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Montevideo, April 3rd 2025 - 07:59 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Thursday, June 13th 2024 - 10:17 UTC

    French snap election: Macron's strategy to erode a Marine Le Pen hard right government

    In the EU elections last Sunday, Le Pen’s National Rally got 32% of the French votes, more than twice as many as Macron’s Renaissance.

    Even before the final results were in from all of the 27 European Union countries that voted in the EU elections last weekend, French President Emmanuel Macron had called for national elections in France for the end of this month.

  • Thursday, June 13th 2024 - 10:11 UTC

    WHO Europe blames four industries for merchandising policies that kill millions

    WHO said, 1.15 million deaths per year in Europe are caused by smoking, 426,857 by alcohol, 117,290 by diets high in processed meats and 252,187 diets high in salt.

    WHO Europe called for strict regulation to curb industry power and promote public health following a report blaming tobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed foods, and fossil fuels for some 2,7 million deaths in the continent.

  • Thursday, June 13th 2024 - 09:55 UTC

    Wreck of Quest, Shackleton's last ship, found 390 meters deep off Labrador

    The Norwegian-built Quest was a schooner-rigged steamship, and Shackleton bought it specifically to travel to Canada’s High Arctic

    The Royal Canadian Geographical Society is reporting that an international team has found the wreck of the last ship belonging to Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, off the coast of Labrador in Canada, 62 years after it went missing.

  • Thursday, June 13th 2024 - 00:13 UTC

    Getting Ready for the 2024 Día de Muertos Festivities

    Every year, Día de Muertos celebrations are held in countries up and down the Americas, bringing in vibrant colors, meals, and parades that joyously honor the deceased. In 2024, the Day of the Dead looks to be a particularly big one because the two days of the traditional holiday fall on a Friday and Saturday!

  • Wednesday, June 12th 2024 - 23:58 UTC

    Scuffles in front of Argentine Congress reported

    Five Congressmen were hospitalized after being pepper-sprayed by the police

    Argentine law enforcement officers Wednesday fired teargas to disperse demonstrators convening in front of Congress to encourage Senators to vote against President Javier Milei's so-called Omnibus Law bill (officially known as Bases Law) with which the Libertarian administration intends to bring the country out of its economic plight. The bill has already been passed by the Lower House.

  • Wednesday, June 12th 2024 - 20:29 UTC

    Milei pledges to leave Casa Rosada dead before surrendering Argentina's zero deficit

    A survey found that six months into Milei's administration, the government's support was intact among Libertarian voters

    Argentine President Javier Milei said Wednesday morning that “they will have to take me out of the [Casa] Rosada dead” if they are “to break the fiscal deficit.” The Libertarian leader made those remarks during his speech at an event in Buenos Aires ahead of his trip to Italy to attend the G7 Summit. ”We are going to make a bigger reform than the one made by Carlos Menem because ours is three times more (so),” he added.

  • Wednesday, June 12th 2024 - 19:17 UTC

    Cargo terminal at Porto Alegre's airport operational again

    Opened in 2021, Porto Alegre's International Cargo Terminal (Teca) was launched in 2021 and functions 24/7

    While passenger flights are still observing an emergency scheme, the cargo terminal at Porto Alegre's Salgado Filho International Airport (POA/SBPA) has been operational once again since Tuesday after the entire air station was shut down due to the floods hitting the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Agencia Brasil reported. According to Fraport Brasil, the company handling these operations, airport structures such as the runway and baggage conveyors, were not affected. On the other hand, passenger flights were suspended indefinitely on May 3.

  • Wednesday, June 12th 2024 - 17:16 UTC

    Paraguayan President due in Bolivia this week

    Peña will be meeting with Arce as both countries have opposing geopolitical stances

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña is due in La Paz on Thursday for talks with his local counterpart Luis Arce Catacora, Bolivia's Deputy Communications Minister Gabriela Alcón confirmed Tuesday. “The agenda is being closed, evidently the president of Paraguay is arriving in our country, he is doing it on Thursday,” she told reporters.

  • Wednesday, June 12th 2024 - 14:21 UTC

    Bolivian President outlines scope of partnership with Russia

    University of St Petersburg experts will be moving to Bolivia to teach the language in a move to further strengthen ties between the two countries

    Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora reviewed with his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin the joint lithium and nuclear projects with which the South American country consolidates its position from a geopolitical and strategic viewpoint given the presence of Iranian facilities and equipment. Arce told reporters in La Paz Tuesday that all these matters were discussed during his recent meeting with the Russian leader in St. Petersburg on the occasion of the International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in the former imperial capital.

  • Wednesday, June 12th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    Falklands: road closures on Thursday and Friday for Liberation Day celebration

    The Royal Falkland Island Police would like to inform the public that on Thursday 13 June 2024 between 2:00pm – 3:00pm Ross Road will be closed from Barrack Street up to Reservoir Road junction. There will be no access via Cable Street.