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Montevideo, October 18th 2024 - 02:58 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Wednesday, September 11th 2024 - 13:02 UTC

    Red and white festivity on Gibraltar National Day 2024

    On a warm sunny day, Gibraltarians in traditional Rock colors of red and white assembled at noon for some short political addresses and to sing the National Anthem

    The 10th of September is celebrated as Gibraltar National Day, to commemorate the referendum held on that date in 1967 in which the people of Gibraltar were asked whether they wished to pass under Spanish sovereignty, remain under British sovereignty, with its own self-governing institutions. The result was a landslide victory for the latter choice.

  • Wednesday, September 11th 2024 - 10:28 UTC

    Harris shows Trump she is not Joseph Biden

    Harris was said to have won the debate, albeit with some help from ABC's moderators

    The Democratic Party dusted off all fears Tuesday at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after Vice President Kamala Harris' performance in the TV debate against former President Donald Trump.

  • Wednesday, September 11th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

    SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission lifts off for first-ever non-professional spacewalk

    The spacewalk is scheduled for Thursday and is expected to be broadcast live

    Internet Service Provider (ISP) Starlink's parent company SpaceX Tuesday launched the Polaris Dawn manned mission featuring a billionaire, a pilot, and two female company employees for the performance of the first-ever private spacewalk in history.

  • Wednesday, September 11th 2024 - 09:57 UTC

    Brazil: Lula announces creation of National Climate Authority

    The Climate Authority initiative had been discussed after Lula won the 2022 and environmental crises in Rio Grande do Sul and Amazonas have resurfaced it.

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Tuesday that he intended to create a National Climate Authority, Agencia Brasil reported. The new agency's mission would be to deal with extreme natural phenomena. Lula made these remarks in Manaus before dozens of environmental experts, as 61 of the 62 municipalities in the State of Amazonas face an emergency due to the drought.

  • Wednesday, September 11th 2024 - 09:55 UTC

    Man sets himself ablaze in front of La Moneda Palace in Santiago

    The man was reported to have said that “a superior being” had ordered him to act that way

    A 35-year-old man set himself ablaze bonzo style in front of Chile's Presidential La Moneda Palace after being told to do so by “a superior being.” He was reported to have 65% of his body affected, with his chances of survival still uncertain.

  • Tuesday, September 10th 2024 - 19:04 UTC

    Uruguayan authorities arrest 14-year-old terrorism suspect

    The suspect attended a local technical school (UTU) which will now have to look after the rest of the students, some of whom might have been lured into terrorism

    A Uruguayan 14-year-old student who spoke fluent Arabic and whose dangerousness had been tipped to local authorities by the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Israeli Secret Service (Mossad) has been arrested in the rural town of Lascano in the southeastern department (province) of Rocha.

  • Tuesday, September 10th 2024 - 12:59 UTC

    Macaé Evaristo chosen to replace Brazil's disgraced human rights minister

    Evaristo has been a teacher since the age of 19. She has a college degree in social work, plus a master's and a PhD in education

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced on Monday evening that he had chosen social worker and teacher Macaé Evaristo as the country's new human rights minister following the dismissal of Silvio Almeida, who was accused of sexual harassment.

  • Tuesday, September 10th 2024 - 10:12 UTC

    Bolivian President explains the reasons behind the current crisis.

    Arce blamed Evo's government (in which he served as Economy Minister) for the crisis facing the current administration

    Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora explained during a TV appearance that lower oil and gas outputs have led the landlocked country to its current economic plight, resulting in the lack of fuel for domestic consumption and US dollars for foreign trade transactions. In his message on Bolivia TV, Arce also highlighted his Government's plan to reverse the ongoing crisis.

  • Tuesday, September 10th 2024 - 09:19 UTC

    Maduro now salutes González Urrutia in exile

    Maduro has shifted from calling González Urrutia a “murderer” to wishing him “all the best in his new life”

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said in his weekly TV show Monday that he now respects former presidential candidate and retired diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia, who sought asylum in Spain after insisting he had won the July 28 elections, for which an arrest warrant had been issued against him.

  • Tuesday, September 10th 2024 - 08:41 UTC

    Virtual schooling adopted in Paraguayan areas hit by wildfires

    A Brazilian team was deployed to keep the flames from reaching the Pantanal, a geographic region comprising stretching across Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay

    Paraguayan education authorities decided on Monday to cancel on-site classes in areas affected by heavy smoke and switch to virtual schooling in areas hit by forest fires such as Alto Paraguay and Boquerón.