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Montevideo, September 20th 2024 - 04:33 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Tuesday, July 2nd 2024 - 08:03 UTC

    Ban on Heavy Fuel Oil shipping in Arctic waters has become effective

    In colder waters, experts say, the fuel does not break down but sinks in lumps that linger in sediments, threatening fragile ecosystems.

    An international ban starting July first, on the use of Heavy Fuel Oil, HFO, in the Arctic region adopted by the United Nations maritime body, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), at the Marine Environment Protection Committee, in June 2021, has come into effect aiming to protect the vulnerable waters from the risk of oil spills.

  • Tuesday, July 2nd 2024 - 08:03 UTC

    King Charles III new photographic portrait to commemorate Armed Forces Day

    King Charles III new photographic portrait to commemorate Armed Forces Day

    To commemorate this year's United Kingdom's Armed Forces Day a new photograph of the King in military uniform has been released. Held annually on the last Saturday of June, Armed Forces Day is a day for the country to show its support for veterans, service families, cadets and those still serving.

  • Tuesday, July 2nd 2024 - 08:00 UTC

    Labour's emphatic NO to any Falklands sovereignty talks with Argentina

    Lammy (right) who is of Guiana origin, underlined the interest of a government headed by Labor leader Keir Starmer of closer relations with the Caribbean and South America.

    The United Kingdom Labour's foreign affairs spokesperson David Lammy replied with an emphatic NO, when asked if a British government led by the Labour party would be prepared to sit and discuss Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty with Argentine president Javier Milei.

  • Tuesday, July 2nd 2024 - 07:09 UTC

    Paraguayan President tells Congress there is too much to be done

    There are still “too many pending debts,” Peña reckoned

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña said in his briefing to the new Legislature Monday that he envisioned “a State that is present, efficient, sensitive,” and has “a human face.” He also mentioned “a State that builds the country towards which we want to go: a Paraguay that grows sustainably, that offers a quality of life and equal opportunities, and that projects itself internationally to be a protagonist in the concert of nations.”

  • Tuesday, July 2nd 2024 - 07:00 UTC

    British political leaders admiration for the services on Armed Forces Day: promises of 2,5% GDP for defense by 2030

    PM Sunak was pictured sitting down with veterans in Catterick in Yorkshire, the Army's biggest garrison and the home of the Infantry Training Centre.

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and head of the opposition, Sir Keir Starmer have joined other party leaders in marking UK Armed Forces Day by expressing their admiration for the three services.

  • Monday, July 1st 2024 - 18:20 UTC

    Bolivia says BA's remarks regarding coup were “unfriendly and reckless”

    Milei's Office said it remained calm during the “fake” uprising because it was known in Buenos Aires that it was not real

    Bolivia's Foreign Ministry Monday said that comments from the Office of Argentine President Javier Milei on the June 26 attempted coup d'état in La Paz were “unfriendly” and “reckless.” Casa Rosada had contended that the military uprising had been staged and therefore calling it a revolt was a “false denunciation.”

  • Monday, July 1st 2024 - 17:09 UTC

    Dengue kills 4,250 Brazilians in first semester of 2024

    Most dengue cases in Argentina were recorded among native peoples while just the opposite happened in Brazil

    The first semester of 2024 ended in Brazil with 6.1 million probable dengue cases and 4,250 deaths with other 2,730 fatalities still under investigation, Agencia Brasil reported Monday citing the federal Health Ministry's arbovirus monitoring panel. The malady's incidence rate is now 3,033 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the lethality rate is 0.07.

  • Monday, July 1st 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Uruguay's internal elections: Delgado, Orsi, and Ojeda to vie for Presidency

    The left-wing Frente Amplio surpassed initial expectations, while Ojeda and Delgado, as expected, became the candidates of the Partido Colorado and the Partido Nacional.

    Uruguay's internal elections concluded yesterday, confirming Álvaro Delgado, Yamandú Orsi, and Andrés Ojeda as presidential candidates for their respective parties. The elections, held amidst a notably low turnout, saw some unexpected developments, particularly within the Frente Amplio (FA) and the Partido Nacional (PN).

  • Monday, July 1st 2024 - 10:54 UTC

    Milei not attending Mercosur Summit to dodge Lula faceoff

    Milei insisted he would not recant on his derogatory remarks against Lula out of sheer political correctness

    Argentine President Javier Milei will not be traveling to Asunción for the upcoming Mercosur Summit in the Paraguayan capital on July 8 in a move to avoid meeting face-to-face with his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whom he dubbed a “corrupt Communist” during his campaign last year and who insists an apology is in order. Last week the Argentine leader claimed there was nothing to be sorry for and that he would not go back on telling the truth. Foreign Minister Diana Mondino will represent Milei at the regional bloc's gathering.

  • Monday, July 1st 2024 - 10:42 UTC

    Team Falklands and President Milei eclectic foreign policy

    President Milei with his close friend/mentor and ambassador in Israel, Axel Wahnish during a visit to the Whaling Wall in Jerusalem .

    Team Falklands, which recently visited the Caribbean, United States, and United Nations in New York and Canada felt they came across a new attitude towards peoples' right to self-determination, mostly privately, which anyhow did not prevent overwhelming support for Argentina's colonial claim over the Falkland Islands at the C24 meeting, or a repeat of such situation at the Organization of American States, OAS, annual assembly, held in Paraguay.