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Stories for December 14th 2024

  • Saturday, December 14th 2024 - 11:02 UTC

    Argentine Gendarmería NCO goes missing in Venezuela

    First Corporal Nahuel Agustín Gallo's partner lives in Venezuela - they have a child in common

    An Argentine Border Guard (Gendarmería Nacional) non-commissioned officer has vanished one week after entering Venezuela from Colombia to visit his romantic partner and their child, it was reported by his family Friday in Buenos Aires.

  • Saturday, December 14th 2024 - 10:56 UTC

    US denounces Hezbollah's presence in Chile to seek funding

    In June this year, Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich had to apologize to the Chilean government for mentioning Hezbollah's presence with no corroborating evidence

    The US State Department said this week that the Lebanon-based terrorist organization Hezbollah had been operating in Chile and other Latin American countries to obtain funding for its activities in a report that also mentioned Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas, dissidents of the defunct FARC and Peru's Shining Path as the biggest threats in the region.

  • Saturday, December 14th 2024 - 09:50 UTC

    Lula says he is “firm and strong”

    In the video footage posted on social media, Lula appears walking next to brain surgeon Marcos Stavale

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva released a video Friday after leaving the Intensive Care Unit at the Sírio-Libanês Hospital in São Paulo, Agencia Brasil reported. Lula underwent two surgical procedures in his head this week to drain a hemorrhage caused by a domestic accident in October that prevented him from attending the BRICS Summit in Russia, among other engagements.

  • Saturday, December 14th 2024 - 09:44 UTC

    Milei granted Italian citizenship in meeting with Meloni

    It was the sixth encounter between Milei and Meloni in barely over a year

    Argentine President Javier Milei Friday met with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome's Palazzo Chigi. It was their sixth encounter since the Libertarian's inauguration barely over a year ago. In a radio interview Friday, Milei said he and Meloni were friends before coming to power.