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Montevideo, October 18th 2024 - 05:23 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Friday, September 13th 2024 - 07:50 UTC

    Falklands Regional Student Competition, UK Embassy in Argentina announces ten finalists

    The British Embassy in Argentina has announced the 10 finalists from Argentina to the Falkland Islands Regional Student Competition 2024/2025. The applicants answered the question “Why would I like to meet my neighbors in the Falkland Islands?” in a video.

  • Friday, September 13th 2024 - 07:37 UTC

    Why independence movements fail in French Overseas Territories

    Nine people were killed, a state of emergency was declared, French President Emmanuel Macron paid an emergency visit — and nothing much happened.

    By Gwynne Dyer - With the sole exception of the 50 people on Pitcairn Island, the United Kingdom (once known as the British Empire) liquidated its holdings in the Pacific Ocean long ago. France, by contrast, has a half million citizens in the Pacific (and another 2 million living in other bits of its former empire on islands in all the world’s major oceans).

  • Friday, September 13th 2024 - 07:23 UTC

    European Central Bank cuts basic interest rate 0.25 percentage points to 3,5%

    Inflation in the Euro zone fell to 2.2% in August from 2.6% in July, after peaking at 10.6% in October 2022.

    While inflation in the Euro zone was down to 2,2% in August, and with sliding tendency, plus a lack of growth reaction from the economy, the European Central Bank, ECB, on Thursday decided to cut interest rates by another 0.25 percentage points to 3,5%.

  • Friday, September 13th 2024 - 00:55 UTC

    How to navigate cultural differences in Ukrainian dating

    Dating someone from a different culture on the platform UADreams can be an exciting and enriching experience. However, it also comes with its unique set of challenges.

  • Thursday, September 12th 2024 - 23:07 UTC

    New IMF chief negotiators leave Libertarian gov't reassessing the turf

    Valdés was said to have sided with former Argentine Economy Minister Sergio Massa, thus holding ill feelings towards Milei's administration

    After Thursday's announcement that International Monetary Fund (IMF) Western Hemisphere Director Rodrigo Valdés would no longer be handling the negoatiations between the global credit agency and the Government of Argentina, there were mixed feelings at Casa Rosada Friday. It was first a diplomatic victory for President Javier Milei, who had repeatedly spoken about Valdés' alleged animosity against Buenos Aires.

  • Thursday, September 12th 2024 - 15:10 UTC

    Argentine Navy pulls 1982 War sloop from auction for scraps

    The Sobral's captain Sergio Gómez Roca and seven other crewmembers were killed in action during the 1982 South Atlantic war

    Argentina's Defense Ministry Wednesday announced it was pulling the the decommisioned sloop ARA Alférez Sobral from a list of old units to be auctioned for scraps, given the vessel's historic participation in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict over the Falkland Islands. The decision was adopted by Minister Luis Petri himself, it was explained through a statement. The ship is now expected to be turned into a museum.

  • Thursday, September 12th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Former Peruvian President Fujimori dies aged 86

    The controversial Fujimori was convicted of human rights violations but had been released due to a pardon from Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

    Former Peruvian President Alberto Kenya Fujimori died Wednesday at her daughter Keiko's home in Lima at the age of 86 after a long battle against throat cancer. He had been released from jail when the Constitutional Court upheld a pardon granted to him by former President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski.

  • Thursday, September 12th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    Pinochet's coup remembered in Chile after 51 years

    “We still have more than 1,100 compatriots who we do not know where they are,” argued Boric

    Chilean authorities Wednesday paid tribute to the victims of the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet Ugarte which started on Sept. 11, 1973, after the military uprising resulted in the death of President Salvador Allende and the overthrowing of the democratically-elected government 51 years ago, when a regime that would last until 1990 seized power.

  • Thursday, September 12th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

    UK statement on Edmundo González Urrutia’s decision to leave Venezuela

    Gonzalez Urrutia currently exiled under asylum conditions in Spain has promised to continue struggling for freedom and democracy in Venezuela (Pic Reuters)

    “Edmundo Gonzalez’s decision to seek political asylum abroad follows months of repression and intimidation against opposition figures and civil society in Venezuela. It is a decision that no politician should ever have to make”, said Foreign Secretary David Lammy in a release from his Office.

  • Thursday, September 12th 2024 - 10:27 UTC

    G20 team approves 10 principles on bioeconomy

    “Our purpose today is to establish guiding principles that will serve as a basis for the development of the bioeconomy,” said Brazilian Climate Change Minister Marina Silva

    A G20 team conferring in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the November Summit bringing together the 20 largest economies in the world, agreed Wednesday on ten principles regarding bioeconomy developments globally, Agencia Brasil reported. The G20 Bioeconomy Initiative (GIB) reached a historic consensus.