MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 8th 2022
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Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Punta del Este shopping mall gripped by devastating fire
A shopping mall in the most exclusive Uruguayan beach resort of Punta del Este caught fire Saturday in what Interior Minister Luis Alberto Heber dubbed “a disgrace.”
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Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:48 UTC
Argentina and China share “territorial integrity” concept. Pelosi's trip to Taiwan “a provocation,” Argentine ambassador in Beijing
Argentine controversial ambassador to China, Sabiuo Vaca Narvaja openly supported Beijing's position condemning US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visit to Taiwan, which he described as “a provocation” and “a problem for the international community”.
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Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:42 UTC
Argentina and Uruguay potential customers of South Korea's military equipment
Located in a part of the world with numerous and evolving security challenges not least North Korea, an aggressive neighbor with nuclear weapons and the largest per capita standing army in the world, South Korea has earned a solid reputation as a high quality military equipment manufacturer for land, air, sea and space, and could in a near future have the Argentine Air Force as one of its clients..
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Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:36 UTC
Brazil launches multi-vaccination campaign
In a move to make up for time lost during COVID-19 lockdowns, Brazilian health authorities Sunday launched a multi-vaccination campaign focused on polio and other diseases targetting children and adolescents who have failed to take the immunizers.
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Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:29 UTC
Brazil's Lower House passes bill to donate arms to Uruguay's Army
Brazilian defense authorities are moving ahead with their plans to donate military equipment to Uruguay consisting of M108 howitzers and Urutu vehicles after the Lower House passed a bill in that regard which has now been sent over to the Senate.
