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Stories for August 7th 2024

  • Wednesday, August 7th 2024 - 22:09 UTC

    Boric angry as Santiago power cuts reach 6th day

    “We are talking about a regulated monopoly,” Boric stressed

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Wednesday instructed the Energy Ministry to review the agreement whereby the company Enel has been awarded the right to provide the Santiago Metropolitan Region with electricity after the outage affecting some 60,000 households reached its sixth consecutive day.

  • Wednesday, August 7th 2024 - 19:17 UTC

    Brazil: Over 5,000 deaths from dengue fever reported in 2024

    The State of São Paulo accounted for most of the proven cases of dengue

    Brazilian authorities issued a bulletin attesting to 5,008 deaths due to dengue fever so far this year, Agencia Brasil reported. The total number was around fourfold that of the same period last year when 1,179 casualties were recorded. In addition, 2,137 deaths are still under investigation to determine whether they were caused by dengue.

  • Wednesday, August 7th 2024 - 18:49 UTC

    VPs of Argentina, Uruguay share views on Venezuelan crisis

    Argimón (L) and Villarruel met in Buenos Aires for a workshop on parliamentary challenges

    Vice Presidents Beatriz Argimón of Uruguay and Victoria Villarruel of Argentina met in Buenos Aires during an international workshop where the Venezuelan crisis after the controversial July 28 elections was discussed, among other topics. Both Senate Speakers agreed on a proposed summit to discuss the case.

  • Wednesday, August 7th 2024 - 18:11 UTC

    Brazil's 2024/25 soy crop could reach 165 million

    Next season Brazil is anticipated to plant soybeans on 46.53 million hectares, up from 46.16 million hectares in the last cycle.

    Next mid September Brazil begins sowing the 2024/25 soybean harvest expected to reach a record harvest of 165 million tons, and export forecasts of 102 million tons, according to the agribusiness consultancy Stone X.

  • Wednesday, August 7th 2024 - 11:05 UTC

    Maduro updates number of “terrorists” arrested to 2,229

    On Saturday they will be transferred to the newly-refurbished Tocorón and Tocuyito prisons, Maduro also said

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Tuesday updated the number of people arrested for the protests that erupted after he was announced to have been reelected for the 2025-2031 term. “There are 2,229 terrorists captured, with evidence,” he stressed. ”And on Saturday they will be transferred to (the prisons of) Tocorón and Tocuyito [which] are already ready for terrorists and criminals!”, he added from the Miraflores Palace.

  • Wednesday, August 7th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    Record 2023/24 cruise season for Uruguay; port incentives for 2024/25 season

    A busy cruise day in Punta del Este. The regional encounter on cruise tourism was held in Punta del Este, on August 1 and 2

    Uruguay will be reducing 20% port tariffs for cruise vessels this coming season 2024/25, announced further infrastructure facilities in Maldonado and marinas for large yachts in the harbors of Carmelo and Colonia, just across from Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, August 7th 2024 - 09:00 UTC

    Lula lays the foundation stone of Chile's Space Center

    “There is no activity today that does not require space infrastructure,” Lula underlined

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Tuesday laid the foundation stone of Chile's planned Space Center at the Cerrillos Air Base in Santiago during a ceremony also attended by his local colleague Gabriel Boric Font. The two countries also signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Space Activities for Peaceful Purposes.

  • Wednesday, August 7th 2024 - 08:48 UTC

    At least 5 killed in Debby's first raid through the US

    Debby is forecasted to make landfall again on Thursday in South Carolina

    Tropical Storm (or Hurricane) “Debby” has left at least 5 people dead and “catastrophic” flooding in the southern US after making landfall this week. President Joseph Biden has already decreed the emergency as further damage is expected in the coming days. Four of the casualties were in Florida and the other in Georgia.

  • Wednesday, August 7th 2024 - 08:08 UTC

    Former First Lady files criminal complaint against Alberto Fernández

    Yáñez spoke with Judge Ercolini through a video conference from Spain to tell her side of the story

    Former Argentine First Lady Fabiola Yáñez Tuesday filed a criminal complaint against her then-common-law spouse and head of state Alberto Fernández for exerting “gender violence” against her. The case ended up in the court of Federal Judge Julián Ercolini, who banned Fernández from leaving the country, coming anywhere near the mother of his son Francisco, or even contacting her on the telephone.

  • Wednesday, August 7th 2024 - 08:05 UTC

    Falklands checks Orkney facilities, seat for next year's Island Games

    Falklands National Sports Council Mike Summers recently visited Orkney island

    With the upcoming Island Games, Orkney 12 to 18 July 2025 just around the corner, and with the anticipated participation of a Falkland Islands delegation, Mike Summers, chair of the Falklands National Sports Council advanced some leads as to what can be expected next year, since he recently visited the Scottish Island.