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Montevideo, December 25th 2024 - 12:52 UTC

Stories for 2023

  • Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    India ups security measures to contain spread of Nipah virus

    There is no vaccine against Nipah. WHO lists it as a possible cause of a pandemic alongside Covid-19 and other pathogens

    Indian health authorities are taking additional precautions to prevent the spread of the highly lethal Nipah virus after a sixth person was confirmed to be infected with it in the State of Kerala, where on-site activity at all educational facilities has been banned.

  • Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 09:44 UTC

    Paraguayan forensic psychologist causes uproar with swastika tattoo

    Martínez Miranda made no comments about his tattoo despite numerous requirements from numerous news outlets

    The swastika tattoo on the forearm of Paraguayan Forensic Psychologist Juan Vicente Martínez Miranda failed to go unnoticed during a TV interview and sparked an uproar Monday in the South American country since the specialist works for the national Judiciary.

  • Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 09:38 UTC

    Advisor to Uruguay's Interior Minister resigns amid sex scandal

    A labor harassment complaint against Capretti (Center) was also filed before the Labor Ministry (Pic FocoUY)

    An advisor to Uruguay's Interior Minister Luis Alberto Heber Monday turned in his resignation amid a sexual harassment scandal that rocked Montevideo's political circles.

  • Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 08:19 UTC

    Grim future ahead for CFK

    CFK will have no immunity, parliamentary or otherwise, after Dec. 10.

    Chaco Governor Jorge Milton Capitanich's failure in his reelection bid has triggered a series of setbacks for Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, whose aura is beginning to wane, marking the end of Kirchnerism as the main line within Peronism.

  • Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 08:09 UTC

    Does Chaco's result herald the demise of Kirchnerism?

    The femicide of Cecilia Strzyzowski two weeks before the provincial PASO tipped the scale against Capitanich

    Last Sunday's results in the gubernatorial elections in the Argentine province of Chaco seem to be heralding new winds of change, as the demise of Peronism and its most recent version -Kirchnerism- appear to be on their way out, according to political analysts in Buenos Aires.

  • Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

    Washington's help called for in Paraná Waterway crisis

    The interests of US companies operating in Paraguay have been affected by Argentina's decision

    With too much negotiating and no solution on the radar, the US-Paraguayan Chamber of Commerce (Usapacc) has asked President Joseph Biden's administration to get involved in the brokering of an answer to Argentina's decision to charge tolls to barges sailing through the Paraná River Waterway.

  • Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:32 UTC

    14 killed in Brazilian Amazonia plane crash

    The EMB-110 can accommodate up to 18 passengers

    Fourteen people were killed during the weekend when an Embraer 110 Bandeirante twin turboprop from Manaus, the capital of the State of Amazonas, tried to land in the tourist resort of Barcelos in heavy rain and poor visibility, it was reported. The aircraft belonged to the ManausAerotáxi company.

  • Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

    Relatives of Argentine squad fallen during Falklands War return from humanitarian trip

    The Alacran squad's Puma helicopter was shot down at Mount Kent in 1982 but the bodies were not identified until 2021

    Relatives of Argentine combatants of the Alacran squad fallen in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict returned Saturday after visiting the graves of their loved ones following the Second Humanitarian Project Plan (PPH2) agreed with the United Kingdom and the International Committee of the Red Cross work which gave proper names to what was previously labeled under the generic “soldiers known only to God.”

  • Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    Haitians want PM to step down due to crisis with Dominican Republic

    Hundreds of protesters sought Henry's departure from office due to his mismanagement of the country's socio-political and economic crisis

    Scores of Haitians demanded Sunday the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry following Dominican President Luis Abinader's decision to close all borders between the only two countries sharing the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, it was reported in Port-au-Prince.

  • Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:03 UTC

    Lula's team still working on an appointment with Zelensky

    Zelensky has tried for months to talk with Lula

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has reportedly offered his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky two slots on his agenda for a bilateral meeting on the sides of this week's 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.