Stories for October 2024

Friday, October 25th 2024 - 22:54 UTC
Venezuela angry at Brazil for BRICS exclusion while Bolivia and Cuba were admitted

While Cuba and Bolivia were accepted into the BRICS bloc as associate states, the Bolivarian regimen of President Nicolás Maduro blamed Brazil for Venezuela's exclusion.
Friday, October 25th 2024 - 19:45 UTC
Argentina discloses identity of alleged Hezbollah Chief in South America

Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich Friday released a picture and data of the alleged Hezbollah leader in South America, who she also claimed was involved in the bombings in Buenos Aires of the Israeli Embassy in 1992 and the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) in 1994. The suspect was identified as Hussein Ahmad Karaki and was said to be currently in Lebanon.
Friday, October 25th 2024 - 18:28 UTC
Fortuna completes acquisition of Holyhead Towing Company Ltd

The Board of Fortuna Ltd are delighted to announce the acquisition of Holyhead Towing Company Ltd, as of 25th October 2024. Ownership of the Company is a further step toward growing Fortuna’s wider maritime-related interests.
Friday, October 25th 2024 - 10:54 UTC
Monsalve case saga keeps splashing Chilean gov't

The departure of Manuel Monsalve as Chile's Interior Undersecretary seems to have been the beginning instead of the end of the problem for the Government of President Gabriel Boric Font. For starters, Monsalve's successor Luis Cordero admitted Thursday that there whereabouts of the man facing rape charges were unknown.
Friday, October 25th 2024 - 10:41 UTC
IMF to think about what is best for Argentina, says Georgieva

Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo met Thursday in Washington DC with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, who then announced that “we have an objective, which is to think together, as a single team, what is best for Argentina”.
Friday, October 25th 2024 - 09:46 UTC
Situation getting critical in parts of Bolivia due to Evistas' road blockades

Road blockades by supporters of former President Evo Morales have caused food shortages in 32 hospitals, homes and shelters in 4 departments across Bolivia, it was reported Thursday. Ombudsman Pedro Callisaya Aro said the situation affecting at least 14 healthcare facilities as well as several shelters running out of supplies was “alarming,” particularly for children and adolescents, the elderly and hospitalized patients.
Friday, October 25th 2024 - 09:37 UTC
Dilma offered new term as BRICS bank head

Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was offered the chance to stay for another five years as head of the New Development Bank (NDB, also known as the BRICS Bank) by Russian President Vladimir Putin during the bloc's Summit in Kazan, Agencia Brasil reported Thursday. Rousseff's term ends in July 2025.
Thursday, October 24th 2024 - 19:07 UTC
ECLAC foresees slight rebound in foreign trade

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) foresaw this week in its its annual Latin America and the Caribbean International Trade Outlook that regional exports of goods would bounce back in 2024 after last year's 1% contraction while service exports will complete their fourth consecutive year of double-digit growth.
Thursday, October 24th 2024 - 18:04 UTC
Air travel on the rise in Brazil

Brazil's Ministry of Ports and Airports reported this week that South America's largest country recorded nearly 10 million airline travelers nationwide last month, which represented a 5.7% increase from September last year.
Thursday, October 24th 2024 - 11:05 UTC
What the polls say three days before the presidential elections in Uruguay

Uruguayans will head to the polls on October 27 to elect a successor to President Luis Lacalle Pou and renew the country's Parliament. According to the latest surveys, no candidate is expected to secure the required 50% of votes, setting the stage for a November runoff.