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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 12:20 UTC

Stories for November 2024

  • Monday, November 11th 2024 - 09:36 UTC

    Bolivian president promises prompt return to normalcy

    Arce recalled that, between January and February this year, there were already blockades after which it took almost three weeks to normalize activities

    Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora said this weekend that the supply of diesel fuel and the prices of family basket items would be normalized in the next 10 days after over three weeks of road blockades by followers of former President Evo Morales who want him to run in next year's elections and be spared the rape and human traffic charges against him.

  • Sunday, November 10th 2024 - 15:23 UTC

    France lobbying among EU partners to veto trade agreement with Mercosur

    Minister Annie Genevard admitted Paris is trying to convince “a maximum number of countries”, to set up a veto system to impede the trade agreement EU/Mercosur

    French Agriculture minister, Annie Genevard has declared to her country’s media that Paris is trying to convince “maximum number of countries”, such as Belgium, Bulgaria, Austria, Ireland and “even maybe Italy” to set up a veto system to impede the signing of a trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, the South American trade group.

  • Sunday, November 10th 2024 - 15:09 UTC

    Better wool quality from grazing sheep among solar panels, shows experience in Australian green farm

    According to the head of the Allendale Merino Stud, in Wellington, the effect of solar panels in his sheep has meant wool quality production has “increased significantly.”

    Sheep grazing close to a solar farm among its panels seems to even improve the quality of wool, a new study has found. The study is based on the results of a second round of wool testing at the Wellington solar farm, in New South Wales, which has shared its site with 1,700 merino sheep for the past three years.

  • Saturday, November 9th 2024 - 11:55 UTC

    Falklands MPC Typhoons ‘take over’ military airport in Rio do Janeiro

    The three fighters were accompanied by an Airbus A330-200 MRTT (Voyager KC3) and an Atlas C1 (Airbus A400M), registration numbers ZZ334 and ZM417, and landed at Galeao airport

    Brazilian media reports that on Friday, Rio de Janeiro’s airspace experienced an unusual day with the arrival of British fighters and temporary airport closures. A Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft declared an emergency near the Brazilian coast while flying over the Atlantic.

  • Saturday, November 9th 2024 - 10:43 UTC

    BCP President says inflation no longer a problem

    According to Carvallo, the challenge today is focused on two aspects: increasing productivity and reducing debt

    Paraguayan Central Bank (BCP) President Carlos Carvallo said Friday in Luque at the Expo Paraguay Brazil convention that inflation in his country was no longer a concern. He made those remarks during his appearance at a panel titled “Inflation, currency, and macroeconomic challenges, and the BCP's strategic vision” at the event held at the South American Football Confederation's (Conmebol) headquarters.

  • Saturday, November 9th 2024 - 10:34 UTC

    Car sales skyrocket in Brazil

    These results were linked to the expansion of credit, employment, and income, in addition to a significant increase in deliveries to rental companies

    Car sales in Brazil went up 21.6% interannually last month, the best performance since 2014, according to a National Association of Automotive Vehicle Manufacturers (Anfavea) report released this week. The document mentioned 264,949 units sold last month alone, a 12.1% growth from September and also the highest monthly sales volume since December 2014.

  • Saturday, November 9th 2024 - 10:29 UTC

    Paraguay joins Lula's Global Alliance Against Hunger

    Asunción will henceforth focus on “Zero Hunger in Schools” to support family farming and micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, among other undertakings

    The Paraguayan Government of President Santiago Peña Friday announced the South American country's “formal and voluntary” adherence to the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, an initiative fostered by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during his current G20 rotating leadership.

  • Saturday, November 9th 2024 - 10:26 UTC

    Spanish language Royal Academy incorporates the word “Che” to its latest dictionary edition

    “Che” is a characteristic term in the Spanish spoken in Argentina and Uruguay, and is a friendly, informal way of addressing a person.

    The River Plate word “che,” (‘chey’ in Falklands), has been officially incorporated into the latest edition of the Spanish Real Academy in recognition of the dynamic and inclusive Spanish language and its many linguistic versions in Latin America.

  • Friday, November 8th 2024 - 22:26 UTC

    Bolivia's Constitutional Court rules Evo may never run again for president

    The case of Evo Morales running again for office is closed “forever and for life”

    Bolivia's Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal (TCP) ruled Friday once again that former President Juan Evo Morales Ayma is banned from running again for such an office, given the number of terms already served. The TCP thus insisted that no elected authority can seek a third term after having been reelected consecutively or otherwise.

  • Friday, November 8th 2024 - 21:51 UTC

    Ramp handling company out, Aerolíneas Argentinas might follow suit

    No more blackmailing the government for Intercargo

    The Aerolíneas Argentinas pilots agreed not to stage any further strikes as long as wage negotiations with the Argentine government keep going on, pilots union leader
    Mateo Ferreira told reporters after Friday's meeting. “We are reassuring passengers that at least the pilots' union will not take measures of force,” he stressed. If no arrangement is reached, “a crisis procedure” would be set in motion, whereby “the arbitrator is the Labor Secretary,” he also explained.