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Montevideo, December 20th 2024 - 21:50 UTC

Stories for September 26th 2024

  • Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 14:37 UTC

    Eleven people arrested in Argentine province of Córdoba for starting wildfires

    Quinteros stressed that 99% of the fires were man-caused

    At least 11 people have been arrested in the Argentine province of Córdoba for their alleged involvement in starting the current which elicited President Javier Milei's presence late Wednesday. Córdoba Security Minister Juan Pablo Quinteros has already admitted that “fires, in 99% of the cases, are started by human hands.”

  • Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 13:51 UTC

    Voepass announces major board reshuffle after Aug. 9 crash

    The company's CEO will also take over as Chief Operations Officer (COO)

    Brazilian carrier Voepass Wednesday announced a major Board of Directors reshuffle in the aftermath of the Aug. 9 accident of an ATR-72 aircraft flying in from Cascavel crashed in Vinhedo while approaching Sao Paulo's Guarulhos Airport. All 62 occupants of the aircraft were killed. Among those resigning were the heads of the maintenance (Eric Cônsoli), operations (Marcel Moura), and operational safety (David Faria) department,s and their replacements have already been chosen but are awaiting the National Civil Aviation Agency's (ANAC) nod.

  • Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:53 UTC

    Argentina's economy keeps falling, Indec report shows

    Despite overall negative results, Agriculture, Livestock, Hunting, and Forestry showed a 23.6% increase

    Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) Wednesday released a report showing that the economic activity in the South American country fell by 1.3% year-on-year in July.

  • Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Poor rain forecast heralds low water levels for Paraguay River until December

    “We are now with a flow of 900 m³ per second, which is very low. The Paraguay River has a normal flow of over 4,000 m³ per second,” Martínez explained

    Poor rainfalls are expected to keep affecting the already low Paraguay River, according to local and foreign experts who gathered Wednesday in Asunción at the invitation of the Meteorology and Hydrology Directorate (DMH). Hence, there were no encouraging forecasts at least until December this year.

  • Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:34 UTC

    Slight increase in Uruguay's unemployment reported

    Uruguay created more jobs but even more people were looking for work, the INE found. Photo: Sebastián Astorga

    According to a report from Uruguay's National Statistics Institute (INE) released in Montevideo Wednesday, unemployment in the South American country stood at 8.4% of the economically active population in August, which represented a slight setback from July's 8.3%.

  • Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

    Quito fires lead Noboa to cancel UN engagements and return to Ecuador

    At least six people were killed in the Ecuadorean capital

    Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa Wednesday halted his agenda in New York and returned to his country after a suspect was arrested in connecting with arson maneuvers in Quito that have the country's capital under fire. The head of state also explained that terrorism charges would be filed against the perpetrator, who would thus face between 10 to 13 years in prison.

  • Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:29 UTC

    Argentina: Legal team to seek acquittal of French rugby players in rape scandal

    Jégou and Araudou spent many days in jail for the feeble statements of a woman, which experts now say showed numerous inconsistencies

    The legal team representing French international rugby players Oscar Jégou and Hugo Araudou after they were charged with rape in the Argentine province of Mendoza announced Wednesday that they would be mooting for their clients' acquittal after a psychological report on the woman who claimed to have been the victim was found to be full of “inconsistencies and contradictions.”