Stories for November 2024

Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:49 UTC
Orsi meeting Lula on first trip abroad after electoral win

Uruguay's President-elect Yamandú Orsi is scheduled to meet Friday in Brasilia with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to discuss the future relationship between both countries after the Broad Front's (Frente Amplio - FA) candidate is inaugurated on March 1. Orsi defeated Álvaro Delgado of the ruling Multicolor coalition in the Nov. 24 runoff and chose Brazil as his first destination abroad to launch his administration's diplomatic agenda.
Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:24 UTC
Brazil's devaluation hits all-time high exchange rate

The US dollar fell an iota short of crossing the R$ 6 barrier after measures announced by the Brazilian Government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva raised uneasiness in South America's largest country Thursday. The local currency has fallen 23.4% this year and 3.36% this week alone.
Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:18 UTC
Falklands Argos Group receives freezer trawler to catch squid

Just a few weeks after the delivery of Prion to its Spanish-Falklands joint venture owners, the Nodosa Shipyard in Marín has delivered a second 85-metre freezer trawler designed to catch squid in the South Atlantic.
Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:07 UTC
Falklands: Responses to Equality and Discrimination survey

The Falkland Islands Government would like to thank everyone who responded to the Community Views Survey on Equality and Discrimination in the Falkland Islands.
Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:05 UTC
Falklands’ lawmakers meet the farming community

Falkland Islands members of the Legislative Assembly, heads of Government Departments, and advisors are visiting Camp this weekend to meet the Farming community for a session of questions and answers.
Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:00 UTC
Colombia says more time needed for visas with UK

Colombia's Ambassador to the United Kingdom Roy Barreras asked Home Secretary Yvette Cooper for a meeting to postpone the application of the visa requirement saying it was highly untimely to set it into force ahead of the Christmas Holidays.
Friday, November 29th 2024 - 10:00 UTC
Schmidt Ocean Institute will explore South Atlantic Ocean in 2025

The California based Schmidt Ocean Institute (*) has announced its 2025 expedition schedule will take it to the South Atlantic Ocean, including Antarctica, South Georgia, Patagonian shelf, Mar del Plata and Uruguay.
Friday, November 29th 2024 - 08:22 UTC
US CDC calls for more testing of dairy workers given the spread of avian flu

United States health officials have called for more testing of employees on farms with bird flu after a new study showed that some dairy workers had signs of infection, even when they didn’t report feeling sick.
Thursday, November 28th 2024 - 21:47 UTC
Argentine Embassy in Caracas with no electricity and water

Venezuelan Police kept harassing the building of what used to be Argentina's Embassy in Caracas now guarded by Brazil since the diplomatic breakup. President Nicolás Maduro's regime targets six aides of opposition leader María Corina Machado who sought asylum there but were never granted safe passage to the airport after Buenos Aires agreed to welcome them. The premises have been without electricity for the past five days and with no water supply for two, the refugees said on social media.
Thursday, November 28th 2024 - 21:19 UTC
De Moraes says there is no such thing as self-regulation of social media

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes said Thursday that the Jan. 8, 2023, uprising in the country's capital proved that self-regulation of social networks does not work as its defenders claim it does. The magistrate spoke of the system's “bankruptcy” as the STF resumed reviewing the liability of companies operating social networks for the content posted by users, Agencia Brasil reported.