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Montevideo, September 19th 2024 - 21:49 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Monday, July 15th 2024 - 10:39 UTC

    Alberto Fujimori to run for President of Peru in 2026, daughter announces

    Fujimori is within a fortnight of turning 86

    Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori will seek a third term in office in 2026, his daughter and former presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori announced Sunday. Regarding her father's disenfranchisement given his numerous criminal convictions, Keiko insisted she would leave those matters up to their legal team. The octogenarian leader also faces several health issues.

  • Monday, July 15th 2024 - 10:33 UTC

    Argentine President warns of hard times ahead

    Milei announced a new intervention in the currency exchange market to bring down the “blue” dollar by making pesos even scarcer

    Argentine President Javier Milei downplayed this weekend from Sun Valley, Idaho, the importance of the “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar going up in his country. However, he warned of “difficult” weeks to come as his Government starts a new zero-money-issuing phase, which he dubbed “a new upgrade of the monetary policy.”

  • Monday, July 15th 2024 - 07:56 UTC

    FAO June food commodity prices remained unchanged: cereals down, offset by dearer oils, sugar and butter

    The Cereal Price Index declined by 3% in June from May, with quotations for coarse grains, wheat and rice all down, driven in part by improved production

    The benchmark for world food commodity prices was unchanged in June, as increases in international quotations for vegetable oils, sugar and dairy products offset a decrease in those for cereals, FAO reported this last week.

  • Monday, July 15th 2024 - 07:50 UTC

    Potential climate risks to exploitable fish biomass in all oceans, FAO report

    Global projections of exploitable fish biomass show declines of more than 10%, particularly under the high-emissions scenario, by mid-century

    New projections highlight potential climate risks to exploitable fish biomass for nearly all regions of the world's ocean, including top producer countries and those with high reliance on aquatic foods, according to a report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

  • Monday, July 15th 2024 - 07:36 UTC

    Italian President lands in Brazil for 5-day visit

    Mattarella will be meeting with Lula on Monday

    Italian President Sergio Mattarella landed in Brasilia Sunday for a five-day visit to South America's largest country, Agencia Brasil reported. The first visit of an Italian head of state to Brazil in 24 years marks the 150th anniversary of immigration from the European nation. Topping the agenda of talks will be the relationship between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), as well as other topics such as climate change and energy transition.

  • Sunday, July 14th 2024 - 04:48 UTC

    Trump survives assassination attempt in Pennsylvania

    Trump first ducked behind the lectern as security staff shielded him before eventually standing up again with a clenched fist as he headed out of the premises

    Former US President Donald J. Trump seemed to be alright but bleeding profusely Saturday after being shot at during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on the Republican leader's quest to get back to the White House. Two people ended up dead, including the suspected perpetrator.

  • Sunday, July 14th 2024 - 04:27 UTC

    Luis Suárez steers Uruguay to Copa America third place

    Suárez scored both the equalizer and the decisive penalty during the shootout

    Striker Luis Suárez was man of the match Saturday at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, South Carolina, by rescuing Uruguay from a 1-2 deficit during stoppage time, thus bringing the match with Canada for the football Copa America third place to a pk decision in which he also scored the decisive shot marking the South Americans' 4-3 win.

  • Saturday, July 13th 2024 - 20:08 UTC

    The entire world's population is expected to reach 10.3 billion by 2080

    Fewer people would represent less aggregate consumption, a UN official explained

    After reaching 10.3 billion people by 2080, the world's population is projected to start dwindling, according to the ”World Population Prospects 2024″ document released this week. The study forecasted that the current population of 8.2 billion would keep soaring over the next 60 years and fall to 10.2 billion by the end of the century.

  • Saturday, July 13th 2024 - 10:22 UTC

    Argentina tops list of LatAm countries with the highest inflation for the 9th straight month

    The CPI went up 4.6% while all the other countries recorded variations below one digit.

    Argentina was found to boast the dubious honor of topping the list of Latin American countries with the highest inflation for the ninth month in a row after Friday's release by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) of the latest report regarding June's figures. The CPI went up 4.6% while all the other countries recorded variations below one digit.

  • Saturday, July 13th 2024 - 10:16 UTC

    Leading humanitarian aid officials insist greater support needed for Haiti

    Haiti's crisis will not be solved by humanitarian aid alone, the officials underlined

    According to senior humanitarian aid officials, the assistance plan launched for Haiti last February is less than a quarter funded when around US$ 680 million is required to tackle the ongoing gang violence and bring necessary supplies to the local population.