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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 21:14 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Monday, November 4th 2024 - 10:27 UTC

    Bolivian gov't announces countermeasures to Evistas

    So far 91 policemen have been injured in clashes with the Evistas

    Bolivian authorities announced Sunday that they would be launching “Operation Recovering the Homeland” after followers of former President Evo Morales seized three military barracks last week, keeping some 200 troops hostage.

  • Monday, November 4th 2024 - 10:07 UTC

    Chile: 76% disapprove of La Moneda's management of Monsalve case

    Not many respondents believed Boric should have demanded Monsalve's resignation first thing

    The latest poll published by Plaza Pública Cadem this weekend showed that 76% of respondents during the fifth week of October disapproved of President Gabriel Boric Font's handling of the Manuel Monsalve case while 44% believed the head of state himself was to blame. In addition, 32% considered that the official most affected by the scandal was Interior Minister Carolina Tohá.

  • Monday, November 4th 2024 - 09:49 UTC

    Rio to tackle criminal organizations' cash flow

    According to Dos Santos, 47% of all the rifles seized this year in the state’s municipalities were made in the US.

    Federal government and Rio de Janeiro State authorities agreed last week to create a joint working group to target the cash flow of criminal rings operating in the area, Agencia Brasil reported. The measure was adopted after three people were killed during a gunfight with Rio Police.

  • Monday, November 4th 2024 - 09:36 UTC

    Evo's legal front reaches Argentina

    Del Castillo said Bolivia would be attentive to any requirement that might arrive from Buenos Aires

    Argentine authorities have filed a criminal complaint against former Bolivian President Evo Morales for the alleged rape and human trafficking of four teenage girls while he was under asylum in the country, Security Minister Patricia Bullrich announced during the weekend. Morales will be prosecuted for allegedly “committing crimes of human trafficking and sexual abuse,” Bullrich explained.

  • Monday, November 4th 2024 - 09:07 UTC

    Paraguay recalls yellow fever vax mandates are still in force

    The vaccines need to be applied 10 days in advance

    Paraguay's National Secretariat of Tourism (Senatur) recalled Sunday that the measure requiring a certificate attesting to the traveler's vaccination against yellow fever was still in force in cases of high-risk destinations.

  • Saturday, November 2nd 2024 - 12:57 UTC

    New documentary “Endurance” chronicles Sir Ernest Shackleton's legendary Antarctic voyage

    It will air on National Geographic starting 1 November, followed by Disney+ and Hulu from 2 November.

    A new documentary titled Endurance has premiered, bringing to life the remarkable survival story of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ill-fated 1914 Antarctic expedition. The film, from National Geographic Documentary Films, combines restored archival footage of the century-old expedition with the modern-day quest to discover the wreckage of Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, which was found in 2022. The documentary is directed by Academy Award® winners Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, along with BAFTA® nominee Natalie Hewit.

  • Saturday, November 2nd 2024 - 10:26 UTC

    Paraguay wants to strengthen ties with UK

    Ramírez and Matthews met on the sidelines of a convention in Montreal to address the Ukrainian War crisis

    Paraguay's Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano had a busy week in Montreal, Canada, where he participated in the Ministerial Conference on the Human Dimension of the Ukraine Peace Formula and met with British Foreign Office Director General for Latin America Harriet Matthews on the event's sidelines, among other engagements.

  • Saturday, November 2nd 2024 - 10:17 UTC

    Evo goes on hunger strike, calls for end to road blockades to seek dialogue

    Morales called for friendly international help to make Arce (L) understand.....

    Former Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Friday that he would go on a hunger strike as the conflict between him and his former Minister of Economy and ally, and current president, Luis Arce Catacora, continues to escalate.

  • Saturday, November 2nd 2024 - 10:05 UTC

    Too many overburdened Tesla workers in Germany on sick leave

    “The survey shows how critical the workload at Tesla is,” union leader Dirk Schulze complained

    While leaders at a Tesla plant in Grünheide (Germany) -near Berlin- complained about the high number of employees under sick leave, the trade union spoke of a “shockingly” critical workload resulting in these health problems and has a survey to back that up. “The results are shocking and make me angry,” said Dirk Schulze, head of the IG Metall Berlin-Brandenburg district.

  • Saturday, November 2nd 2024 - 09:51 UTC

    Brazilian rivers in Amazon face mercury contamination risk

    Mercury accumulates in the food chain, especially in fish consumed by the local population

    Four rivers in Amazonian indigenous territories were found to be at a high risk of mercury contamination, above levels considered safe, Agencia Brasil reported this week citing a study by the NGO WWF-Brazil.