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Montevideo, December 10th 2024 - 08:42 UTC

Stories for November 2024

  • Monday, November 25th 2024 - 09:15 UTC

    Cost of Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean equivalent to 78% of public budget for education

    “Our study shows that crime is a significant burden on our societies and economic development,” said Ilan Goldfajn, IDB President.

    Latin America and the Caribbean social and economic development remains heavily burdened by crime and violence, a new Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) study shows. The direct costs of crime and violence in Latin America reached 3.44% of the region’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2022, mostly unchanged from a previous IDB study published in 2017. 

  • Monday, November 25th 2024 - 09:06 UTC

    Cuba takes delivery of Brazilian aid for hurricane victims

    Rivas underlined the importance of bilateral ties between Cuba and Brazil

    Cuban authorities received this weekend a shipment from Brazil of US$ 86,000 worth of humanitarian help in the wake of hurricanes hitting the Caribbean island in recent days. A similar package was sent from the South American country during the Covid-19 crisis, it was also explained, representing Brazil's commitment to cooperation and friendship between both nations.

  • Monday, November 25th 2024 - 09:00 UTC

    Falklands, public consultation on potential development of large-scale fish-farming

    Commercial fish farms in Chile and Scotland

    The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) is in the process of considering the potential for the development of large-scale commercial fish-farming activities in Falkland Islands waters.

  • Monday, November 25th 2024 - 08:52 UTC

    New sex violence case filed against Ecuador's President

    “My struggle is for an Ecuador where women's rights are respected,” Coello stressed

    Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa faces yet another sex violence complaint after the case was filed by the alleged victim, Democracia Sí Vice Presidential contender María Luisa Coello, before the Electoral Contentious Tribunal (TCE).

  • Monday, November 25th 2024 - 08:40 UTC

    Paraguayan FM seeks top OAS position

    Trump apparently prefers Ramírez over the Surinamese contender

    Paraguay's Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano has become a strong contender to replace the Uruguayan Diego Almagro as Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) following talks with US President-elect Donald Trump and his future aide Elon Musk, it was reported through X.

  • Monday, November 25th 2024 - 06:10 UTC

    “The Magellan Strait belongs to Chile“, underlines US Ambassador

    Guard of Honor receives Ambassador Meehan at Punta Arenas Third Naval Zone

    “The United States has been very clear that the Magellan Strait belongs to Chile, and I can assure you there is no intention of holding naval exercises with Argentina along the Magellan Strait,” US ambassador in Chile Bernadette Meehan said point blank during a visit to Punta Arenas, Magallanes Region, following on rumors published in the neighboring country media.

  • Saturday, November 23rd 2024 - 10:37 UTC

    Venezuelan opposition leader Machado under criminal investigation

    Machado is believed to have committed treason for supporting a US legal initiative imposing further sanctions on the Chavista regime

    Venezuelan Prosecutor's Office Friday launched a probe into disenfranchised opposition leader María Corina Machado's support to a bill passed by the US House of Representatives contrary to the South American country's interests, it was announced in Caracas. In a statement, the initiative in Washington was described as a legal absurdity sponsoring criminal acts against the Venezuelan people by enlarging “the catalog of illegal sanctions.” The measure also seeks to stain the name of our Liberator Simón Bolívar and violate Venezuela's Constitution as well as its laws and sovereignty.

  • Saturday, November 23rd 2024 - 10:29 UTC

    Bolsonaro denies any knowledge of plans to kill Lula and Alckmin

    “Discussing with me a plan to kill someone, that never happened,” Bolsonaro underlined

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro insisted Friday that “discussing a plan to kill someone never happened,” despite what has been widely published in local media. Several military officers from his days in the Planalto Palace have been arrested for allegedly planning to take down Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Geraldo Alckmin after winning the runoff, in addition to Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes. In an interview via videoconference with Veja, Bolsonaro also downplayed his relationship with those apprehended.

  • Saturday, November 23rd 2024 - 10:20 UTC

    Monsalve case saga: Former official threatened in prison by criminal gang

    Monsalve was to be housed in a special module isolated from the rest of the inmates in Rancagua but that was not enough

    The case of former Undersecretary of the Interior Manuel Monsalve keeps making headlines in Chile even after the former official has been placed under pre-trial detention to face rape charges against a female worker under him. A judge ordered him transferred Friday from the Rancagua Jailhouse to the Capitán Yáber detention facility in Santiago's Metropolitan Region out of security concerns.

  • Saturday, November 23rd 2024 - 09:36 UTC

    WHO Chief recalls that mpox remains a public emergency

    “I call on affected countries to step up their responses,” Tedros insisted

    World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recalled through a posting on X that mpox remained a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) after an emergency committee meeting Friday.