As part of the process of the combat aircraft F-16A/B incorporation process to the Argentine Air Force, the government has published in the Official Gazette an invitation to tenders for the construction of a new instruction center at the IV Air Brigade in Tandil where the second-hand aircraft from the Danish Air Force, will be stationed.
US President Joseph Biden finally succumbed to mounting pressure and dropped his reelection bid Sunday, which had already been heralded as the likely outcome for the weekend. The 81-year-old leader endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to pick up the nomination as the Democratic Party debates whether to endorse her or hold some sort of primary election.
An article published during the weekend by the Israeli English-language newspaper The Jerusalem Post written by Peter Marko Tase mentioned former Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes as it delved into the subject of South American facilitators who amplify Hezbollah's threat. The founder of the Azerbaijan-US Economic and Educational Council, Tase is an expert in South American geopolitics who has authored various books on international relations.
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Sunday visited the Itaipú Hydroelectric Power Plant and other Paraguayan tourist attractions before starting a series of engagements in the South American country this week. Her agenda includes encounters with government officials, women leaders, and representatives of civil society and the private sector. Georgieva underlined Paraguay's stability and Itaipú's role in this achievement.
The Bolivian Government of President Luis Arce Catacora is taking bold steps to keep the exchange rate between the local currency and the US dollar from soaring any further, Planning Minister Sergio Cusicanqui said Sunday. In view of the speculative scenario of the US currency, it is necessary to examine what is happening and take other measures from the Government, the minister explained.
The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei is reportedly planning to raise the retirement age of women to equate it with that of men, among other initiatives to be brought before Congress in the coming month by the newly-created May Council, a political committee provided for in a presidential decree last week after the May Pact signed earlier this month in Tucumán.
Argentine Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni said Friday that Vice President Victoria Villarruel's posting on X in support of international footballer Enzo Fernández over his controversial video celebrating the Copa America victory with a chant that could be interpreted as homophobic and racist was an unfortunate comment that in no way represents the views of Casa Rosada and showed only the Senate Speaker's personal views.
Brazilian scientists from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) have detected a new species of buffalo shrimp which they named Alpheus Coralvivo after the Living Coral Project, it was reported.
Uruguay, Argentina, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Paraguay Friday signed a declaration expressing these countries' concern over the mounting “harassment and persecution” the Venezuelan regime of President Nicolás Maduro is exerting on opposition leaders ahead of the July 28 elections which most pollsters foresee he is bound to lose.
Brazilian authorities halted all shipments of poultry meat to China, Europe, and Argentina on Friday after a case of Newcastle disease was detected in the municipality of Anta Gorda in the State of Rio Grande do Sul.