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Montevideo, November 23rd 2024 - 23:32 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Luxury hotel in Puerto Williams to enhance Antarctic travel

    Puerto Williams is a key starting point for Antarctic expeditions

    Cruise industry giants Silversea announced this week its plans to build a luxury hotel in the Chilean town of Puerto Williams to revolutionize Antarctic tourism. The 150-room complex “will allow us to offer an unparalleled Antarctic expedition that further enhances our world-class vacation portfolio,” Royal Caribbean Group CEO Jason Liberty said.

  • Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 08:48 UTC

    UK charters flight to leave Lebanon on Sunday as conflict escalates

    The UK has chartered a flight to leave Beirut on Sunday (Oct 6) as tensions in the region escalate.

    More than 250 British nationals have left Lebanon on flights chartered by UK Government. Any remaining British nationals who want to leave are urged to register immediately, or to use commercial routes.

  • Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 08:46 UTC

    HMS Protector “Sea Rider” Arctic Expedition for UK/Canadian Early-Career Researchers

    The Royal Ice Patrol, HMS Protector, during her joint cruise with the Canadian experts in the Sea Rider program

    The British High Commission in Ottawa organized an expedition for a group of British & Canadian early-career researchers to travel on board HMS Protector for an Arctic cruise. The UK and Canada have an exciting portfolio of collaborative projects relating to science, technology, and research.

  • Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 06:33 UTC

    UK/Mauritius 3 October deal to protect national security, safeguarding operation of strategic military base

    Diego Garcia captured by satellite.

    The agreement demonstrates the UK government’s commitment to safeguarding global security and averting threats to peace and prosperity in the Indian Ocean and wider Indo-Pacific. It sees Mauritius assume sovereignty over BIOT, with the UK authorized to exercise the sovereign rights of Mauritius on Diego Garcia.

  • Friday, October 4th 2024 - 22:16 UTC

    Edmundo González vows to return to Venezuela “as soon as possible” to restore democracy

    “It's time for Spain, fully integrated in the European community, to contribute to Venezuela’s return to democratic, diplomatic, and economic normality,” he urged.

    Opposition leader Edmundo González, widely recognized by the international community as the winner of Venezuela's July 28 elections, has reaffirmed his commitment to returning to his country before January 10, the date set for the presidential inauguration. Speaking at the La Toja Atlantic Forum in Galicia, González stated, “I will return to Venezuela as soon as possible, when we restore democracy in our country.”

  • Friday, October 4th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

    Mondino hails UK-Mauritius understanding on Chagos

    Mondino dubbed the British Indian Ocean Territory of Chagos an “obsolete practice”

    Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino celebrated Thursday's announcement regarding the imminent handover of the British Indian Ocean Territory of Chagos to Mauritius after a dispute of nearly six decades and hinted that a similar path should be followed to ”recover the Malvinas (Falkland).”

  • Friday, October 4th 2024 - 09:41 UTC

    Arrest warrant against Evo Morales issued and repealed

    Morales is said to have been involved in a rape and human trafficking case with a 15-year-old girl back in 20016 when he was still president

    Bolivia's Judiciary issued an arrest warrant against former President Evo Morales in connection with a human trafficking case involving a minor but the measure was halted later, despite which the indigenous leader claimed he felt persecuted and threatened.

  • Friday, October 4th 2024 - 09:11 UTC

    Venezuela offers humanitarian help to war-torn Lebanon

    Maduro met with Lebbos at the Miraflores Palace

    President Nicolás Maduro Thursday said Venezuela would be helping Lebanon through the current crisis due to Israel's offensive. During a meeting with Beirut's Ambassador in Caracas Elías Lebbos at the Miraflores Palace, the Chavista leader said that humanitarian brigades would be sent to the war-torn area and ratified the South American nation's support to Beirut against Tel Aviv.

  • Thursday, October 3rd 2024 - 23:21 UTC

    British Indian Ocean Territory of Chagos to be handed over to Mauritius

    Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth issued a joint statement with Keir Starmer outlining the details of the new understanding ahead of a final treaty

    The Government of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer agreed Thursday to hand over sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory Chagos Islands to Mauritius after two years of talks to bring to an end a dispute lasting some six decades. As per the new understanding, the UK and the United States get to keep using the military base in Diego García Island, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy explained.

  • Thursday, October 3rd 2024 - 18:47 UTC

    Milei vetoes university funding bill, sparks another feud with the opposition

    Milei kept his word to not let anything affect his zero-deficit policies

    Despite Wednesday's demonstrations against it nationwide, Argentine President Javier Milei vetoed the bill on funding public universities passed by Congress last month on the grounds that “it would seriously hinder the sustainability of public finances.” After the measure was announced, opposition lawmakers pledged to convene next week in a move to reverse it through Parliamentarian mechanisms.