Stories for May 2024

Friday, May 17th 2024 - 12:19 UTC
Colombian prison director gunned down by hitmen

Retired Colombian Colonel Elmer Fernández, director of the La Modelo prison in Bogotá, was gunned down by hitmen Thursday, Justice Minister Nestor Osuna confirmed. The assassination was carried out down a national road north of the country's capital, it was explained. Fernández was not driving his vehicle.
Friday, May 17th 2024 - 11:59 UTC
Argentina's industrial activity keeps dropping

Despite victorious announcements from President Javier Milei's government, industrial activity in Argentina fell for the tenth consecutive month amid a growing loss of purchasing power. Interannually, a 17.2% drop was recorded after March's 4.7% decline. In addition, the first quarter of 2024 showed a year-on-year 11.7% slide.
Friday, May 17th 2024 - 11:55 UTC
Uruguay creates “Residence by rootedness” legal figure for asylum seekers

Uruguayan authorities came up with the so-called “Residence by rootedness” (“residencia por arraigo”) solution to help some 20,000 migrants who had their asylum requests rejected but would otherwise need a consular visa to stay in the country, it was announced in Montevideo.
Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 22:25 UTC
Peña highlights Paraguay's progress and Argentina's lack thereof

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña highlighted his country's “remarkable growth” and “flourishing democracy” in contrast with Argentina's mercurial performance. He made those remarks late Wednesday upon receiving the “CHLI Founders Award for International Leadership” during the Annual Gala and Leadership Awards in Washington DC.
Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 21:58 UTC
A forum on decolonization calling on two other countries to decide the future of the Falklands people?

The speech was delivered in Venezuela by Teslyn Barkman Falkland Islands MLA at the Caribbean Regional Seminar on the Implementation of the Fourth International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, (14/16 May), ahead of the Special Committee on Decolonization later this year.
Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 21:46 UTC
The Times torpedo against preferred bidder for Falklands FIPASS

On Wednesday, Harland & Wolff Group Holdings PLC, the preferred bidder status for the Falkland Islands Port Replacement Project, moved to reassure investors as it responded to what it considers to be a “misleading and inaccurate article published in The Times”, as reported by Alliance News.
Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 19:34 UTC
Uruguayan aviation looking ahead at promising developments

Uruguayan authorities have reached an agreement with the company managing Montevideo's Carrasco International Airport for the installation of state-of-the-art navigation equipment which would make landings safer even under foggy weather.
Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 19:08 UTC
Argentina needs to solve its exchange rate problem, IMF spokeswoman says

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spokeswoman Julie Kozack said that Argentina needed to lift the exchange rate ceiling if the government were to protect the country's Central Bank reserves. Kozack's remarks during a press conference came a day after Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo announced that the South American nation was on course to dollarization.
Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 14:42 UTC
Venezuela denies safe-conducts to asylum seekers in Argentine embassy

Venezuela's regime Wednesday denied Argentina's request for safe-conducts whereby six dissidents housed in the diplomatic mission in Caracas would be able to reach the airport and take a flight to Buenos Aires, government strongman Diosdado Cabello confirmed while calling Argentine President Javier Milei a “fascist.”
Thursday, May 16th 2024 - 14:09 UTC
Meat production keeps improving in Paraguay

Just days after Paraguayan beef was granted access to the Canadian market, a report was released in Asunción Wednesday showing that cattle slaughtering increased 23% in April. Another 33,310 heads were put down last month for a total of 646,222 in the first four months of the year, which represented a 3.9% yoy growth.