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Montevideo, September 7th 2024 - 23:31 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 09:43 UTC

    Colombia going through acute food insecurity

    In 2023, Latin America experienced an unprecedented migration crisis, with hundreds of thousands trying to reach the United States

    A document released Wednesday by the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) together with the United Nation's (UN) Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) showed that, under leftwing President Gustavo Petro, Colombia had for the first time joined the list of countries going through acute food insecurity.

  • Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 09:37 UTC

    Four Paraguayan prison inmates dead in rival gang clash

    All the deceased were inmates, three of them from the Rotela side

    Clashes between inmates belonging to the autochthonous Rotela Clan and Brazil's First Capital Command (PCC) left four of them dead and three others wounded Wednesday at the Regional Penitentiary in Pedro Juan Caballero, in the Paraguayan department of Amambay. A team of the National Police's Special Operations Group (GEO) and the riot squad were deployed to restore normalcy.

  • Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 06:32 UTC

    Falklands' KEM Hospital modernization includes improvement of Pathology Laboratories

    The works at KEMH will also specifically address the urgent need for replacing the existing Autoclaves that currently are at the end of their service life.

    Following the approval by the Falkland Islands Executive Council (ExCo) on Tuesday 23 April 2024, the Directorate of Health and Social Service (DHSS) and the Public Works Department (PWD), are delighted to announce that the Phase 1 of the redevelopment of the Pathology Laboratories at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) will begin this initiative.

  • Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 05:47 UTC

    PM Sunak overhauls benefits system and tackle Britain's “sick note culture” in welfare reform

    PM Sunak announced a review of the fit note system to stop people being written off as “not fit for work” by default

    In a major speech the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled a package of welfare reform measures to tackle the unprecedented rise in economic inactivity and ensure the benefits system is better targeted at those who need it most.

  • Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 05:32 UTC

    Argentines satisfied with this year's squid catches, “higher than expected”

    Puerto Madryn landings reached 34.062 tons, equivalent to 29,68% of all squid landings in Argentine ports, which added to 114.713 tons.

    Landings of squid in Puerto Madryn, Chubut province, Argentine Patagonia are higher than last year's and can be considered a “great success for fisheries and our province,” according to Diego Pérez, manager of the Madryn port.

  • Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 21:36 UTC

    Elon Musk's X nearing expulsion from Brazil?

    Brazil's Chief Prosecutor is known for wanting social media regulated

    Brazil's Federal Attorney General's Office (AGU) head Jorge Messias told Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes that his agency was entertaining the idea of banning Elon Musk's social platform X from South America's largest country, Gazeta do Povo reported. Musk has repeatedly dubbed De Moraes a dictator with a robe after the magistrate ordered his company to suppress the accounts of some users who were deemed to be spreading fake news.

  • Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 20:29 UTC

    US Ambassador in Santiago to remain mum following leaks to the press regarding confidential talks with Congress

    Meehan briefed Chilean lawmakers on initiatives to remove the South American country from the US Visa-Waver Program

    US Ambassador to Santiago Bernadette Meehan told Chilean lawmakers Wednesday that she would no longer be briefing them on the possible exclusion of the South American country from Washington's Visa-Waver program after details of her confidential meeting with parliamentarians were published by the website El Mostrador.

  • Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 20:24 UTC

    PAHO and Argentine authorities join forces to tackle dengue crisis

    The Aedes Aegypti mosquito has grown immune to some insecticides due to the overuse of these chemicals

    Argentine health authorities and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have joined forces to devise a strategy to tackle the outbreak of dengue fever after at least 315,000 cases have been confirmed so far this year, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 15:21 UTC

    UN Human Rights Office to resume operations in Venezuela following agreement with Maduro

    Khan (left) announced plans for his team to return to Venezuela in approximately three weeks to collaborate with local experts.

    The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is set to return to operate in Venezuela, signaling a thaw in relations between the South American nation and the international community. The announcement came from President Nicolas Maduro during an event at the Miraflores presidential palace on Tuesday, where he was joined by International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan, who is currently investigating Venezuela for possible crimes against humanity.

  • Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 10:47 UTC

    Massive demonstrations across Argentina defend public education amid budget cuts

    In Buenos Aires, the epicenter of the mobilization, demonstrators congregated in front of the Argentine Congress before marching towards Casa Rosada. Photo: EFE

    Hundreds of thousands of students, teachers, and workers flooded the streets of Argentina in a historic display of unity against proposed budget cuts to public education. The demonstrations, which took place in over twenty cities across the country, marked one of the largest protests in the last 20 years of Argentine democracy.