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Stories for 2023

  • Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

    Uruguayan World Champs get the hero's welcome

    Legendary striker Luis Suárez (in a red jersey) hopped on the bus to take pictures with the players

    Uruguay's U-20 World Cup-winning national team was given a hero's welcome in Montevideo on Monday as the public poured into the streets to cheer their bus as it made its way through the South American country's capital along the Rambla, along Avenida 18 de Julio, on its way to the Centenario stadium.

  • Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 10:14 UTC

    Study shows Brazilians eat fewer proteins

    Brazilians have the intention to consume, but there is the impediment of high prices today, the director of the platform carrying out the survey explained

    Brazilians have reduced their intake of red meat protein, according to a study published Monday by Agencia Brasil. Even sausages and hot dogs have lost importance on the consumer's table, it was reported.

  • Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 08:16 UTC

    UAE Minister has busy day in Buenos Aires

    Minister Reem Al Hashimy met first with Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero and then with Vice President CFK

    Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Monday welcomed United Arab Emirates Minister of State for International Cooperation Reem Al Hashimy to deepen bilateral ties and open new exchange channels between both countries, it was reported by the Palacio San Martín.

  • Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 02:39 UTC

    Falklands farms will try to finish cattle with feed imported from Uruguay

    A trial has begun at Walker Creek involving finishing cattle with feed imported from Uruguay.

    In his report for the FLH (Falklands Land Holdings) board meeting on June 7, General Manager John Ferguson predicted that, by the end of the financial year on 30 June, FLH will have sent 20,792 sheep and 118 cattle to FIMCo in 2022/23.

  • Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 01:53 UTC

    Falklands leading fishing companies opened to review by HRAS

    HRAS, the Human Rights at Sea, conducted an independent review of fishing licensing, related enforcement, and improvements for onboard crew safety and welfare, of Falklands leading companies

    The recent visit to the Falkland Islands by HRAS, (Human Rights at Sea), to conduct an independent review of fishing licensing, related enforcement, and improvements for onboard crew safety and welfare, saw three leading companies opened their doors to scrutiny. This included access to one of the licensed squid fishing vessels and its crew at sea. 

  • Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 01:36 UTC

    Brazilian beef stranded in Chinese ports triggers a Lula phone call to Xi

    According to Lula, Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, informed him that “70,000 tons of meat are stuck inside containers at Chinese ports.”

    Since some 70,000 tons of Brazilian beef are stranded at Chinese ports awaiting an official clearance resolution from Beijing since the identification of an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), known as “mad cow disease” in Brazil, President Lula da Silva revealed he contacted his counterpart Xi Jinping on Juke 6, to try and overcome the situation.

  • Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 01:28 UTC

    Scotland's SNP in disarray, police question Sturgeon on independence referendum finances

    The former First Minister said she intended to be back in Parliament soon where “I will continue to represent my Glasgow Southside constituents.”

    Scotland's former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been released without charge pending further investigations after being arrested by police. She was arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the Scottish National Party's funding and finances at 10:09 on Sunday, reports the BBC.

  • Monday, June 12th 2023 - 11:02 UTC

    Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi succumbs to leukemia

    As news of Berlusconi's passing spreads across Italy and the world, tributes and condolences pour in from political figures, supporters, and opponents alike.

    Silvio Berlusconi, the flamboyant former Prime Minister of Italy, has passed away at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan after battling leukemia for an extended period, as reported by Italian media today.

  • Monday, June 12th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    Uruguayan President off to NYC to collect accolade

    The president cannot leave the country for more than 48 hours without the Senate's consent

    President Luis Lacalle Pou left Sunday for the United States to receive the Gold Insigne Award, given by the Americas Society Forum in New York.

  • Monday, June 12th 2023 - 10:25 UTC

    Provincial elections in Argentina: ruling FdT wins only 1 province out of 4

    Alfredo Cornejo (Mendoza), Osvaldo Jaldo (Tucumán), Claudio Poggi (San Luis).

    The opposition Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) celebrated three victories in provincial elections in Argentina on Sunday: Governor Gustavo Valdés of the UCR (a JxC member) celebrated in Corrientes, former Governor Alfredo Cornejo won the open primaries in Mendoza and looks poised to returning to the provincial helm later this year but in San Luis, former Governor Claudio Poggi shocked Governor Alberto Rodríguez Saa's candidate Jorge Fernández. On the other hand, the Peronist Frente de Todos (FdT) of President Alberto Fernández won by a landslide in Tucumán. Lieutenant Governor Osvaldo Jaldo became Governor-elect.