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Montevideo, January 16th 2025 - 05:52 UTC

Stories for 2022

  • Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

    Argentine Gov't against exclusions from Summit of the Americas

    The IX Summit of the Americas is “a great opportunity to build a meeting space,” the Fernández administration posted on social media

    Following the announcement by the United States that the governments of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela were not going to be invited to June's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles because they do not respect democracy, Argentina has urged it to review its stance.

  • Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

    Chilean president rejects a chronic dole claimers system; mentions the Argentine example

    President Boric warned about standing support measures, “short term gain but long term pain”

    Chilean president Gabriel Boric did not have kind words for Argentina's social relief policy when explaining how his administration was going to address support policies in the post-pandemic period and current global war situation, propping the economy and creating jobs.

  • Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

    Uruguay's Senate puts appointment of ambassador to Ankara on hold

    Çavuşoğlu said his response was appropriate in light of the protesters' “unpleasant attitudes”

    Uruguay's Senate unanimously agreed Tuesday not to move on with its advice and consent regarding the appointment of Hugo Cayrús as the country's next ambassador to Ankara following the embarrassing incidents caused in Montevideo by Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.

  • Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

    Poor performance of South American countries in the World Press Freedom Index

    Within democratic societies divisions are growing because of the spread of opinion media following the “Fox News model” and the spread of disinformation circuits

    South American countries have not rated very well in the latest edition of the World Press Freedom Index from Reporters Without Borders, RSF, which assesses the state of journalism in 180 countries and territories. Half of the countries are in the upper half of the 180 list, while the rest in the lower half; among the first are Argentina, Uruguay, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, while Paraguay, Bolivia, Colombia and Venezuela among the worst. To have an idea UK rates 24 and the US 42.

  • Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

    Argentine FM defends resumption of full ties with Venezuela

    We should not be obsessed with repeating the speech of the dominant press, according to which human rights violations happen in only “two or three countries,” Cafiero argued

    Argentina is planning to upgrade its diplomatic ties with Venezuela after former President Mauricio Macri's decision in 2015 not to appoint an ambassador to Caracas.

  • Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

    Killing of journalists on the rise in Haiti - UN concerned

    “I would like to pay a heartfelt tribute to these brave press workers for their continued commitment to freedom of expression,” Henry said on social media

    Haiti's crisis includes the murder of 19 journalists since 2000, three of them this year, according to the United Nations Integrated Office, which has also called for local authorities to act accordingly since these crimes systematically remain unpunished.

  • Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 09:16 UTC

    ANCAP importing gas to make up for short supply in Uruguay

    60 lorries of LPG are to arrive from Argentina this week

    Uruguay's state-run oil company ANCAP Tuesday announced that as a result of a power cut at the La Teja refinery coupled with unionist protests, the company had been forced to activate an emergency import from Argentina of 60 lorries of cooking gas in addition to two shipments to secure supply.

  • Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

    US health authorities insist on mask-wearing on public transport

    The last mask-wearing mandate expired May 3

    Despite a court ruling last month declaring mask-wearing mandates unconstitutional, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tuesday issued once again a recommendation to restate the measure on planes, trains, and buses.

  • Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 09:04 UTC

    Beijing boasts Chinese companies purchase Russian coal and oil paying with Yuans

    The first ESPO (Eastern Siberia Pacific Ocean) crude oil will be delivered this month, according to a commentary published in early April on Cngold.org

    Several Chinese companies purchased Russian coal paying in Chinese currency in March, and the first shipment would be made in April, according to Fenwei Energy Information Service Co., China’s leading information and service provider to the coal and coke industries. This is also the first shipment of Russian commodities paid in Yuan to arrive in China after Russia was sanctioned by Western countries.

  • Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

    CanSino eyes Argentina for local production of covid-19 vax

    A delegation from the Cansino laboratory has held meetings in Buenos Aires with Health Minister Carla Vizzotti and other officials to discuss local production of their COVID-19 vaccine, it was reported Tuesday.