Stories for April 2024

Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 05:47 UTC
PM Sunak overhauls benefits system and tackle Britain's “sick note culture” in welfare reform

In a major speech the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled a package of welfare reform measures to tackle the unprecedented rise in economic inactivity and ensure the benefits system is better targeted at those who need it most.
Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 05:32 UTC
Argentines satisfied with this year's squid catches, “higher than expected”

Landings of squid in Puerto Madryn, Chubut province, Argentine Patagonia are higher than last year's and can be considered a “great success for fisheries and our province,” according to Diego Pérez, manager of the Madryn port.
Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 21:36 UTC
Elon Musk's X nearing expulsion from Brazil?

Brazil's Federal Attorney General's Office (AGU) head Jorge Messias told Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes that his agency was entertaining the idea of banning Elon Musk's social platform X from South America's largest country, Gazeta do Povo reported. Musk has repeatedly dubbed De Moraes a dictator with a robe after the magistrate ordered his company to suppress the accounts of some users who were deemed to be spreading fake news.
Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 20:29 UTC
US Ambassador in Santiago to remain mum following leaks to the press regarding confidential talks with Congress

US Ambassador to Santiago Bernadette Meehan told Chilean lawmakers Wednesday that she would no longer be briefing them on the possible exclusion of the South American country from Washington's Visa-Waver program after details of her confidential meeting with parliamentarians were published by the website El Mostrador.
Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 20:24 UTC
PAHO and Argentine authorities join forces to tackle dengue crisis

Argentine health authorities and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have joined forces to devise a strategy to tackle the outbreak of dengue fever after at least 315,000 cases have been confirmed so far this year, it was reported in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 15:21 UTC
UN Human Rights Office to resume operations in Venezuela following agreement with Maduro

The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is set to return to operate in Venezuela, signaling a thaw in relations between the South American nation and the international community. The announcement came from President Nicolas Maduro during an event at the Miraflores presidential palace on Tuesday, where he was joined by International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan, who is currently investigating Venezuela for possible crimes against humanity.
Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 10:47 UTC
Massive demonstrations across Argentina defend public education amid budget cuts

Hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, and workers flooded the streets of Argentina in a historic display of unity against proposed budget cuts to public education. The demonstrations, which took place in over twenty cities across the country, marked one of the largest protests in the last 20 years of Argentine democracy.
Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 10:22 UTC
Milei's impeachment sought by human rights group

Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel was among the human rights activists who filed a request before Argentina's Lower House to impeach President Javier Milei “for the poor performance of his duties and possible commission of crimes.” The signatories also spoke of “economic genocide.” The initiative still has to go through many phases before it can represent a threat to Milei's remaining in office, it was explained in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 10:05 UTC
Falklands' fishing companies after a Southwest Atlantic fisheries management pact

“The Southwest Atlantic is the largest body of water in the in the world without a RFMO (regional fisheries management organization) and that’s something the Falkland Islands are very keen to see put in place,” said James Bates, Executive Secretary from the Falkland Islands Fishing Companies Association at the 2024 Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona, Spain this week.
Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 10:04 UTC
60-year-old lawyer qualifies for Miss Argentina contest

Sixty-year-old lawyer and journalist Alejandra Marisa Rodríguez was chosen to represent the province of Buenos Aires in the Miss Argentine for Miss Universe contest. The winner outperformed 34 other contenders to qualify for the May 25 showdown with candidates from the other territories, aged between 18 and 40. Buenos Aires' runner-up was aged 73.