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Stories for December 16th 2024

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 21:24 UTC

    Venezuelan gov't releases 179 detainees from July's incidents

    The opposition used these people “as if they were cannon fodder,” Saab maintained

    Venezuelan authorities announced Monday the release of 179 people who were detained in the riots that ensued the controversial July 28 elections which both President Nicolás Maduro and opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia claimed to have won.

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 20:57 UTC

    Brazil's STF launches AI writing tool

    “MARIA's objective is not to replace people, but to assist the work of the STF,” it was explained

    Starting Monday, Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) software to write documents and produce images, videos, music, and audio. The Support Module for Writing with Artificial Intelligence has been named “MARIA” given its acronym in Portuguese.

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

    Milei: “Taxes are theft”

    Milei insisted Meloni was a very courageous woman

    Argentine President Javier Milei said this weekend in an interview with the Italian TV Quarta Repubblica to be aired Monday that taxes “are theft.” The South American leader also insisted that “public spending cuts are not an unpopular measure.” Milei spent the weekend in Rome where he had a meeting with Prime Minister Georgia Meloni and participated in other business and political engagements.

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 10:28 UTC

    Number of casualties of illegal mining in Bolivia soars

    Local communities are split between those who oppose these activities and those woul admit they are heavily dependent on them

    At least 119 deaths have been recorded in Bolivia in 2024 as a result of illegal mining. This figure represents an alarming increase over previous years. Most of these deaths have occurred in illegal or unregulated operations, where working conditions are hazardous, Special Force to Fight Crime (Felcc) Potosí Director Marco Antonio Dávalos explained, in whose jurisdiction 113 deaths were reported.

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Argentine Gendarmería NCO feared to be at El Helicoide prison

    In addition to Gallo, Venezuela's regime has arrested a worker at what used to be Argentina's Embassy in Caracas, now under Brazil's protection

    Argentine authorities Sunday admitted they feared that Border Guard (Gendarmería Nacional) First Corporal Agustín Nahuel Gallo might have been transferred to Caracas' infamous El Helicoide prison after being arrested upon entering the country by land for strictly personal reasons.

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 09:58 UTC

    Former Bolsonaro's running mate placed under arrest

    Gen. Braga Netto is to remain under custody in a military facility in Rio de Janeiro

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's running mate in the 2022 elections, Gen. (Ret.) Walter Braga Netto, was arrested this weekend by the Federal Police (PF) in connection with the alleged plot to prevent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's inauguration.

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 09:33 UTC

    Presidents of Colombia and Ecuador meet in Galapagos

    Petro highlighted that both countries had common strengths

    Presidents Daniel Noboa of Ecuador and Gustavo Petro of Colombia met Sunday at the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galapagos Islands to discuss environmental protection initiatives, border cooperation, and other matters of mutual interest, such as drug trafficking and energy integration.

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 09:19 UTC

    Argentina: Lt. Gen, Pasqualini resigns from Defense Ministry key post

    Pasqualini had been Army Chief of Staff during Mauricio Macri's presidency (2015-2019)

    Argentine Army Lieutenant General (R) Claudio Pasqualini Sunday turned in his resignation as Deputy Defense Minister citing personal and family reasons. His successor is yet to be chosen. According to Buenos Aires media, things are not exactly rosy between Defense Minister Luis Petri and the military top brass.

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 07:29 UTC

    Paraguay soybean production reaches 11 million tons in 2023/24

    The total crop works out at an average yield of 3.000 kilos per hectare, according to the Paraguayan Chamber of Grain and Oilseed Exporters and Traders, Capeco.

    The 3.65 million hectares of soybeans planted in Paraguay, produced 11 million tons of the oil bean during the 2023/24 harvest season generating some US$ 4 billion for the landlocked country economy, which is among the top producers and exporters in the world.

  • Monday, December 16th 2024 - 07:00 UTC

    Two tough low growth years ahead for Germany, indicates the Bundesbank

    “The German economy is not only battling with persistent economic headwinds, but also with structural problems,” explained Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel (Pic FT)

    The German central bank, Bundesbank, drastically trimmed the economic forecast for Germany in the next two years, 2025 and 2026, given structural issues, including German industry facing significant economic obstacles and with grim prospects for the country’s exports.

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