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Montevideo, December 21st 2024 - 19:00 UTC

Stories for August 2024

  • Monday, August 19th 2024 - 08:41 UTC

    Venezuelans stage ecumenic protest against elections dubious results

    Machado took center stage as González Urrutia did not participate in Saturday's protests

    Supporters of Venezuela's opposition Unitarian Democratic Platform (PUD) took to the streets of Caracas and of numerous other cities worldwide Saturday to insist that their candidate Edmundo González Urrutia needs to be recognized as the winner of the July 28 polls instead of the incumbent Nicolás Maduro, whom the National Electoral Council (CNE) announced as victor despite never producing the minutes to back up such a statement.

  • Monday, August 19th 2024 - 07:38 UTC

    Brazil and China celebrate fifty years of diplomatic relations

    In the first half of 2024, Brazil exported US$ 28.44 billion in agricultural products to China, soybeans, corn, sugar, beef, chicken, cellulose, cotton, and fresh pork

    China and Brazil celebrated on August 15, fifty years of diplomatic relations, which with time paved the way for Beijing to become Latin America's largest economy main trading partner.

  • Monday, August 19th 2024 - 07:12 UTC

    Falklands cancels second season of Loligo squid for conservation reasons

    Despite the fishing industry agreeing with reasons not to open the second Loligo season, this will have a significant impact on the fishing sector

    In July 2024 the Falkland Islands Fisheries Department conducted a routine pre-season survey prior to the second Loligo season, working in close partnership with local fishing companies. The survey results showed the lowest second pre-season biomass estimate since 2008, with the lower end of the estimate being below the Fisheries Department safe stock replenishment threshold of 10,000 tonnes.

  • Saturday, August 17th 2024 - 09:30 UTC

    Argentina confirms sixth case of monkeypox nationwide

    The Argentine government has advised people to up all prevention measures while announcing tougher border controls

    A new case of monkeypox was confirmed Friday in the Argentine province of Corrientes, bringing the total number of cases in the country to six in the same week that the World Health Organization declared the malady a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) after an outbreak in Africa.

  • Saturday, August 17th 2024 - 08:55 UTC

    Uruguay's Central Bank keeps Monetary Policy Rate at 8.5%

    It was the first Copom meeting chaired by BCU's new president, Washington Ribeiro

    The Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) of Uruguay's Central Bank (BCU) decided Friday to maintain the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 8.5% for the third month in a row to help keep inflation downwards and en route to the 4.5% Monetary Policy Horizon, it was announced in Montevideo after the first Copom meeting chaired by BCU's new president, Washington Ribeiro.

  • Saturday, August 17th 2024 - 08:52 UTC

    Oropouche spreads throughout all of Brazil but five States

    Brazil has already recorded this year the first two fatalities caused by Oropouche worldwide

    Brazil's Health Ministry issued a sanitary bulletin Friday admitting that Oropouche fever has spread nationwide, except for only five out of the 27 States, namely the Federal District (Brasilia), Goiás, Paraná, Rio Grande do Norte, and Rio Grande do Sul, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Friday, August 16th 2024 - 22:03 UTC

    OAS recalls Mexico City and Barbados deals regarding Venezuelan crisis

    The OAS urged the CNE in Caracas to “expeditiously publish the presidential election records”

    The Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Council passed a resolution Friday urging Venezuelan authorities, political forces, and citizenry to abide by the Memorandum of Understanding signed in Mexico City on August 13, 2021, as well as the Partial Agreement on the Promotion of Political Rights and Electoral Guarantees for All signed in Barbados on October 17, 2023, and therefore “abstain from any conduct that might jeopardize the peaceful settlement of this crisis, fully respecting the sovereign will of the electorate of Venezuela.”

  • Friday, August 16th 2024 - 21:36 UTC

    Chile's Supreme Court orders Jones Huala's release

    Jones Huala was deemed to have served out his sentence by June 14

    Chile's Supreme Court Friday ordered the immediate release of convicted Mapuche leader Facundo Jones Huala of Argentine origin because he had served out his sentence by June 14 and had therefore been “illegally deprived of his freedom.” The Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM) activist had been convicted of arson and illegal possession of firearms in 2013.

  • Friday, August 16th 2024 - 21:32 UTC

    Lula on Venezuela: Maduro's Government is “disgusting” and has “an authoritarian tendency”

    Lula expressed doubts about the validity of the recent presidential elections in Venezuela

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has voiced strong concerns about the political situation in Venezuela, describing the current regime under Nicolás Maduro as “very unpleasant, with an authoritarian tendency.” However, Lula stopped short of labeling it a “dictatorship,” underscoring the need for transparency in the electoral process.

  • Friday, August 16th 2024 - 21:00 UTC

    Panama Canal ups vessel draft to 50 feet

    The news reflects the Canal's commitment to return to normal operating conditions, the ACP said in a statement

    The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has sent a notice to shipping lines announcing that the maximum draught for vessels passing through the Neopanamax locks between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans has been increased to 50 feet (15.24 meters). The ACP explained this decision was made in light of the current and projected water levels in Lake Gatun for the coming weeks.