Stories for October 2023

Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 07:51 UTC
Argentine province of Córdoba gripped by wildfires

Authorities in the Argentine province of Córdoba are increasingly concerned about multiple outbreaks of forest fires ravaging the departments of Santa María, Punilla, Totoral, Minas, and San Justo, leaving the district in a state of emergency, it was reported.
Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 07:23 UTC
Falkland Islands Government attend Party Conferences

The Falkland Islands Government attended both the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester (1st to 4th October) and the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool (8th to 11th October) and met with a number of senior politicians from both parties, including Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet Ministers, to discuss issues of importance to the Islands, alongside welcoming MPs, Councillors and Party Members to the Falkland Islands stand.
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:53 UTC
Paraguay activates Mercosur cooperation to evacuate Israel

Paraguay's Foreign Ministry announced Sunday that a joint mechanism within Mercosur had been activated to rescue nationals of all member countries trapped in war-torn Israel.
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:50 UTC
Argentina: “Blue” dollar hits AR$ 945 for hew all-time high

The “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar traded at AR$ 945 on Monday, thus reaching a new all-time high, it was reported in Buenos Aires as the Oct. 22 presidential elections loom over.
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:46 UTC
Scotland's First Minister parents in law “trapped” in Gaza during a family visit

Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf says his parents-in-law are “trapped” in Gaza, as he unequivocally condemned the attacks by Hamas in Israel. Yousaf said his wife's parents, who live in Dundee, travelled to Gaza to see her father's sick mother.
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:39 UTC
Gibraltar election on Thursday: wafer thin difference between GSLP/Liberals and GSD

Gibraltar Social Democrats GSD would form the government with nine MPs despite the GSLP/Liberals obtaining 1.6% more of the overall vote, according to a second poll by the Gibraltar Chronicle and GBC that echoed the results of a similar survey last week and underscored the likelihood of a knife-edge election on Thursday.
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:18 UTC
Marches staged in Buenos Aires for and against Israel

Scores of members of the Jewish community in Argentina marched down Buenos Aires' Estado de Israel Avenue in front of the Hacoaj Club given Hamas' attacks during the weekend. They chanted slogans such as “Together, Israel will always defeat terror.”
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:11 UTC
Statements linking former Paraguayan President Cartes to Pecci's murder to be investigated

Paraguay's Attorney General Emiliano Rolón announced Monday that statements linking former President Horacio Cartes (2013-2018) to the murder of anti-maffia Prosecutor Marcelo Pecci last year while honeymooning in Colombia were to be investigated.
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 09:41 UTC
Palestine diplomats in South America launch appeal to international community

Palestine's Ambassadors to Uruguay and Chile agreed Monday that the ongoing war unleashed by Hamas' attacks against Israel was something “horrible” to witness and therefore something needed to be done “to stop” it.
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 08:23 UTC
Winners of the competition, Why I would like to meet my neighbors in the Falklands?

The Falkland Islands Government and the British Embassies in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay have announced the winners of this year’s regional student competition. Participants from the four countries were asked to submit a short video in English, in which they answered the question: “Why would I like to meet my neighbours in the Falkland Islands?”.