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Montevideo, September 16th 2024 - 19:01 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 10:22 UTC

    Milei's impeachment sought by human rights group

    Pérez Esquivel insisted Milei was following instructions from the United States and Israel

    Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel was among the human rights activists who filed a request before Argentina's Lower House to impeach President Javier Milei “for the poor performance of his duties and possible commission of crimes.” The signatories also spoke of “economic genocide.” The initiative still has to go through many phases before it can represent a threat to Milei's remaining in office, it was explained in Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

    Falklands' fishing companies after a Southwest Atlantic fisheries management pact

    James Bates, Executive Secretary from the Falkland Islands Fishing Companies Association at the 2024 Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona, Spain this week. (Pic Seafood Source)

    “The Southwest Atlantic is the largest body of water in the in the world without a RFMO (regional fisheries management organization) and that’s something the Falkland Islands are very keen to see put in place,” said James Bates, Executive Secretary from the Falkland Islands Fishing Companies Association at the 2024 Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona, Spain this week.

  • Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 10:04 UTC

    60-year-old lawyer qualifies for Miss Argentina contest

    “Beauty has no expiration date,” said Miss Buenos Aires

    Sixty-year-old lawyer and journalist Alejandra Marisa Rodríguez was chosen to represent the province of Buenos Aires in the Miss Argentine for Miss Universe contest. The winner outperformed 34 other contenders to qualify for the May 25 showdown with candidates from the other territories, aged between 18 and 40. Buenos Aires' runner-up was aged 73.

  • Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    ALBA summit in Venezuela draws regional leaders amid calls for unity

    Ortega's arrival was greeted by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil, who emphasized the importance of the summit in strengthening the alliance and fostering regional integration

    The President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, joined other regional leaders in Caracas on Wednesday for the summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), underscoring a renewed focus on cooperation and solidarity among member nations.

  • Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 09:40 UTC

    Milei reacts on social media after students' march

    Milei claimed tears of lefties were shed during the demonstrations

    Argentine President Javier Milei turned unusually overactive on social media Tuesday afternoon after packed street demonstrations nationwide in defense of of tuition-free college education in what was dubbed the Federal University March.

  • Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 09:22 UTC

    Correa says Noboa's plebiscite was a defeat disguised as a win

    Noboa never expected to become president but was favored by Villavicencio's murder and now feels he has enough support to run next year, Correa argued

    Former Ecuadorean head of state Rafael Correa said from exile to avoid a prison sentence for corruption that his country's referendum last Sunday in which the current President Daniel Noboa received broad support for nine questions regarding security issues and strengthening the fight against organized crime was “a triumph” for the people ahead of the 2025 elections and a “resounding defeat” for the government.

  • Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 09:00 UTC

    PM Sunak announces a 'turning point' for European history and landmark for the defense of the UK

    Mr Sunak, was in Warsaw, alongside Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Defense Secretary Grant Shapps (Pic Forces News)

    British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday April 23 announced the biggest strengthening of the UK’s national defense in a generation, with a fully funded plan to grow the defense budget to 2.5% of GDP by 2030. 

  • Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 08:50 UTC

    Astute class submarine HMS Agamemnon, a name closely linked to Admiral Nelson

    The Royal Navy's sixth of seven state of the art submarines at Barrow-in-Furness (Pic BAE System)

    Britain's sixth of seven Astute-class submarines being built has officially been named Agamemnon at BAE Systems' Submarines site in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. She takes her name from the ancient Greek king and is due to be launched later this year, ahead of being commissioned into the Royal Navy.

  • Tuesday, April 23rd 2024 - 20:56 UTC

    Lula soothes his links to the Lower House

    There are “no differences that cannot be overcome,” Lula insisted

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva discussed his meeting last Sunday at the Alvorada Palace with House Speaker Arthur Lira over breakfast with reporters in Brasilia Tuesday morning saying that their differences were normal.

  • Tuesday, April 23rd 2024 - 20:28 UTC

    Rebel Mapuche leader Héctor Llaitul found guilty, faces up to 25 years in jail

    Llaitul claimed the trial was the result of the clash between two cultures

    Mapuche leader Héctor Llaitul has been found guilty of attacking authorities and other violent crimes. The prosecution has requested Llaitul be jailed for 25 years but the sentence will only be announced next month. The defendant claimed the trial was fueled by a “political persecution” stemming from the clash between two cultures. The indigenous leader was arrested in August 2022 and has since been remanded in custody at the Biobío Penitentiary Complex, some 500 kilometers from Santiago.