Stories for 2024

Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 11:55 UTC
Argentina reports illex squid is back, and announces new monitoring approach along EEZ mile 201

Squid is back, and with good prospects for the catch season, according to reports from Argentina that also announced the launching of an aggressive vigilant and monitoring campaign between the Navy and Coast Guard to check on the estimated 350 Asian jiggers next to the 201 plus mile don't slip into the Argentine EEZ to “steal our sea resources”
Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:59 UTC
Brazil imports fewer inputs; industrial crisis expected

According to a report published Tuesday by Folha in Sao Paulo, a trade imbalance at private ports would reflect dramatic conditions for the local industry. A deficit in the arrival of key inputs will sooner or later result in fewer products manufactured and the vicious cycle would then mean increasingly dwindling export revenues.
Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:58 UTC
Uruguay launching new Covid-19 vaccination campaign

Uruguayan authorities have launched a vaccination campaign against Covid-19 as the malady is spreading nationwide with a “moderate intensity,” it was reported in Montevideo. The Health Ministry said 330,000 booster vaccines have become available.
Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:49 UTC
Paraguay with positive trade balance and good news from Israel

Land locked and Mercosur member Paraguay exports reached US$ 17,3 billion in 2023, according to the country's Central Bank International Trade Report. This represents a 24,8% increase in US dollars over a similar period a year before. The success is attributed to larger shipments of soybeans, rice and soy flour.
Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:48 UTC
UK: Crucial vote on Rwanda bill this Wednesday; blow to PM Sunak's authority

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a crucial vote on his Rwanda bill this Wednesday, after two Conservative deputy chairmen and a ministerial aide resigned to rebel over the issue. BBC has reported that on Tuesday Lee Anderson, Brendan Clarke-Smith and Jane Stevenson stepped down to vote for changes they said would toughen up the legislation.
Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:45 UTC
“Remigration,” an EU and German 'non word' applied to promote extreme right wing policies against migration

Germany has increased its vocabulary of “non words”, with the term “remigration”, quite extensive to the rest of the European Union combating illegal migration. However a jury of linguists in Marburg in Hessen, argue the term is being used as a “euphemistic cover vocabulary” by extreme right wing parties.
Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:30 UTC
Taiwan's unknowable future and president for life Xi Jinping rage

By Gwynne Dyer

Taiwan’s fate is as unknowable as usual, even though we know who the next president is, William Lai, vice-president under outgoing President Tsai Ing-Wen, mainly because the two opposition parties failed to agree on a joint candidate and ultimately split the slightly-less-anti-China vote between them.
Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:16 UTC
Uruguay's ROU 4 General Artigas sets sail on Antarctic campaign

The Uruguayan Navy's logistic ship ROU 4 General Artigas set sail this week from Montevideo to bring supplies to the South American country's Antarctica deployments as per this summer's campaign.
Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:05 UTC
Essequibo about to become military conflict, Colombia's Petro tells WEF

Colombian President Gustavo Petro Tuesday said during his appearance at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, that oil- extracting in the Essequibo area held by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela should not go on. He also reckoned the dispute was on the verge of becoming a military conflict.
Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:05 UTC
U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot is Miss America 2024

Active duty US Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Madison Marsh, who pilots F-16 fighter jets, was crowned Miss America 2024 this week in an unprecedented result for the storied beauty pageant, which has been held since 1920 and features one representative from each state.