Stories for 2024

Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:30 UTC
Ex head of Falkland Islands Defense Force becomes member OBE

In the New Year Honors 2024 Overseas and International List, among those who became members of the Order of the British Empire, OBE, is a Falkland Islander, who for many years served with the Falkland Islands Defense Force, FIDF, and lately as Commanding Officer of the force.
Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:23 UTC
Venezuela supports Argentina's claim to Malvinas

Despite criticizing a judge's decision to hand over to the United States the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter aircraft seized in Buenos Aires, Venezuela's Foreign Ministry also issued Wednesday a declaration insisting that the Malvinas [Falkland] Islands were Argentine.
Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:20 UTC
Fewer firearms registered in Brazil in 2023

According to Brazil's National Weapons System (Sinarm), 20,822 new firearms were registered for personal defense in 2023 from 111,044 the previous year, which represented an 82% drop, Agencia Brasil reported.
Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:18 UTC
Argentine authorities arrest three people suspected of terrorism

Argentine authorities arrested three men in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) Wednesday. The suspects were believed to be linked to plans to stage terrorist attacks in the country, it was explained.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 22:45 UTC
Milei's radical reform suffers first legal setback after court suspends labor chapter

In a significant legal blow to President Javier Milei's ambitious labor reform agenda, a court in Argentina has temporarily suspended the recently enacted labor reform, responding to concerns raised by labor unions. This marks a judicial obstacle for Milei's rapid-fire reformist approach since taking office less than a month ago.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 10:42 UTC
IMF delegation to visit Buenos Aires for further discussions

Argentina's Cabinet Chief Nicolás Posse and Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo are to meet in Buenos Aires with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday, Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni confirmed Tuesday.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 10:36 UTC
Jet fuel developed from human feces in UK

A British scientific team in Gloucestershire has successfully developed jet fuel from human feces. The product has been reported to be almost identical to the conventional kerosene used in modern aviation. “We wanted to find a really low-value feedstock that was highly abundant; and of course poo is abundant,” Firefly Green Fuels CEO James Hygate explained.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 10:30 UTC
Argentina lifts restrictions on beef exports

The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei has authorized the export of seven “popular cuts” of beef which had been banned from sales abroad under Alberto Fernández, it was reported in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 10:26 UTC
Covid-19 keeps spreading across Bolivia

Bolivian health authorities reported Tuesday a 128% surge in cases of Covid-19 nationwide in addition to the detection of the JN.1 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus -also known as Pirola- in the department of Santa Cruz.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 10:19 UTC
Argentine hemorrhagic fever not widespread but highly lethal

Sanitary experts in the city of Rosario in the province of Santa Fe recommended people in rural areas get vaccinated against Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever (AHF). The once-in-a-lifetime chemical is free of charge and indicated for people between 15 and 65 years of age because “Santa Fe is an endemic area,” the specialists warned after the death of one man infected with the malady.