Stories for May 2024

Friday, May 3rd 2024 - 20:48 UTC
Uruguay launches app to involve people in fight against dengue-spreading mosquito

Uruguay's Health Ministry Friday launched the application “Mosquito Alert” and urged the population to use it so that authorities can better fight the Aedes Aegypti mosquito which is behind the spread of dengue, zika, and chikungunya, it was reported in Montevideo.
Friday, May 3rd 2024 - 20:11 UTC
Bolivia's Assembly fails to move on with Mercosur joining protocol

The Lower House of Bolivia's Plurinational Legislative Assembly (ALP) Thursday failed to approve the country's accession to the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) after Speaker Israel Huaytari adjourned the session during which the matter was to be debated. Lawmakers loyal to former President Evo Morales are said to oppose the “Protocol of Accession of the Plurinational State of Bolivia to Mercosur” initiative.
Friday, May 3rd 2024 - 10:59 UTC
Uruguay: Exports grow 27% interannually in April

According to a study from the government's Uruguay XXI Institute released Thursday in Montevideo, the South American country's exports of soybeans, beef, live cattle, and cellulose drove the total sales abroad to a 27% growth in April from last year's figures during the same month and a 5% increase in the first third of 2024.
Friday, May 3rd 2024 - 10:59 UTC
Mondino says all Chinese people look the same and becomes social media laughingstock

Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino took heavy social media flak Thursday after her remarks in a newspaper interview that all Chinese people looked the same. Therefore nobody could know whether or not the staff at the controversial base in the Neuquén province were scientists.
Friday, May 3rd 2024 - 10:55 UTC
The Inkerman Company leaves Falklands with spectacular live fire capability demonstration

This week the latest Falkland Islands Roulement Infantry Company (FIRIC), The Inkerman Company, left the Mount Pleasant Complex, MPC, headquarters of the British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI. They ended their deployment with a fairly spectacular live fire capability demonstration centered around a light role infantry platoon doing a conventional advance to contact in front of almost 40 guests from all corners of BFSAI.
Friday, May 3rd 2024 - 10:50 UTC
BAS requires “penguin detectives” for vital research on iconic animals

This week, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is inviting the public to become ‘penguin detectives’ and spend five minutes counting emperor penguins to help with vital research into these iconic animals.
Friday, May 3rd 2024 - 10:24 UTC
Heavy storms: Rio Grande do Sul's number of fatalities updated to 29

The number of fatalities in Southeastern Brazil was updated to 29 on Thursday after at least 203 cities in the State of Rio Grande do Sul were hit by heavy storms, which are also forecast to move on to neighboring Santa Catarina over the next few days. Some 60 people are still missing, it was also reported. A hydroelectric dam broke near Bento Gonçalves, raising the alert status.
Friday, May 3rd 2024 - 10:00 UTC
South Georgia after an Operational Manager with understanding on tourism and maritime affairs

The Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands’ (GSGSSI) are looking for an exceptional candidate to join the Government team based in Stanley, Falkland Islands from August 2024. They will oversee the full range of operational work in this diverse and exciting UK Overseas Territory.
Friday, May 3rd 2024 - 09:48 UTC
World Press Freedom Day 2024: environmental journalism, an increasingly dangerous profession

The world is going through an unprecedented environmental emergency which poses an existential threat to this and future generations. People need to know about this – and journalists and media workers have a key role in informing and educating them.
Thursday, May 2nd 2024 - 23:04 UTC
Mujica's physician describes former president's condition

Former Uruguayan President José Pepe Mujica's physician Raquel Panone described the extent of her patient's cancer during a press conference in Montevideo. “Pepe has esophageal cancer. We did other studies that showed that he has no lesion in any other organ,” she said while admitting that the tumor was malignant, as doctors had already feared.