MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 18th 2024
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Friday, October 18th 2024 - 18:59 UTC
Chile: Boric picks replacement for Monsalve
Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font chose Luis Cordero to replace Manuel Monsalve as Undersecretary of the Interior following the latter's resignation amid an alleged rape scandal currently under investigation, Interior Minister Carolina Tohá announced.
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Friday, October 18th 2024 - 18:34 UTC
University of Brasilia agrees to quotas for trans undergrad students
The University of Brasilia (UnB) announced Thursday that starting next year, quotas for transgender people would be implemented in undergraduate courses, Agencia Brasil reported.
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Friday, October 18th 2024 - 10:35 UTC
Uruguayan productive lands changing hands rapidly
Uruguayan productive lands were said this week in Montevideo to be changing hands at a faster pace in the first six months of 2024 as the number of hectares traded doubled year-on-year according to the Agriculture and Livestock Ministry's (MGAP) “Price of land” report.
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Friday, October 18th 2024 - 09:35 UTC
Indec: Argentina's wholesale inflation up 2% last month
Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) released a study Thursday according to which wholesale prices went up only 2% last month, it was reported in Buenos Aires. President Javier Milei celebrated the news and praised Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo for it.
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Friday, October 18th 2024 - 09:27 UTC
Chile: Interior Undersecretary Monsalve resigns amid rape allegations
Manuel Monsalve turned in his resignation Thursday as Chile's Interior Undersecretary amid rape allegations. “I have been informed during the course of this week that there is an accusation against me, of which I do not know the details,” Monsalve said. “I have not committed any conduct constituting a crime,” he added while insisting that the reason for his departure was not to have any privilege during the investigation. Monsalve's alleged victim is a woman of legal age who works as an official at the Interior Undersecretariat.
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Friday, October 18th 2024 - 09:18 UTC
Avian influenza in Falklands, access restrictions at Volunteer Point, Cow Bay and Lively Island
The Director of the Falklands Natural Resources Department, Dr. Andrea Clausen has given an update on avian influenza cases registered at Volunteer Point, Cow Bay and Lively Island.
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Friday, October 18th 2024 - 08:00 UTC
Orkney and Shetland MP, Chair of All Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries
Alistair Carmichael, MP for Orkney and Shetland, has been elected Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fisheries (APPG). APPG is a cross-party group in Parliament that discusses and advocates for fisheries policies and related issues.
