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Montevideo, September 7th 2024 - 23:19 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Tuesday, August 27th 2024 - 07:24 UTC

    Punta Arenas expects some 170 cruise calls this season, beginning 14 September

    One of the main vessels expected is Majestic Princess, 330 meters long, has a passenger capacity of 3.600, plus 1.340 crew, and is sailing since 2017

    Some 170 cruise calls and an estimated 100,000 visitors are what the Punta Arenas, Austral Ports Enterprise, Epaiustral, is expecting for the coming 2024/25 season. Of these 128 are internationally flagged vessels, while the remaining fifty belong to local Chilean cruise companies, the Ventus and the Stella Australis.

  • Tuesday, August 27th 2024 - 06:26 UTC

    Falklands' Governor Alison Blake returns to the Islands next week

    Governor Alison Blake will also resume her duty as Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

    The Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly and Government House announced on Monday 26th August that the Governor of the Falklands, Alison Blake, CMG will be back in the Islands next week,

  • Monday, August 26th 2024 - 22:56 UTC

    Brazilians advised to leave war-torn Lebanon

    The Israeli forces are upping their defensive deployments targeting Hezbollah targets within Lebanon

    Brazil's Embassy in Beirut Sunday advised the some 21,000 nationals of the South American country living in Lebanon to leave as soon as possible or avoid all travel to the war-torn region after tension with Israel escalated over the weekend, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Monday, August 26th 2024 - 14:30 UTC

    Paraguayan carrier allowed to serve domestic route in Uruguay

    Paranair's new service is in line with Uruguay's newly signed open skies agreements, it was explained

    Paraguayan carrier Paranair reached an understanding with Montevideo to add a stopover in Salto to some of its bidaily flights between the Uruguayan capital and Asunción,
    Transport Undersecretary Juan José Olaizola announced.

  • Monday, August 26th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Lacalle to speak before the UN about Venezuela's electoral fraud

    If Venezuela's electoral fraud loses centrality, Maduro gets to stay in power, Lacalle argued

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou plans to address the issue of the Venezuelan crisis during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), it was reported this weekend in Montevideo. The National Party leader is convinced that “there is no will [in Caracas] to count the votes.”

  • Monday, August 26th 2024 - 10:27 UTC

    Arson suspected: Lula holds emergency meeting to address unusual number of fires

    The unprecedented number of fires in São Paulo is believed to have been caused deliberately

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Sunday held an emergency meeting with Environment Minister Marina Silva to discuss the crisis triggered by a large series of fires in the state of São Paulo and elsewhere believed to be the result of arson. Two suspects were arrested this weekend.

  • Monday, August 26th 2024 - 08:53 UTC

    Giant wholesale chain planning Argentine exodus?

    Makro has been in Argentina since 1988

    Makro, a leading wholesale supermarket chain where anyone can shop at more convenient prices, has announced its decision to leave crisis-ridden Argentina after some 30 years in the South American country where sales keep plunging despite President Javier Milei's administration successful narrative. According to the consulting firm Scientia, the wholesale sector faced an 18.8% drop in sales in August alone.

  • Monday, August 26th 2024 - 08:21 UTC

    Guyana alerts port officials to look out for potential mpox carriers

    Any infected person would be isolated at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown for between two to four weeks, Minister Anthony explained

    Although no case of monkeypox has been reported so far in the country and to make sure things remain that way, Guyanese authorities have instructed port officials to be on alert for the possible arrival of people carrying the disease, Health Minister Frank Anthony said during the weekend. In addition, vaccines have been stockpiled in case of an outbreak.

  • Monday, August 26th 2024 - 07:45 UTC

    Brazil launches local production of drugs to fight obesity and diabetes

    The new development will reduce Brazil's dependence on foreign inputs, Trinidade explained

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Health Minister Nísia Trindade participated last Friday in the opening ceremony of a laboratory in Hortolândia (Sao Paulo State) to produce drugs against diabetes and obesity, including Ozempic's active ingredient, Agência Brasil reported.

  • Saturday, August 24th 2024 - 10:42 UTC

    Venezuela to hold commune elections this weekend

    Maduro also agreed with a bill whereby those who disregard court rulings in his favor cannot participate in electoral processes

    The Venezuelan regime of President Nicolás Maduro heads for Sunday's commune elections with the results of the July 28 presidential polls questioned by about half of the world's governments. Communes are new forms of social organization based on self-management, Agência Brasil explained. There are 4,500 of them nationwide. Communal councils are some sort of permanent popular assemblies of residents of a neighborhood or rural area.