Stories for December 2024

Saturday, December 28th 2024 - 10:13 UTC
Azerbaijan Airlines Brazilian-built jet damaged from the outside

While several theories are being thrown into the fray regarding the probable causes of Azerbaijan Airlines' Flight J2-8243 crash in Kazakhstan, one thing seems to be for sure: the Brazilian-built Embraer E-190 jet was damaged from the outside, leading to at least 38 deaths while there are 29 survivors, some of whom were also said to be in a serious condition. In the meantime, representatives of Embraer have arrived at the site where the plane crashed.
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Saturday, December 28th 2024 - 09:48 UTC
Brazil: Unemployment in November hits lowest figures since 2014

Unemployment in South America's largest country reached 6.1% in the quarter ending last month, Agencia Brasil reported Friday citing figures from Brazil's Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). It was the lowest rate in this time series dating back to the first quarter of 2012.
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Saturday, December 28th 2024 - 09:30 UTC
Uruguay: Mujica recovering after surgical procedure

Former Uruguayan President José Pepe Mujica was recuperating Friday after a successful operation, according to the leftwing leader's head physician Raquel Pannone, who also pointed out that the patient was “calm” and “quiet,” albeit in pain. She also mentioned that, after a stent was placed in his esophagus, he could “continue feeding orally.”
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Saturday, December 28th 2024 - 09:17 UTC
Argentina: Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo find 138th grandchild

The social organization Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo announced Friday in Buenos Aires at the Casa por la Identidad, in the Espacio Memoria y Derechos Humanos (formerly the ESMA clandestine detention center) “the happy finding of a new grandson, the 138th.”
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Saturday, December 28th 2024 - 09:05 UTC
Rousseff offers Uruguay NDB financing opportunities

Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who now chairs the BRICS' New Development Bank (NDB) said Friday after meeting with Uruguay's President-elect Yamandú Orsi at the latter's transition headquarters that the South American country was “best positioned” to access financing at lower rates for digital, social infrastructure, and education developments.
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Friday, December 27th 2024 - 19:43 UTC
Supermarket sales keep dropping in Argentina

Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) released Thursday a report mentioning that supermarket sales fell 17.8% yoy in October as consumption continues to fall. Sales in shopping malls and wholesalers also dropped.
Friday, December 27th 2024 - 10:43 UTC
Falklands, ten-year infrastructure program to improve defense and living conditions at the MPC

UK’s Defense Infrastructure Organization, DIO, which depends from the Ministry of Defense, has been working on a ten year construction program with the purpose of maintaining the operational capability of the air, maritime and army assets deployed for the protection of the Falkland Islands, and also working closely with the government of Falklands.
Friday, December 27th 2024 - 10:30 UTC
Brazil granting ID to household pets

While the United States still debates whether to implement a voter ID mechanism, Brazilian household pets will soon be eligible for the Animal ID card free of charge as the National Register of Domestic Animals is entering its final testing phase, Agencia Brasil reported this week. The Environment Ministry said the tool can be accessed through the Gov.br website.
Friday, December 27th 2024 - 10:07 UTC
IMF approves US$245 million disbursement for Paraguay

After concluding the fourth review of the Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI) with Paraguay as well as the second one on the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (SRS), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a disbursement of US$186.28 million in Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) representing nearly US$ 245 million to help the South American country's green energy matrix expansion.
Friday, December 27th 2024 - 09:55 UTC
Paraguay passes tougher law on child abuse

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña signed into law Thursday a new bill providing for harsher jail penalties for sexual abusers of children and adolescents to protect the integrity of victims, it was explained.