Stories for 2024

Monday, April 29th 2024 - 10:37 UTC
Referendum regarding social security to go ahead in Uruguay

Uruguay's labor union Pit-Cnt has garnered the number of signatures required by law; therefore, the social security reform will be subject to a referendum on Oct. 27, simultaneously with the election of a new president. The grouping appeared before Parliament on Saturday with 430,023 signatures to support its request.
Monday, April 29th 2024 - 10:27 UTC
Embraer announces investment for new plant

Brazilian Aircraft manufacturer Embraer, arguably the world's third-largest, plans to invest R$ 2 billion (about US$ 390 million) in a new plant this year, it was announced last week before President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The manufacturer hired 1,500 new workers last year for a 19,000 labor force it had before the pandemic.
Monday, April 29th 2024 - 10:00 UTC
Big party on Falklands' Annual Tourism Awards, May 4th

The Falkland Islands Tourism Board, FITB, is inviting the community to join them in celebrating the Annual Falklands Tourism Awards.
Monday, April 29th 2024 - 09:26 UTC
Record auction price for 14-carat gold pocket watch belonging to the richest passenger on the Titanic

A pocket watch that belonged to the wealthiest passenger aboard RMS Titanic sold for £1,175 million (€1,38 million, US$1,46 million) at an auction on Saturday, smashing a pre-sale estimate. Henry Aldridge & Son, the auction house, had anticipated it would sell for between £100,000/£150,000.
Monday, April 29th 2024 - 09:26 UTC
South Georgia inviting proposals for a Commemorative Coins mint

The Commissioner of the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands has been invited to submit proposals to act as the SGSSI Government’s Mint for the production of commemorative coins.
Sunday, April 28th 2024 - 13:37 UTC
Chile in mourning after murder of 3 Carabineros officers

Three non-commissioned officers of Chile's Carabineros Police were killed early Saturday in an ambush in the town of Cañete, near the city of Concepción, in the Bío Bío region some 500 kilometers south of Santiago. The crime, which is still under investigation, shocked the entire country. President Gabriel Boric Font promised it would not go unpunished and other officials even called for the reinstatement of the death penalty.
Sunday, April 28th 2024 - 12:36 UTC
Milei needs to change the course of his government, warns CFK

Former two-time Argentine head of State Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) made a rentrée under the limelight Saturday at the opening of the President Néstor Kirchner Stadium in Quilmes, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, in her first public appearance since completing her first term as vice president on Dec. 9 last year. She seized the opportunity to criticize the Libertarian administration of Javier Milei for the unnecessary hardships imposed on the people.
Saturday, April 27th 2024 - 10:59 UTC
Military presence “at the appropriate level to ensure the defense of the Falklands,” UK MoD

Following Argentina's purchase of US-made F-16 jets from Denmark, concerns were raised in Parliament to a Secretary of Defense regarding the UK's defense readiness in the South Atlantic, more precisely the Falkland Islands.
Saturday, April 27th 2024 - 10:59 UTC
Cases of dengue in mainland Chile are all imported

Chilean health authorities said that dengue fever was on the rise nationwide last week, now totaling 228 confirmed cases, none of them autochthonous (patients with no recent travel history) in Chile's mainland. Nevertheless, local experts underlined that the Aedes Aegyppti mosquito was present in the country as a result of weather abnormalities stemming from climate change.
Saturday, April 27th 2024 - 10:56 UTC
Peru's PM calls for an end to the “political noise” that earned the country bad reviews

Peru's Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzén urged his countrymen to hush down the “political noise” that erupted following the decision by the credit rating agency Standard 6 Poor (S&P) to downgrade the South American country from BBB to BBB-.