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Montevideo, July 26th 2024 - 23:48 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 20:18 UTC

    Lula insists world hunger is a political choice

    “Spending on armaments rose 7% last year,” Lula noted while funding against world famine is nowhere near

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted during a G20 event in Rio de Janeiro that fighting hunger was a political choice, Agencia Brasil reported. The South American leader also pledged to steer his country out of that plight during his ongoing term.

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  • Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 19:50 UTC

    Argentine Economy Minister meets with IMF Chief in Rio

    Caputo was full of praise for Georgieva as he almost desperately needs fresh IMF funding

    Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo met Thursday in Rio de Janeiro with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, who said the encounter had been “constructive.”

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  • Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 11:19 UTC

    Chilean fruit exports grow 9% in first semester of 2024

    “The export of services from Chile was already a record last year, and this year is heading for a new all-time high,” Fernández Ruiz pointed out

    Chile's agricultural sales abroad in the first semester of 2024 amounted to over US$ 7 billion, almost 9% more than in the same period of 2023 thanks in part to a public-private cooperation strategy promoted by the Undersecretariat of International Economic Relations and ProChile, the Ministry's Department in charge of offering and promoting national products and services to the world.

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  • Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 08:48 UTC

    Biden admits it's time to pass on the torch

    Democracy is at stake, Biden underlined

    In his first appearance since quitting his reelection bid, US President Joseph Biden Wednesday said during a speech from the Oval Office that his decision had been motivated to protect democracy, to unite the nation against the threat former President Donald Trump represents. However, he never mentioned him by name.

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  • Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 08:41 UTC

    Fitch says default on Argentine bonds in foreign currency likely

    The scope of Minister Toto Caputo's plan is still unclear, Fitch stressed

    The credit rating agency Fitch outlined Wednesday the possible consequences of Argentina's latest measures, which would aggravate the uncertainty about the South American country's reserves, particularly after some of its gold was shipped abroad, in addition to other financial gambits that would allow for the creation of banking pesos that would jeopardize a return to “global capital markets.”

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  • Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 08:41 UTC

    Netanyahu calls for NATO-style alliance against Iran

    “Israel first, America next” was Netannyahu's motto to explain his country's war against ”the most radical and murderous enemy of the United States”

    Wednesday's speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the US Congress seemed to herald the foundations around which Western civilization will revolve soon. As he described the world for when victory over the pro-Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has been achieved, supporters of the other faction in the ongoing Middle East conflict vandalized adjacent areas in Washington DC, particularly Union Station.

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  • Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 20:58 UTC

    Caracas withdraws invitation to Alberto Fernández as electoral observer

    Fernández's words that whoever wins the elections in Venezuela should become the next president were not what Maduro's regime wanted to hear

    Former Argentine President Alberto Fernández (2019-2023) announced Wednesday that he would not travel to Venezuela as a foreign observer to the South American country's July 28 elections after the Government of President Nicolás Maduro had second thoughts.

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  • Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 19:54 UTC

    Argentina lose “unusual” Olympic opening game

    Moroccan fans threw firecrackers at Argentina's bench forcing a 2-hour interruption after which Medina's goal was overturned

    The 2024 Paris Olympic Games kicked off Wednesday with some men's football in addition to rugby and other games, while the opening ceremony is to take place later this week.

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  • Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 15:27 UTC

    Falkland Islands authorities respond to Argos Georgia incident

    A coordinated rescue operation was swiftly initiated, involving the Falkland Islands Government, the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

    The Falkland Islands Maritime Authority reported an emergency situation involving the fishing vessel Argos Georgia on Monday, July 22, 2024. The vessel, with 27 crew members on board, began taking on water approximately 200 miles east of Stanley, prompting an immediate request for assistance.

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  • Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Argos Georgia rescue: 14 alive, eight dead and five missing

    “Puerto Toro” arrived, together with the FPV Lilibet, at the incident location at 09:00 hours, July 23, some 1.220 kilomerters from Punta Arenas, having rescued fourteen crew members alive

    The loss of the St Helena longliner Argos Georgia, some 170 miles from the Falkland Islands, and whatever is happening with the 27 members of its crew, mostly Spaniards from Galicia, tells a different far more tragic story of what is happening with rescue operations because of the extreme climate conditions, 35 knots wind and eight-meter tall waves.

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