Stories for March 11th 2024

Monday, March 11th 2024 - 19:28 UTC
Latam flight incident leaves dozens injured on route from Sydney to Santiago

A Latam flight traveling from Sydney to Santiago de Chile encountered a “technical incident,” causing severe turbulence that left approximately 50 passengers injured. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft made an unscheduled landing in New Zealand, where 12 people were hospitalized for treatment.
Monday, March 11th 2024 - 11:32 UTC
Milei caught red-handed “increasing” his own salary by 48%

Just a few days after ordering Lower House Speaker Martín Menem to reverse his decision together with Vice President Victoria Villarruel to increase the wages of lawmakers by around 30%, Argentine President Javier Milei was forced to announce that he would do the same regarding a pay hike of around 48% he had decreed for himself and the members of his cabinet, it was reported in Buenos Aires during the weekend.
Monday, March 11th 2024 - 11:04 UTC
Paraguay, the best place in the region for business, says FGV

The Latin American Economic Climate Index (ICE) released this weekend by Brazil's Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV) highlighted Paraguay as the Mecca for business ventures in the region given the country's outstanding performance.
Monday, March 11th 2024 - 10:58 UTC
Argentine Coast Guard charges for air rescue of South Korean fisherman

A crew member from a South Korean vessel operating in the South Atlantic was air-evacuated by the Argentine Coast Guard and hospitalized in Trelew following an emergency case of appendicitis.
Monday, March 11th 2024 - 10:56 UTC
US to help Argentina handle the Paraná Waterway

Argentine authorities signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States whereby the latter's Army Corps of Engineers would get involved in maintenance duties along the Paraná-Paraguay River Waterway, it was reported. US Ambassador to Buenos Aires Marc Stanley was present at the ceremony involving the Argentine agency managing the waterway and the General Ports Administration (AGP).
Monday, March 11th 2024 - 10:44 UTC
Paraguay strikes deal with FBI to tackle organized crime

Paraguayan authorities signed an agreement with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) of the United States to fight organized crime in “an unprecedented event” of cooperation between the two countries, it was reported. The deal provides for the creation of a group specialized in identifying threats and preventing major events affecting domestic and regional security.
Monday, March 11th 2024 - 10:26 UTC
Drug-trafficking gang violence reigns supreme in Argentine city of Rosario

Gang violence in the Argentine city of Rosario has taken the lives of four people in one week as local and federal authorities remain baffled about how to tackle the increasingly worrying situation.
Monday, March 11th 2024 - 10:12 UTC
Uruguay: Orsi denies sexual allegations involving transgender victim

Uruguayan presidential hopeful Yamandú Orsi of the opposition Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) denied the sex scandal allegations against him launched by transexual militant Romina Celeste of President Luis Lacalle Pou's National Party, also known as White Party.
Monday, March 11th 2024 - 09:29 UTC
An “unconvincing picture” and “C message” for several news organizations

DW is reporting that an official photo of Catherine, Britian's Princess of Wales, that the Kensington Palace released on Sunday has been retracted by several news organizations due to alterations that failed to meet editorial standards.