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Montevideo, May 7th 2024 - 17:47 UTC

Stories for 2023

  • Friday, July 7th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

    Chile toughens migration controls

    According to statistics provided by the National Statistics Institute (INE) in April of this year, there are 1,482,390 foreigners living in Chile, of which 476,451 are Venezuelans.

    The Chilean government of President Gabriel Boric Font Thursday announced the creation of a committee to handle the expulsion of irregular migrants and develop a biometric registry of foreigners, it was reported in Santiago. The measure seeks to control irregular entries, such as those occurring at the northern border with Peru, of mostly Venezuelan people.

  • Friday, July 7th 2023 - 10:16 UTC

    Massa holds online meeting with Egypt's finance minister

    Massa (L) and Maait also stressed the importance of not resorting to “generic recipes” that do not distinguish the particular realities of each country

    Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa held a working online meeting Thursday with his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Maait to coordinate policies in multilateral spaces aimed at promoting the inclusive development of middle-income countries, taking into account the challenges posed by the new global financial architecture, it was reported in Buenos Aires. The two countries' relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was also discussed.

  • Friday, July 7th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    Italian President arrives in Paraguay

    Abdo and Mattarella are to have lunch Friday and Saturday

    Italian President Sergio Mattarella arrived Thursday in Paraguay on a state visit, it was reported in Asunción. It is the first official visit of a President of the Italian Republic to Paraguay. Earlier in his South American tour, the European leader had been touring Chilean Patagonia.

  • Friday, July 7th 2023 - 10:05 UTC

    Falklands are holding Mid Winter Swim plus a “Lunacy Certificate”

    Previous mid winter swims have been a great success

    On Sunday 9th July Falkland Islands are holding their Mid-Winter Swim at Surf Bay. The annual event raises funds for the Lighthouse Seafarers Mission; the Cancer Support and Awareness Trust and the Stephen Jaffray Memorial Fund.

  • Friday, July 7th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Falklands' farmers very much interested in environment conferences

    Conferences from SAERI, Falklands Conservation, DEFRA and local experts were of much interest for the Falklands' farmers

    Farmers Week took place this week, with members of the agriculture working community travelling to Stanley to discuss the future of the industry, potential challenges and solutions, and a range of other discussions, activities and gatherings.

  • Friday, July 7th 2023 - 07:10 UTC

    Economic storm brewing in Falkland Islands rural sector; low wool prices and sales paralyzed

    Farmers Week reception Government House: RBA Chair Lewis Clifton (L) & HE the Governor Alison Blake RI) (Pic Gov House)

    There's an “economic storm” brewing in the Falklands' rural sector said Chair of the Rural Business Lewis Clifton on Wednesday night. At the Farmers Week Reception hosted by Governor Alison Blake, Mr. Clifton gave a speech and spoke to Penguin News about the problems farmers are facing because of climate change and other economic factors.

  • Thursday, July 6th 2023 - 11:59 UTC

    Uruguay taking action to face water crisis: drinking water reserve is empty for Montevideo

    Despite recent rains throughout the country, the water reserves of Paso Severino, the crucial reservoir that supplies drinking water to the entire metropolitan area, are below 5%.

    Uruguay's Congress Wednesday unanimously approved the Water Emergency Fund to finance access to bottled water among other measures amid an unprecedented shortage of drinking water due to the drought the country is going through.

  • Thursday, July 6th 2023 - 11:21 UTC

    State of emergency in area next to Peruvian volcano Ubinas

    The volcano has been spewing ash and gas since earlier this week, which has traveled up to some 5,500 meters into the atmosphere

    Peru declared a state of emergency for sixty days in areas around the Ubinas volcano on Wednesday. The volcano has been spewing ash and gas since earlier this week, which has traveled up to some 5,500 meters (1,800 feet) into the atmosphere, according to the Geophysical Institute of Peru.

  • Thursday, July 6th 2023 - 11:18 UTC

    “Fears over the Falklands mean we need a new Defense Plan”

    Radakin thought the Falklands could be defended against any serious challenge from Argentina

    By Robert Fox, Defense Correspondent, Evening Standard – The (British) Army is again in the spotlight, with a wonderful Whitehall row about who is to lead it after the charismatic General Sir Patrick Sanders steps down next year as Chief of the General Staff. With the Government's rehashed Defense Command White Paper due before Parliament goes on holiday in a few weeks’ time, rumors are rife of more cuts in Britain’s military capability.

  • Thursday, July 6th 2023 - 11:13 UTC

    Brazilian syndicate flooding Europe with cocaine, in fruit shipments, busted in operation led by Europol

    This series of arrests follows the June 2022 seizure of 800 kilos of cocaine hidden in a container of frozen acai berries originating from Brazil, in Sines, Portugal.

    A number of actions have been carried out over recent months in Brazil, Spain and Portugal, with the support of Europol, to target the members of a Brazilian highly professional criminal syndicate flooding Europe with cocaine.