Stories for 2024

Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:53 UTC
Falklands: confirmed case of avian influenza at Stanley Common

The Falkland Islands Natural Resources Department has announced that on Monday 12 February 2024 swabs that were taken from a dead hawk found on Stanley Common were tested and returned positive for HPAI.
Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:41 UTC
Presidents Milei and Peña review bilateral issues at Casa Rosada

Presidents Santiago Peña of Paraguay and Javier Milei of Argentina met Wednesday in Buenos Aires to discuss bilateral interests, such as the Yacyretá Binational Entity (EBY), the border crossing between both countries, trade integration, and free trade agreements between Mercosur and other regions.
Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:40 UTC
Uruguay must pay some US$ 80 million for the 2012 closing of Pluna

After a ruling issued Tuesday by a World Bank arbitration tribunal, the Uruguayan State will have to pay some US$ 30 million over the closing of the former flag carrier Pluna, which has triggered reciprocal accusations between the country's main political forces ahead of this year's presidential elections.
Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:33 UTC
Covid-19 cases on the rise in Sao Paulo and in the region

Authorities in the city of São Paulo have reported that the number of Covid-19 cases more than tripled between the first epidemiological week of 2024 (Dec. 31, 2023, to Jan. 6, 2024) and the sixth (Feb. 4 to 10) after growing from 881 detections to 3,443, according to the interactive panel of the Municipal Health Department (SMS).
Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:00 UTC
US-Uruguay holding key ministerial meeting in DC

The second US-Uruguay Annual Bilateral Inter-Ministerial Dialogue meeting is to take place Thursday in Washington, D.C. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian A. Nichols and Uruguayan Foreign Minister Omar Paganini will co-chair the dialogue.
Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:00 UTC
Speaker of UK House of Commons on five-day visit to St. Elena

The Speaker of the House of Commons Sir c MP, arrived at St Helena to begin his five-day visit to the island. This is the first ever visit by a Speaker of the House of Commons to the British Overseas Territory of St Helena, in the south Atlantic.
Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 09:02 UTC
Protests expected in Asunción after opposition Senator is dismissed

Paraguayan opposition Senator Kattya González of the National Encounter Party (PEN) was expelled from the Upper House Wednesday after 23 of her fellow lawmakers who responded to former President Horacio Cartes so voted, it was reported in Asunción.
Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 08:39 UTC
Welsh Parliament party visit to Falklands, collaboration and closer ties anticipated

With the purpose of building on the conversations and strengthening the relationship between the Falkland Islands and Wales, a multi-party delegation of four members from the Sennedd Cymru (Welsh Parliament) visited the Islands for seven days, James Evans MS, Laura Anne Jones MS, Alun Davies MS, and Jack Sargent MS, accompanied by the Falklands Government Representative in London, Richard Hyslop.
Wednesday, February 14th 2024 - 10:59 UTC
US VP Harris suggested to invoke the 25th Amendment and oust Biden

West Virginia's Attorney General Patrick Morrisey Tuesday sent a note to US Vice President Kamala Harris asking her to invoke the Constitution's 25th Amendment and remove Joseph Biden from the Presidency citing health issues. The Republican Morrisey based his recommendation on a recent conclusion by Prosecutor Robert Hur, who chose not to file charges against the 81-year-old Biden for keeping classified documents at his home from his tenure as Vice President under Barack Obama (2009-2017). The Hur report described Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory” and noted that the president had exhibited “diminished faculties” in public.
Wednesday, February 14th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Arrested Venezuelan activist faces conspiracy and treason charges

The US Government of President Joseph Biden has expressed its concern after the arrest in Venezuela of 57-year-old activist and military expert Rocío San Miguel, who will face conspiracy, treason, and terrorism charges, according to Attorney General, Tarek William Saab.