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Montevideo, November 28th 2024 - 07:42 UTC

Stories for 2023

  • Thursday, September 7th 2023 - 10:05 UTC

    Mexico's next president will be a woman

    The granddaughter of Jewish families from Bulgaria and Lithuania, Sheinbaum calls herself “a daughter of '68”

    Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum has been appointed to run for president on behalf of the ruling National Regeneration Movement (Morena) Party in 2024. Sheinbaun was elected through a controversial process of surveys which ended up showing she had about 40% of the voting intention. Sheinbaum's main rival in the primaries, former Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, questioned the validity of the mechanism.

  • Thursday, September 7th 2023 - 10:03 UTC

    WHO concerned about Covid-19 cases mounting again

    “Please don't wait to get an additional dose if it is recommended for you,” Tedros stressed

    World Health Organization Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Wednesday warned of a rise in deaths and admissions to intensive care units (ICU) of patients with Covid-19 and insisted the malady was “here to stay.” Hence, more tools were needed to fight it.

  • Thursday, September 7th 2023 - 09:26 UTC

    Labour reshuffle, Angela Rayner 'leveling up secretary' and shadow deputy prime minister

    Labour reshuffle, Angela Rayner 'leveling up secretary' and shadow deputy prime minister

    Reshuffle in UK Labour's Sir Keir Starmer shadow team, ahead of a general election expected for next year. Angela Rayner has been appointed shadow leveling up secretary, replacing Lisa Nandy, who is demoted to become the party's new shadow minister for international development.

  • Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 11:09 UTC

    Cargo ship faces fine for sailing between Stanley and Mar del Plata with no Argentine permit

    The Frio Marathon had been operating in Stanley since 2014

    Authorities in the port of Mar del Plata have started administrative proceedings against the Panama-flagged Frio Marathon frozen cargo ship stemming from Stanley in the Falkland/Malvinas Islands without an Argentine permit. The vessel had been sailing the archipelago since 2014 and could now face a high fine, it was explained.

  • Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 11:06 UTC

    Car manufacturing continues to grow in Argentina

    Argentina's automotive industry celebrated the production of the 20 Millionth unit last month, Galdeano said

    Car manufacturing in Argentina grew year-on-year, according to a report released Tuesday by the Association of Automotive Manufacturers (Adefa), which showed production reached 408,486 units, 19.5% higher than the 341,788 units from the same period of 2022. Adefa also said 63,455 vehicles were built in August, 17.4% more than in the same month of 2022 and 28.8% above July's figures.

  • Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

    Cyclone in southern Brazil causes death, floods and destruction

    Eduardo Leite, governor of Rio Grande do Sul, told a news conference that 15 more bodies had been found in Mucum on Tuesday, with the death toll at 21.

    Some twenty-one people have been killed as a consequence of the torrential rain and winds caused by a cyclone in southern Brazil, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul neighboring Uruguay and Argentina. Local authorities said it was the state's worst-ever weather disaster given the number of deaths so far and the thousands left homeless.

  • Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    First case of sea lion dying of avian flu confirmed in Uruguay

    Tesore told El País that these animals take advantage of buildings to seek refuge, especially on cold days

    Uruguayan authorities said the first case of a sea lion with avian influenza had been detected in the country after a specimen was found dead on the Cerro beach on Aug. 31 and the laboratory tests were announced Tuesday, it was reported in Montevideo.

  • Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    FIGO congratulates new Secretary of Defense Shapps and acknowledges outgoing Wallace

    Incoming Defense Secretary Shapps and outgoing Ben Wallace

    The Falklands government Office in London, FIGO, has sent congratulations to the new UK Secretary of State for Defense, Grant Shapps, a staunch supporter of the Falkland Islands and its right to self determination and to decide on its future.

  • Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 10:51 UTC

    Merchant Navy Day celebration

    Falklands Red Ensign flying in Stanley

    Sunday September 3rd, was Merchant Navy Day, an event celebrated in the UK and also in the Falkland Islands, where maritime access is crucial for the life of the Islands. Richard Hyslop, Falklands representative in UK and Europe underlined the significance of the date.

  • Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    Alarm: dredging industry extracts a million dump trucks of sand from the sea each day, UNEP report

    The new data platform, Marine Sand Watch, tracks and monitors dredging activities of sand, clay, silt, gravel, and rock in the world’s marine environment

    The first-ever global data platform on sand and other sediment extraction in the marine environment finds that the marine dredging industry is digging up 6 billion tons per year, the equivalent of more than 1 million dump trucks per day. This is significantly impacting biodiversity and coastal communities.