Stories for August 2022

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.”
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”.
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..
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.
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.
Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 12:15 UTC
Macri tells G7 ambassadors his alliance is ready for 2023

Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri told G-7 ambassadors in Buenos Aires that his political alliance Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change - JxC) was “ready” for 2023.
Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 12:10 UTC
China announces sanctions against the US and Pelosi

China Friday imposed an entry ban on its territory against US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the entourage accompanying her earlier this week to Taiwan in defiance of Beijing's advice not to fuel tensions regarding what the Asian country considers to be a rogue province.
Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 11:48 UTC
UN Chief warns from Hiroshima against nuclear threats worldwide

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Saturday warned that the current war in Ukraine and other conflicts worldwide might repeat the disastrous experience that people there in Hiroshima went through 77 years ago.
Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 11:38 UTC
Germany resurrecting nuclear, oil and coal powered plants to replace Russian gas

With the Ukrainian war still raging and making arrangements ahead of next winter, Germany despite its original pledges and with a coalition that includes the Green party, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has admitted for the first time that the country could put off the retirement of its nuclear power grid.
Saturday, August 6th 2022 - 11:31 UTC
World food commodity prices dropped significantly in July, FAO report

The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined significantly in July, with major cereal and vegetable oil prices recording double-digit percentage declines, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has reported.