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Montevideo, November 25th 2024 - 07:34 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Monday, March 18th 2024 - 08:07 UTC

    Uruguay picks new Ambassador for Caracas post

    Montes de Oca is said to have vast experience in regional matters

    The Uruguayan Government of President Luis Lacale Pou decided to appoint Silvana Montes de Oca as the new Ambassador to Venezuela following the resignation of Eber Da Rosa, which raised doubts as to whether Montevideo would lower its diplomatic mission in Caracas to a chargé d'affairs level.

  • Monday, March 18th 2024 - 07:56 UTC

    Rio de Janeiro under unprecedented heat wave

    Higher-tan-usual temperatures have been forecast for Monday as well

    Wind chill factor included, Rio de Janeiro Sunday recorded for the second day in a row temperatures above 60º Celsius, Agencia Brasil reported. The Rio Alert System recorded 62.3ºC at the Guaratiba station, on the city's west side, at 9.55 am, the former Brazilian capital's City Council said.

  • Saturday, March 16th 2024 - 12:27 UTC

    Election time in EU; Green Deal measures are to be reviewed to try and quell farmers protests

    Farmers have organized marches on Paris, Berlin, and mostly Brussels to protest the Green Deal climate change measures

    European Parliament elections are scheduled for next June, so the European Commission faced with growing protests from farmers and their marches on some of the main cities, Berlin, France and Brussels, has in response proposed concessions on climate and environmental measures.

  • Saturday, March 16th 2024 - 10:09 UTC

    Moody's improves Uruguay's ratings

    Sound institutions “reinforce political and social stability, attracting foreign investment,” Moody's argued

    Uruguay's strong institutions have earned the South American country an upgrade in Moody's rating from Baa2 to Baa1, it was reported Friday. The risk-gauging agency also changed the outlook to stable.

  • Saturday, March 16th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Former military chief admits Bolsonaro approached him to stage a coup d'état

    Bolsonaro has denied having attempted a coup d'état in the days following his electoral defeat. Freire's testimony would indicate otherwise

    Former Brazilian Army Chief Marco Antonio Freire Gomes admitted Friday before Federal Police investigators that he had been approached by then-President Jair Bolsonaro to explore the possibility of overturning the outcome of the 2022 elections through military actions.

  • Saturday, March 16th 2024 - 08:05 UTC

    Aerolíneas Argentinas pilots announce full strike for Easter Week

    The APLA union claims that their workers' wages are over 83% behind inflation

    Aerolíneas Argentinas' pilots have announced a 48-hour strike for Easter Week to demand a salary adjustment. The Airline Pilot Association (APLA) labor union claims that their wages are over 83% behind inflation.

  • Friday, March 15th 2024 - 20:46 UTC

    Brazilian State bordering Paraguay and Argentine under dengue emergency

    Local authorities will hold a rally on Saturday to boost awareness against the aedes aegypti mosquito

    Authorities in the Brazilian State of Paraná bordering Argentina and Paraguay have decreed a health emergency given the increasing number of cases of dengue fever in recent weeks as new deaths have been confirmed, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Friday, March 15th 2024 - 20:22 UTC

    May Pact in doubt after Thursday's outcome at the Senate, warns Milei

    Milei said he was confident the DNU would get through the Lower House and remain in force

    Argentine President Javier Milei said Friday that Thursday's Senate setback casted doubts on the signing of the so-called May Pact he launched during his State of the Nation speech on March 1. The Upper House voted by 42 to 25 and 4 abstentions against Milei's most-encompassing emergency Decree (DNU) 70/23 which will nonetheless remain in force pending the Lower House's decision.

  • Friday, March 15th 2024 - 19:56 UTC

    Unidentified Brazilian woman dies after 24 years in a coma

    Clarinha died of bronchial aspiration on Thursday, but the news broke on Friday

    A mysterious woman who spent the last 24 years in a coma after a hit-and-run car accident in downtown Vitória, in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, has died of bronchial aspiration, it was reported Friday.

  • Friday, March 15th 2024 - 13:16 UTC

    The three objectives of Argentine foreign policy, minister Diana Mondino

    Minister Mondino during the AmCham conference

    Argentine Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship minister, Diana Mondino said that three are the main foreign policy objectives of the government of president Javier Milei, international trade and treaties, regional integration and improving logistic costs and returning Argentina to a position of international relevance and prestige, a reliable country with a respected loud voice worldwide, in a context of clear and fair rules of the game so promote corporations from the private sector.