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Montevideo, November 25th 2024 - 07:34 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Thursday, March 21st 2024 - 19:55 UTC

    Milei criticized for his choices for the Supreme Court

    Lijo is said to have strong political ties to secure the Senate's nod

    Argentine President Javier Milei took heavy flak Thursday after signing a decree Wednesday whereby he nominated Buenos Aires City Federal Judge Ariel Lijo to fill the Supreme Court (CSJN) vacancy left by Justice Elena Highton de Nolasco when she retired in 2021. The head of state also singled out Manuel García-Mansilla to take over from sitting Justice Juan Carlos Maqueda who will be reaching the mandatory retirement age later this year.

  • Thursday, March 21st 2024 - 15:08 UTC

    It sort of happened, Non-white Britain

    Rishi Sunak, a Hindu of Indian heritage born in Southampton, became prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

    By Gwynne Dyer - Nobody planned it, hardly anybody realized it was happening, and suddenly there it was: done. In the space of less than two years, the entire senior leadership of Great Britain has become non-white.

  • Thursday, March 21st 2024 - 09:58 UTC

    Uruguay braces for heavy storm

    “Inumet has decided to raise the current alert level from orange to red,” Santayana announced

    Classes were suspended in Uruguay for Thursday and other precautions were taken after a red alert was declared following the Weather Bureau's forecast of heavy electrical storms. Such a measure is enacted “when the intensity of a meteorological phenomenon in course or forecast implies an extreme or imminent risk level for the population in general.”

  • Thursday, March 21st 2024 - 09:41 UTC

    Brazil's Copom further lowers Selic interest rate in line with market expectations

    “There's nothing to celebrate,” Juvandia Moreira said

    Brazil's Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) announced Wednesday that it was further cutting the economy's basic interest rate known as Selic by 0.5 percentage points to 10.75% per year, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Thursday, March 21st 2024 - 09:37 UTC

    Aerolíneas Argentinas' 48-hour strike for Easter Week lifted

    Argentines are looking ahead at an extra long weekend with the April 2 Veteran's Day in addition to the March 28 and 29 Easter Week recess

    The Argentine aviation industry labor unions that had announced a 48-hour strike for the Easter weekend have reached an understanding with local authorities whereby the measure was lifted and Aerolíneas Argentinas travelers were then reassured that their flights would proceed as scheduled.

  • Thursday, March 21st 2024 - 09:07 UTC

    Milei deepens ties with Washington by choosing used F-16 jets

    No further details as to when will the aircraft be handed over were disclosed

    Argentine President Javier Milei announced Wednesday that his country would purchase second-hand US-built F-16 fighter jets from Denmark, which would represent “the biggest advance in Defense in the last 20 years” according to a social media user eventually validated by the head of state.

  • Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 21:32 UTC

    Falkland Islands celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Social Services Department

    Social Services has a 10 staff team, supporting, Children and Adult Services, Early Help, Income Support, Probation Service (distinct but co-located service) and Jersey House (with a further 9 staff)

    Tuesday 19 March is World Social Work Day, and 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of Social Services in the Falkland Islands. To mark this milestone the Social Services Department wanted to celebrate the successes that have been made since 1999.

  • Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 20:42 UTC

    Brazil: Dengue cases so far in 2024 surpass previous yearly figures

    Most of the victims were children under 14 years of age

    Brazilian authorities have confirmed 1,889,206 positive cases of dengue fever so far this year, thus surpassing 2015's 1,688,688 and 2023's 1,658,816, it was reported. In addition to 630 confirmed fatalities, another 1,009 deaths are under investigation since Jan. 1 to determine whether they were caused by dengue or by another pathogen.

  • Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 20:02 UTC

    Fish and chips: “The unscrupulous British” had eaten Russian fish for 68 years, says leading ally of Putin

    Russia's parliamentary speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said: “The British need to study some proverbs - 'Russians harness the horse slowly, but ride it fast'.”

    No more fish and chips from Russian waters? A 1956 agreement that allowed British boats to fish in the Barents Sea has been ripped up, in the latest sign of growing tensions between Moscow and London, and the last batch of sanctions imposed on Russia and autocrat Putin criminals by UK.

  • Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 19:41 UTC

    One person killed, over 110,000 left without electricity in storm-hit Buenos Aires

    The SMN forecast heavy rains for the remainder of the day

    One woman was killed and over 110,000 households in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) were left with no electricity on Wednesday morning as heavy rains hit the Argentine capital and its surrounding areas, leading to the delay or cancellation of some 60 passenger flights among other nuisances such as flooded streets.