Stories for 2024

Monday, July 29th 2024 - 10:30 UTC
Maduro celebrates victory from Miraflores Palace

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro greeted his followers from Caracas' Miraflores Palace to celebrate victory after the National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that he had defeated opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia. According to CNE Chairman Elvis Amoroso, Maduro collected 51.2% of the vote, against his rival's 44.2% with 80% of the vote counted.
Monday, July 29th 2024 - 08:59 UTC
Milei promises rural producers that things will get better

In his appearance Sunday at the Argentine Rural Society Annual Exhibition's main ceremony in Buenos Aires, President Javier Milei promised to remove all export taxes in due time, for which he asked producers to be patient.
Monday, July 29th 2024 - 08:56 UTC
Paris 2024 apologizes for opening ceremony hurting Christian feelings

Certain parts of Friday's opening ceremony at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games were deemed to have a religious connotation that hurt the feelings of Christians and prompted an apology from the organizers.
Monday, July 29th 2024 - 08:06 UTC
Falklands, controversy with Navitas oil company Environmental Impact Statement

Falklands Conservation has published initial views on the Navitas oil company Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and encourages people to comment on the report. This is of course welcome but their statement that essential information on key animal groups is missing, is misleading. It states that ‘the presented seabird data is more than 20 years old’.
Monday, July 29th 2024 - 07:56 UTC
Land shipments of diesel awaited in Bolivia amid supply crisis

Bolivia's oil company YPFB announced Sunday that with the arrival of at least 50,000 cubic meters of diesel from Brazil and Paraguay this week, the fuel shortage would be solved for the time being to meet domestic demand. The State-run organization explained that the supply problems stemmed from bad weather at the Chilean port of Arica, which prevented the unloading of fuel from four ships.
Monday, July 29th 2024 - 07:25 UTC
Spanish survivors of Argos Georgia back in Galicia and Madrid; search for disappeared continues

The Spanish media have given ample coverage to the return of the six fellow Spaniards who survived the sinking of Argos Georgia in the deep south Atlantic, and have finally been able to join their loved ones after witnessing the tragedy of a shipwreck that took the lives of nine other mariners and four more who remain disappeared.
Monday, July 29th 2024 - 07:20 UTC
Argos Georgia company regrets tragic loss of lives, and thanks all who helped in rescue operation

Argos Froyanes, the company that owned the Argos Georgia released a statement in which it underlines that ”the tragic events of Monday the 22nd of July leading to the loss of thirteen of our Officers and Crew have been well documented and communicated by the Falkland Island Government.
Monday, July 29th 2024 - 07:00 UTC
Authorities seize backpack with explosives on Uruguay-Brazil border

A backpack containing an explosive device was picked up by authorities on the line between the cities of Rivera in Uruguay and Santana do Livramento in Brazil, it was reported Sunday.
Sunday, July 28th 2024 - 12:16 UTC
Venezuela votes: A Nation at a crossroads after 25 Years of Chavismo

Venezuelans are heading to the polls today in a highly anticipated presidential election that could end a quarter-century of Chavismo. The nation faces a crucial decision between maintaining the current government under President Nicolás Maduro or opting for change led by opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, supported by political leader Maria Corina Machado.
Saturday, July 27th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Argos Georgia tragedy: air and sea search for missing mariners has resumed

On Friday 26 July the Falklands Maritime Authority reported that in the afternoon of Thursday 25 July 2024, the two fishing vessels, the Falklands Robin M Lee and the Chilean Puerto Toro who were involved in the search and rescue operation of survivors from the Argos Georgia arrived into Stanley.