Stories for 2024

Monday, October 7th 2024 - 10:17 UTC
Lula says “fake news” reigns supreme in Brazil's municipal elections

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted this weekend that “fake news” had been widely used as a campaign tool ahead of Sunday's municipal elections nationwide. “We are seeing a great amount of 'fake news', a great number of lies, of provocations,” Lula stressed. “Now there are candidacies that have no commitment other than to provoke, to tell lies,” he also pointed out when casting his vote in Sao Bernardo do Campo, in Greater Sao Paulo, where he developed his trade union and political career since the 1970s.
Monday, October 7th 2024 - 09:56 UTC
Argentine province sends successful business mission to Paraguay

Argentine businessmen participated actively last week in the Córdoba Day in Asunción event, a gathering bringing people from Argentina's second-largest territory to explore opportunities in the neighboring country. Paraguay's Industry and Commerce Ministry seized the occasion to present would-be investors with a plethora of options in one of the region's fastest-growing economies.
Monday, October 7th 2024 - 09:24 UTC
Falklands MPA toured by MoD Director of Overseas Bases

During a five-day visit, the UK Ministry of Defense Director Overseas Bases, Dr Sam Griffiths, toured the force elements deployed in the BFSAI (British Forces South Atlantic Islands) area of operations and gained an insight to the joint force operation at the Mount Pleasant Complex, MPC.
Monday, October 7th 2024 - 09:19 UTC
Container freight from Asia/South America West coast to rise in November

German container line Hapag-Lloyd as of next November first will begin applying a General Rate Increase, GRI, on shipments from Asia to the West Coast of South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.
Monday, October 7th 2024 - 09:18 UTC
Brazil world leading producer and exporter of rare mineral Niobium

Niobium, a rare mineral primarily used to improve steel alloys, and of which Brazil is the world's main producer has seen prices relatively stable. Last year Brazil exported some 90% of its production, 86,3 thousand tons, equal to US$ 2,25 billion.
Monday, October 7th 2024 - 09:12 UTC
UK ambassador to Paraguay visits Falklands, meets Governor and MLAs

Falkland Islands received the visit of the current British ambassador to Paraguay. During his brief visit, Ambassador Ramin Navai, met with the Governor of the Falklands, Alison Blake CMG, and also with members of the Legislative Assembly.
Monday, October 7th 2024 - 09:06 UTC
Brazil's municipal elections: Rio Mayor reelected Sunday; others will have to wait for runoff

Eduardo Paes has been reelected for a fourth time as mayor of Rio de Janeiro in what was regarded as a major electoral blow from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro. With 93.66% of the votes counted, the 54-year-old Paes had collected 60.26% support. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) candidate was mayor of Rio during back-to-back terms (2009-2017) and returned in 2020. Paes dedicated his victory to President Lula and Rio de Janeiro State Governor Cláudio Castro. “As of today, conflicts are over,” he said.
Monday, October 7th 2024 - 08:53 UTC
Bolivia unloads fuel in Arica where classes are suspended after hydrocarbons smelled in water

The Chilean port of Arica saw 236,000 barrels of fuel unloaded for Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) while the city prepares for two days with no on-site classes as the local drinking water has been deemed unfit for human consumption given its hydrocarbon odor.
Monday, October 7th 2024 - 08:16 UTC
FAO Food Price for September recorded fastest increase in 18 months

The benchmark for world food commodity prices saw its fastest increase in 18 months in September, with quotations up for all covered commodity groups, led by sugar, as pointed out by the latest FAO report.
Saturday, October 5th 2024 - 20:46 UTC
Falklands and Gibraltar confident in UK's commitment to self determination and peoples wishes

The recent deal between UK and the Republic of Mauritius on sovereignty over the Chagos archipelago, and the future of their people, has triggered the aspirations of nationalist groups in Spain and mainly in Argentina, claiming sovereignty over Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands.