Stories for 2022

Monday, June 27th 2022 - 10:57 UTC
Falklands in agenda of Fernandez bilateral meeting with Johnson at G7

Argentine president Alberto Fernandez confirmed that this Monday afternoon, at the G7 summit in Munich he will be holding a fifteen minutes bilateral talk with UK prime minister Boris Johnson in which he plans to bring up the issue of the Falkland Islands.
Monday, June 27th 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Uruguay Congress Falklands declaration expected first week of July; differences on the term 'usurpation'

The Uruguayan parliament is expected to make a legislative declaration relative to the Falkland Islands conflict and the 40th anniversary of the war during the first week of July. The initiative was presented by the opposition catch-all coalition (Broad Front) in April, but the final decision has been delayed since the senior member of the ruling coalition which supports president Luis Lacalle Pou, does not agree with the wording.
Monday, June 27th 2022 - 10:20 UTC
Argentina demands UK flagged vessels with toothfish licenses in South Georgia be listed as IUU

British flagged fishing vessels are illegally operating in South Georgia waters, with illegitimate licenses awarded by the United Kingdom, and outside of the multilateral agreement which rules operations in those fisheries, according to a formal complaint from the Argentine foreign ministry made public.
Monday, June 27th 2022 - 10:17 UTC
Argentine Army and Impsa agree on modernization of tanks

The Argentine Defense Ministry, the Argentine Army, and the Mendoza-based company Impsa have signed an agreement to modernize the turrets of several locally-built 2C tanks, it was reported.
Monday, June 27th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Five dead, many injured in Colombian bullfighting event

Five people have died and dozens were injured following the collapse Sunday afternoon of several boxes at a Colombian bullring in El Espinal, in the department of Tolima, 157 kilometers south of Bogota.
Monday, June 27th 2022 - 09:47 UTC
US Navy WWII sunken warship found off The Philippines

The remains of the USS Samuel B. Roberts, a warship sunk during World War II, have been found at record depths in the Pacific Ocean, it was reported during the weekend.
Monday, June 27th 2022 - 09:15 UTC
Most Uruguayans favor legalizing euthanasia

A survey released this weekend has shown that 55% of Uruguayans are in favor of legalizing euthanasia, while 25% opposed it and the rest still has to make up their minds on the controversial issue.
Monday, June 27th 2022 - 08:45 UTC
Monkeypox not a global emergency for now, says WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has come to the conclusion following an emergency meeting that 3,200 cases and only one death due to monkeypox globally are not enough to consider the malady a global emergency, it was announced.
Monday, June 27th 2022 - 08:37 UTC
Slain British reporter buried in Rio de Janeiro

British reporter Dom Phillips, who was murdered earlier this month while venturing into Amazonia to gather material for a book, has been laid to rest in Niterói, in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro.
Saturday, June 25th 2022 - 11:08 UTC
Uruguay is back in the oil exploration business; three companies awarded four off shore blocks

Uruguay's oil refining and fuel distribution company Ancap announced on Friday that three blocks and exploration licenses in the country's maritime shelf had been awarded. Two of them were acquired by Shell and the third by Apache Corporation, including an exploratory well, in the framework of the Open Uruguay Round.