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Montevideo, December 14th 2024 - 22:05 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 09:23 UTC

    Lula goes through head surgery to ease pain

    The problem stemmed from his domestic accident at the Alvorada Palace back in October

    Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday underwent head surgery to drain a hematoma and relieve his persistent headache. He was said to be in good condition and recuperating at Sao Paulo's Hospital Sírio-Libanês' ICU ward. The procedure involved a craniotomy (a cut through the skull), it was also explained.

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  • Tuesday, December 10th 2024 - 09:17 UTC

    State of water shortage declared in five major rivers in Brazil

    Months after the Rio Grande de Sul floods, large parts of Brazil are facing water scarcity

    Brazilian authorities Monday decreed a “state of water shortage” in the basins of five major rivers nationwide. The critical situation affects some 2,264 million km², it was explained. It was the first time in over 100 gauging these water levels that such an extreme measure has been adopted.

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  • Monday, December 9th 2024 - 22:08 UTC

    Argentine PNA to patrol Bolivia-bordering river

    “We have also come to this area to say enough,” Bullrich insisted

    Argentine authorities have taken steps towards patrolling the Bolivia-bordering Bermejo River with Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval Argentina - PNA) units so as not to leave the neighboring country as the only one with an armed presence in the area, Security Minister Patricia Bullrich announced.

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  • Monday, December 9th 2024 - 21:27 UTC

    UN Chief condemns massacre in Haiti

    Guterres also pressed Haiti's government to speed up the political transition

    UN Secretary-General António Guterres Monday condemned the slaughtering of over 180 people between Dec. 6 and 8 near Port-au-Prince after a gang leader was told that the victims, all or most of them aged over 60, had rendered a son of his ill through witchcraft.

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  • Monday, December 9th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Buenos Aires renews concern over asylum seekers in Caracas

    Buenos Aires launched an appeal to the UN and the OAS to take action in favor of the asylum seekers

    Argentine authorities expressed their concern this weekend over the well-being of the six Venezuelan opposition asylum seekers who are housed at what used to be Buenos Aires' Embassy in Caracas and is now guarded by Brazil following the diplomatic breakup.

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  • Monday, December 9th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

    Hijacking of Mexican airliner thwarted

    Mario N said he had been threatened if he landed at Tijuana

    Mexican carrier Volaris' flight 3041 from León's Del Bajio Guanajuato Int'l to General Abelardo L. Rodriguez Int'l in Tijuana escaped a hijack attempt Sunday morning when the crew adopted the protocols in force and the sole perpetrator, identified as “Mario N,” ended up in custody.

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  • Monday, December 9th 2024 - 10:36 UTC

    Water levels at Yacyretá grow after heavy rains

    Bad weather is expected until Tuesday

    Paraguayan authorities reported an increase in the water levels at the Yacyretá hydroelectric dam this weekend following heavy rains in recent days. Yacyretá's Hydrology Department issued a warning indicating that inflows had increased as a result of the rainfall recorded in the contributing basin and in Brazilian territory.

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  • Monday, December 9th 2024 - 10:20 UTC

    At least 110 massacred by Haitian rebel gangs

    The victims were held responsible for allegedly causing a gang leader's son to get ill through witchcraft

    At least 110 people, all of them aged over 60, were slaughtered by rebel gangs in the Haitian town of Cite Soleil, not far from Port-au-Prince, which is one of the poorest and most violent areas in the Caribbean country. According to the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights (Rnddh) report released Sunday, the Viv Ansanm gang killed with machetes and bladed weapons at least 60 people on Friday and 50 on Saturday.

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  • Monday, December 9th 2024 - 10:13 UTC

    Monzeglio optimistic about Uruguay's upcoming summer season

    Monzeglio foresees a profitable season before the Government changeover in March

    Uruguay's Undersecretary of Tourism Remo Monzeglio said this weekend that he was optimistic about the 2024-25 season for his country, with numerous domestic and also foreign travelers expected, both from cruise ships as well as from neighboring Argentina and Brazil.

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  • Monday, December 9th 2024 - 09:39 UTC

    Brazil, UK partnership to decarbonize industries explained

    “The UK brings climate finance, expertise in innovative technologies, and experience in public policies aimed at decarbonization,” Zapata said

    After Brazil and the United Kingdom agreed during COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, last month to join forces in decarbonizing industries in both countries in a move to protect the environment, Agência Brasil delved this weekend into the scope of such an understanding.

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