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Montevideo, October 18th 2024 - 10:28 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 16:00 UTC

    Bolivia's Foreign Minister says Evo-led coup in the making

    Evo wants to run again for president despite the Constitution forbidding it, Sosa claimed on Facebook

    Bolivia's Foreign Minister Celinda Sosa Lunda said Tuesday that a coup d'état against President Luis Arce Catacora was being arranged by former head of state Evo Morales and his followers through road blockades and other measures.

  • Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 13:48 UTC

    Lula insists Ukraine should seek a peaceful solution to war with Russia

    “Those who want to talk to us now could have talked to us before the war had started,” Lula stressed

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted this week that his Ukrainian colleague Volodymyr Zelensky should take the South American country's advice and seek a peace negotiation with Moscow. Lula made those remarks after Zelensky dubbed the roadmap submitted jointly by Brasilia and Beijing “destructive.”

  • Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Falklands: FIRS, the supply link between UK and Mount Pleasant Complex

    The Anvil Point unloading at East Cove port

    Mount Pleasant Complex in the Falkland Islands has provided information on how the British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI, are kept alert and ready for the defense of the Islands with regular shipments from the UK.

  • Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 09:54 UTC

    Brazilian court about to release suspect in reporters Bruno and Dom case

    “Crime scene and crime dinner are different things,” the case rapporteur argued in the murder of Phillips and Pereira

    Brasilia's Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region (TRF1) Tuesday agreed to review an appeal filed by the legal team of one of the three defendants in the much-publicized 2022 murder of native-peoples activist Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips in the Indigenous Land of Vale do Javari in the Amazon, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 09:30 UTC

    Blinken reiterates US support to Venezuelan opposition leaders

    The United States “will continue to defend the return of democratic freedoms in Venezuela,” Blinken told González Urrutia and Machado

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tuesday held a telephone conversation with Venezuelan opposition leaders María Corina Machado -who stayed in the South American country- and former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, who has sought asylum in Spain. The official from President Joseph Biden's administration insisted his country would “continue to defend the return to democratic freedoms” in Venezuela.

  • Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 09:21 UTC

    Peruvian President denied permission to attend United Nations GA

    Most parliamentarians agreed that the head of state should remain in the country to oversee the fight against widespread forest fires

    Peru's one-house Congress on Tuesday voted against allowing President Dina Boluarte to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week, with 55 votes to 50 and 5 abstentions. Boluarte intended to be in the United States between Sept. 22 and 25 while remaining in charge of the South American country remotely.

  • Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 09:00 UTC

    Falklands celebrates decision to hold Commonwealth Games in Glasgow 2026

    CGS has received confirmation of support from the Government to enable them to progress with their proposal to host the Games in 2026.

    The Falkland Islands Sports Council celebrated and shared the good news from Scotland on the 2026 Commonwealth Games. Although the Commonwealth Games 2026 Statement refers to Scottish government support and no other details, from the Falklands reaction was most positive, “there is no further news on what sports are included, or the numbers of places we will have……but at least there is a Games.”

  • Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 08:02 UTC

    Argentine grain exports have to be completed in the Atlantic because of insufficient draft along the Parana waterway

    The Bahia Blanca grains and oil seeds storage facilities

    With the Parana crucial waterway again beginning to suffer the consequences of lack of a sufficient water level, making the loading of cereals and oil seeds at the main Argentine exporting port of Rosario, it is estimated that in the remaining months of the year, Bahía Blanca directly on the Atlantic will be receiving probably half a million tons of additional grains to dispatch.

  • Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 08:00 UTC

    Brazil/China peace plan, rejected by Kiev, considered a chance by Russia

    Brazil and China are full members and founders of the BRICS group next to Russia, India and South Africa

    Brazil has positioned itself as neutral in the Ukraine war, refusing to join sanctions or provide military aid to Kiev, while proposing a peace initiative in cooperation with China. The joint Brazil/China peace plan or at least to end hostilities, has been defined by Ukrainian president Zelensky as “destructive”.

  • Wednesday, September 18th 2024 - 07:59 UTC

    Falklands Tourist Board preparing for this summer's season

    The Jetty Visitor Centre with its Information Office is situated on the corner of Ross Road and Philomel Street and is a first-stop for anyone visiting the Islands

    With the incoming cruise season round the corner the Falkland Islands Tourist Board is actively preparing for what is expected to be a very busy summer. With that in mind the Falklands Tourist Board is inviting any individuals and or businesses involved within the tourism industry to attend a pre-season meeting scheduled for this Wednesday at the Jetty Visitors Center, beginning at 17:00 hours.