Stories for 2022

Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 08:53 UTC
DBRS ups Uruguay's credit rating

Canadian rating agency DBRS Morningstar upgraded Uruguay's foreign currency sovereign debt score from BBB Low to BBB as a result of Montevideo's “substantial improvement” in the country's fiscal outlook, it was reported Tuesday.
Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 08:38 UTC
Messi's Argentina dealt major blow in World Cup opener

Lionel Messi's Argentina was dealt a major upset Tuesday after losing 2-1 to underdogs Saudi Arabia in their opening game at the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 21:41 UTC
Former South African President ordered back to jailhouse

Former South African President Jacob Zuma has been ordered back to jail after the Supreme Court overturned his medical parole earlier this week. Zuma had been sentenced to 15 months in jail for refusing to testify in a government inquiry into a corruption case.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 21:24 UTC
Brazilian experts: Vaccination saved 63,000 in 2021 from COVID-19

Scientists in Brazil said this week that vaccination against COVID-19 had saved the lives of 63,000 of the country's population over 60 years of age, in addition to preventing some 178,000 hospitalizations of people over 60 years in 2021.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 20:50 UTC
Uruguay confident in EU-sponsored sustainable energy matrix program

Uruguay's Industry Minister Omar Paganini highlighted the AL-Invest Verde program for its ambitiousness regarding sustainable development which will position the South American country as a regional innovation hub.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:39 UTC
Colombian gov't, ELN resume peace talks in Caracas

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said that “time for peace has arrived” as dignitaries from the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas started their ceasefire talks in Caracas Monday.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:37 UTC
Uruguay: ex-presidential custody chief used to offer State spying system; opposition warned of “bribes”

Alejandro Astesiano, the former custodian of President Luis Lacalle Pou, offered the use of El Guardián, the telephone tapping system of the Interior Ministry, which can only be accessed with judicial authorization. The prosecutor in charge of the case, Gabriela Fosatti, investigates in depth the use that Astesiano had of this tool, it was reported.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:13 UTC
Mexico: Tourist climbs Chichen Itza Castle without permission and locals call for sacrifice

An angry mob almost lynched a tourist who climbed without permission the steps of the Castillo de Kukulcán, one of the new seven wonders of the modern world located in the archaeological zone of Chichén Itzá, in southeastern Mexico.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:13 UTC
Uruguayan Defense Minister reviews troops in Middle East

Uruguay's Defense Minister Javier García reviewed the South American country's peacekeeping mission in Sinai 40 years after its deployment.
Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:11 UTC
Cuban music legend Pablo Milanés dies aged 79

Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés died Monday in Madrid, after being hospitalized for a series of cancer-related infections. He was 79.