenges C24 to visit the Islands: the inconvenient truth a bully Argentina wants to hide, MLA Roberts
Chair, Committee Members – my name is Leona Roberts and I am proud to be one of the eight elected representatives of the Falkland Islands Government. I am here today to speak for our people and to defend our tiny, democratic, and freedom-loving country against the colonial ambitions of our aggressive neighbor.
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Friday, June 24th 2022 - 09:00 UTC
Grenada's Gov't changes hands, goes to political newcomer
A 44-year-old lawyer with no previous political career has led Grenada's National Democratic Congress (NDC) to a 9-6 victory in Thursday's general elections.
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Friday, June 24th 2022 - 00:28 UTC
Paraguay launches probe into Emtrasur 747's Ciudad del Este stop
Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez has instructed the Anti-corruption Minister René Fernández to request the Prosecutor's Office to launch a probe into the stop in Ciudad del Este in May of the Venezuelan-flagged Boeing 747-300 aircraft with Iranian pilots currently held in Buenos Aires.
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Friday, June 24th 2022 - 00:20 UTC
Brazil: Inflation and GDP projections up from March figures
Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) Thursday announced it projected a 1.7% increase in the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the end of 2022, thus improving a previous forecast released in March, which mentioned merely 1%.
