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Montevideo, May 7th 2024 - 13:52 UTC

Stories for 2023

  • Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 12:10 UTC

    UK launches ambitious North Sea oil and gas development licensing to ensure energy security

    “Now more than ever, it's vital that we bolster our energy security and capitalize on that independence to deliver more affordable, clean energy,” said PM Sunak

    The United Kingdom is to grant hundreds of new licenses to seek and drill for gas and oil in the North Sea as it tries to bolster its energy security, the government said on Monday.

  • Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 10:40 UTC

    Five killed in Chilean Air Force helicopter crash

    The FACH Bell-412 aircraft was performing a night flight training mission

    All five occupants of a Chilean Air Force (FACH) helicopter that crashed Monday in the Los Lagos Region were reported dead, according to an official statement. A Bell-412 aircraft belonging to Aviation Group No. 5 suffered an accident at approximately 8.30 pm in the sector of La Cumbre, in the commune of San Juan de la Costa, according to local media.

  • Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    Bolivia announces end of Covid-19 emergency

    Wearing face masks will be voluntary as of August, although their use in closed spaces and health centers to avoid respiratory infections, Arce explained.

    Bolivia is shifting from a sanitary emergency to an epidemiological alert regarding Covid-19, it was reported Monday in La Paz. “Today Bolivia leaves behind the international sanitary emergency and enters a national epidemiological alert,” President Luis Arce Catacora announced on social networks.

  • Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 10:21 UTC

    Extradition of Mapuche leader to Chile granted, but appeals will ensue

    Jones-Huala was arrested in the town of El Bolsón earlier this year

    A federal judge in Bariloche Monday ruled in favor of extraditing Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM) leader Facundo Jones-Huala to Chile under the recommendation that the days he spent in detention in Argentina be counted as time served.

  • Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 10:16 UTC

    Brazilian traders want federal gov't involved in Paraná River Waterway toll dispute

    Argentine authorities ordered the seizure of two tugboats belonging to Hidrovías do Brasil

    The Brazilian Association for the Development of Inland Navigation (Abani) requested the Brazilian Foreign Ministry takes steps after the Argentine decision to seize a vessel of a Brazilian company in Greater Rosario due to debts in the payment of tolls for using the Paraná River waterway, it was reported.

  • Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    Opposition candidate wins gubernatorial elections in Argentine province of Chubut

    Aged 35, Torres became the youngest-ever governor-elect in the Patagonian province

    Ignacio Torres of the opposition Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) alliance finally won Sunday's gubernatorial elections in the Argentine province of Chubut with 35.71% of the votes, edging Arriba Chubut's Juan Pablo Luque, who collected 34.11% and would not admit defeat until Monday.

  • Monday, July 31st 2023 - 11:39 UTC

    Chile: HIV cases 7% up in one year

    Chilean health authorities have reported 644 deaths associated with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2021, while some 84,000 people are estimated to be living with the disease in the South American country. According to the Institute of Public Health (ISP), 5,401 infections were confirmed in 2022 with the highest rates of infections detected in the regions of Arica and Parinacota, Tarapacá, and Antofagasta. Chile's Health Ministry (Minsal) points out that the figures are consistent with the increase in testing.

  • Monday, July 31st 2023 - 11:26 UTC

    Falklands: major tri service drill simulating the recapture of invaded Islands proved high readiness

    The training exercise started with a Rapid Air Land infiltration of soldiers onto the Islands' main military base and to secure the airfield.

    Members of the United Kingdom's elite Paras and elements of the British Forces South Atlantic Islands, stationed at Mount Pleasant Complex, plus the local Falkland Islands Defense Force, FIDF, have conducted drills to simulate a recapture of the Falkland Islands.

  • Monday, July 31st 2023 - 11:05 UTC

    Falklands police has staff shortage; drink driving and speeding the main concerns

    The Royal Falkland Islands Police headquarters in Stanley

    The Falkland Islands are short of uniformed police officers, was made public at the Police Committee meeting by Inspector and Acting Chief of Police Barry Thacker. A recruitment process has been started, and in the meantime the Royal Falkland Islands Police (RFIP) is using detectives in uniform, management, and reserve police officers to provide the policing service as well as relying on officers to work on rest days.

  • Monday, July 31st 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    Avian flu: Contingency protocols activated in Ecuador

    Special teams have been placed under round-the-clock alert while a vaccination plan against the disease was extended

    Ecuadorian authorities have actuated contingency protocols after a new outbreak of avian influenza was confirmed in a commercial farm in the Andean province of Cotopaxi, the Agency for Regulation and Control of Animal and Plant Health (Agrocalidad) announced Sunday in Quito.