Stories for 2023

Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 08:25 UTC
Mercosur/EU trade accord: Lula describes EU amendments as 'unacceptable”, but will continue talks

Brazilian president Lula da Silva reiterated his support for the signing of the agreement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur but expressed his dissatisfaction with the additional terms proposed by the European bloc, calling them “unacceptable.”
Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 05:06 UTC
Uruguay's Parliament marks 50th anniversary of civic-military Dictatorship

On a cold and foggy night, the Parliament of Uruguay held a commemorative session on Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of the civic-military dictatorship that took place in the country from 1973 to 1985.
Monday, June 26th 2023 - 15:52 UTC
Harold Briley, 1931 to 2023

Tributes have been pouring in for Harold Briley, who passed away in the small hours of 26 June 2023, surrounded by his family, after a long battle with cancer, which he bore bravely.
Monday, June 26th 2023 - 10:56 UTC
UK reply to Argentina at OAS, “no dialogue on sovereignty unless the Falkland Islanders wish it”

British Foreign Minister for the Americas and the Caribbean, David Rutley MP gave a statement, on 23 June, to the Organization of America States in response to the Argentine Government's draft declaration on the Falkland Islands:
Monday, June 26th 2023 - 10:35 UTC
Falklands Veteran and SAMA cofounder honored with the British Empire Medal

A Falklands War veteran has been awarded a British Empire Medal for his voluntary work to help his fellow veterans. Denzil Connick, 66, from Blackwood, was honored in King Charles III’s first-ever Birthday Honors list.
Monday, June 26th 2023 - 10:22 UTC
Bomb threat ruled out in KLM flight arriving in Quito

Ecuadorian police Sunday ruled out a bomb threat on a KLM flight arriving in Quito from Amsterdam, it was reported.
Monday, June 26th 2023 - 10:04 UTC
US troops deployed in Peru for joint exercises

Some 87 US Marines are being deployed for the 16-day joint Bilateral Jungle Operations Exchange with the local Navy at the Iquitos Base, it was reported in Lima.
Monday, June 26th 2023 - 10:02 UTC
Curfew decreed in parts of Honduras following new massacre

A “special curfew” was decreed Sunday by President Xiomara Castro in the Honduran municipalities of Choloma and San Pedro Sula, in the north of the country, after numerous murders Saturday, it was reported from Tegucigalpa. According to local media, in the department of Cortes alone, at least 22 people were killed in different violent incidents.
Monday, June 26th 2023 - 10:00 UTC
Penguin Propulsion: The Physics Behind the World’s Fastest Swimming Birds

A piece from the American Institute of Physics points out that Gentoo penguins are the fastest swimming birds in the world, and that ability comes from their unique and sophisticated wings.
Monday, June 26th 2023 - 09:49 UTC
Giant meat packer in Brazil fined for cruelty while transporting cattle

A Civil Court in the Brazilian city of Santos has issued a first-instance ruling against Protein packers Minerva Foods, demanding the payment of BRL 1.39 million (some US$ 250,000) as compensation for collective moral damages caused while transporting 29,975 oxen to the Port of Santos in early 2018.