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Montevideo, November 24th 2024 - 18:46 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Thursday, August 22nd 2024 - 08:46 UTC

    Sailor tests negative for mpox but positive for chickenpox in Argentina

    A diagnosis of mpox cannot be made just out of looks, the WHO admitted

    Authorities in the Argentine province of Santa Fe confirmed Wednesday that the crew member of the INA LOTTE cereal freighter ship with symptoms compatible with monkeypox tested negative for the malady the World Health Organization declared last week to be a PHEIC (public health emergency of international concern). However, the man did have chickenpox.

  • Thursday, August 22nd 2024 - 08:41 UTC

    Colombian gov't targets mercenary market

    Foreign powers recruit Colombian military people and “take them to wars that have nothing to do with them or with us,” Murillo underlined

    Colombian Foreign Minister Luis Gilberto Murillo filed a bill before Congress Wednesday to legislate against the creation, financing, and training of mercenary groups in the country. The initiative took into account the involvement of 26 Colombian nationals in the July 7, 2021, murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, among other notorious incidents.

  • Thursday, August 22nd 2024 - 08:13 UTC

    Antarctic Treaty Secretariat: vacancy for Executive Secretary

    The Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty is located in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    The Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting invites applications for the role of Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Antarctic Treaty. Apply to the FCDO by 30 September 2024.

  • Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 17:09 UTC

    Brazil eager to develop large-scale production of mpox vax

    The Brazilian vaccine is made up of an attenuated version of a virus similar to the one causing mpox

    Brazil's newly-formed monkeypox emergency committee underlined this week that one of its main goals was to develop a vaccine as one of its leading strategies with which to fight the malady the World Health Organization (WHO) last week deemed a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 16:42 UTC

    Bolivia to focus on biodiesel production

    The initiative must be handled responsibly regarding its possible effects on people and the environment, Flores pointed out

    Bolivia's Minister of Rural Development and Lands, Yamil Flores, underlined Tuesday that his country would use biotechnology to produce biodiesel. He also noted that this technology, although promising, must be handled responsibly, considering its impact on people's health as well as on the environment.

  • Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 15:43 UTC

    US sanctions former Haitian president for alleged drug trafficking

    Martelly is believed to have been involved in drug trafficking to the US, money laundering, and other illegal activities

    The United States' Treasury Department Tuesday imposed a series of sanctions on former Haitian President Michel Joseph Martelly (2011-2016) for allegedly abusing his influence to facilitate drug trafficking. The former head of state is also accused of perpetuating the ongoing crisis in the Caribbean country.

  • Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Freighter isolated off Argentine port due to suspected mpox case

    he Liberian-flagged INA-LOTTE was isolated pending a decision from sanitary border experts

    A Liberian-flagged cereal freighter was isolated off the Argentine port of San Lorenzo, north of Rosario on the Parana River, after a crewmember was reported to have monkeypox symptoms. The vessel stemmed from Spain.

  • Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 09:45 UTC

    Paraguay River downspout reaching historic lows

    The forecasts are not at all encouraging, Valdez said

    Paraguay's National Administration of Navigation and Ports (ANNP) reported Tuesday that the Paraguay River had dawned two centimeters below Monday's level at 0.71 meters, dangerously approaching the Oct. 6, 2021, all-time low of -0.75 meters.

  • Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 09:41 UTC

    Jones Huala must leave Chile at the earliest

    Jones Huala first needs to recover from a 50-day hunger strike

    Argentine-born Mapuche rebel Facundo Jones Huala must leave Chile as soon as he is discharged from the hospital where he was admitted after going on a hunger strike for 50 days to demand his freedom which the Supreme Court granted last week, the authorities in Santiago ruled last Friday.

  • Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 08:46 UTC

    Mpox not the new Covid-19, WHO official explains

    “Two years ago, we controlled mpox in Europe thanks to direct engagement with the most affected communities of men who have sex with men,” Kluge pointed out

    Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional director for Europe, admitted Tuesday that mpox would not lead to a “cycle of panic” and lockdowns like Covid-19 did, despite the public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) declaration.