Stories for 2024

Monday, January 15th 2024 - 10:06 UTC
Ecuador: Authorities regain control of prisons, free hostages

Ecuador's forces retook control of all the country's prisons and freed some 150 corrections officers who were being held hostage by the rioting inmates, it was reported this past weekend. However, one guard was killed during a shootout in the operation.
Monday, January 15th 2024 - 10:01 UTC
Heavy storm leaves at least 11 dead in Rio de Janeiro

At least eleven people died and many others needed to be evacuated this weekend after heavy rains hit Rio de Janeiro causing severe flooding and damage to numerous houses that were left under water. The Federal Government decreed a maximum alert. The risk of further flooding and landslides remains very high, it was also explained.
Monday, January 15th 2024 - 09:40 UTC
Largest cruise vessel in the world preparing in Miami for Caribbean trips

The “Icon of the Seas”, the world’s largest and most advanced cruise ship to date, has arrived in Miami, ahead of its official debut on January 27. Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku delivered the ship to US-based cruise company Royal Caribbean International in November last year.
Monday, January 15th 2024 - 09:29 UTC
Norway votes to allow deep-sea mining to ensure a “green transition”

With crossings opened for longer, water supplies restored and UN staff able to safely distribute food, we can limit the scale of this catastrophe. This article was originally published in The Guardian and the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.The Parliament of Norway has voted to allow deep-sea mining to go forward in the Norwegian Sea, in an area nearly the size of Italy, and despite warnings from scientists and conservationists of its impact on the marine environment.
Monday, January 15th 2024 - 09:22 UTC
FAO launches fishing Global Information Exchange System under the 2009 agreement on port measures

Global exchange of information on compliance with national, regional, and international fisheries laws and regulations governing sustainable fishing is now possible with the launch of the Global Information Exchange System, GIES, by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN.
Monday, January 15th 2024 - 09:22 UTC
Nutrition survey in Falklands by Newcastle University

The Falkland Islands are of five British Overseas Territories that have been chosen to participate in a nutrition study carried out by the UK- based, Newcastle University.
Saturday, January 13th 2024 - 11:30 UTC
Argentine FM holds meeting with Chinese envoy to soothe ties

Argentine Foreign Minister Diana Mondino met Friday with Chinese Ambassador Wang Wei. During the encounter, both diplomats agreed on the importance of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership signed between the two countries ten years ago, and reaffirmed the principle of one China in reference to Taiwan's separatism. However, there was no mention of the currency swap worth US$ 6.5 billion Argentina was expecting to receive.
Saturday, January 13th 2024 - 11:20 UTC
Argentina to issue larger-denomination banknotes

Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) announced this week that would start printing AR$10,000 and AR$20,000 bills (a little under US$ 10 and 20 respectively) to meet the demand for higher-denomination banknotes, it was reported in Buenos Aires. “The issuance of these denominations will facilitate transactions among users,” the BCRA argued in a statement.
Saturday, January 13th 2024 - 11:15 UTC
Uruguay: Palestinian Embassy criticizes beef export deal with Israel

Palestine's Embassy in Montevideo criticized the Uruguayan government of President Luis Lacalle Pou for a recent beef export agreement with Israel and suggested there was some sort of political alliance with Tel Aviv.
Saturday, January 13th 2024 - 11:02 UTC
Milei to visit “nefarious” Pope Francis next month

Argentine-born Pope Francis will have a private meeting at the Vatican on Feb. 11 with Javier Milei, the president of his native country, after the latter spoke ill of the Catholic leader during his election campaign, it was reported in Buenos Aires.