Stories for 2024

Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 12:23 UTC
Macron adding Buenos Aires and Santiago to G20 South American tour

French President Emmanuel Macron will be making state visits to Argentina and Chile as part of his South American tour to attend the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, it was confirmed in diplomatic circles. Macron will first get together with his Argentine colleague Javier Milei to discuss climate change and other bilateral issues between Nov. 16 and 17. Then, he will head for Brazil's gathering of world leaders on Nov. 18 and 19. And then he will travel to Santiago for talks with Gabriel Boric Font.
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Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Lula says Maduro not Brazil's problem

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said in an interview with RedeTV that Nicolás Maduro was “Venezuela's problem,” not his country's. “It seems to me that it was a wise reflection by Lula,” Maduro replied after recent incidents between the two Latin American nations resulting in Caracas being excluded from the BRICS associate membership granted to Bolivia and Cuba, among others.
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Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 10:46 UTC
Indec says Argentina's inflation in October stood at 2.7%

Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) Tuesday announced that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) went up 2.7% in October, which represented a significant slowdown from previous months despite an interannual 193% increase and 107% in 2024 alone. October's inflation was the lowest figure in almost three years. In November 2021, it stood at 2.5%. September's inflation was 3.5%.
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Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 10:00 UTC
Falkland Islands representative honors Fallen Heroes on Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph

Richard Hyslop, the Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK & Europe, marked Remembrance Sunday by laying a wreath at the Cenotaph in London, paying tribute on behalf of the Falkland Islands Government and people. He joined the UK Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, and other representatives from the UK Overseas Territories in honoring those who lost their lives in service to the Allied Forces during the World Wars and the Falklands War.
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Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 09:49 UTC
Milei sees end of currency exchange restrictions on the horizon

Argentine President Javier Milei said Tuesday that his country could be months away from lifting the currency exchange stocks after the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) said October's inflation stood at 2.7%.
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Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 09:38 UTC
Brazil has its own space at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan

As the Conference of Parties 29 (COP29) opened in Baku, Azerbaijan, this week, Brazil assumed a leading position at the event by opening its Pathways to Ecological Transformation space to discuss the South American country's initiatives to tackle climate change, Agencia Brasil reported.
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Wednesday, November 13th 2024 - 09:30 UTC
Fall in unemployment reported in Paraguay

Paraguay's Labor Ministry confirmed this week a fall in unemployment after nearly 57,000 people found new jobs during this year's third quarter. Between April and June, there were 2,849,766 registered workers and the number went up to 2,906,475 between July and September, the Labor Observatory pointed out. Of the 56,709 new jobs, around 41,000 stemmed from the private sector.
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Tuesday, November 12th 2024 - 23:32 UTC
Cruise season kicks off in Uruguay

Uruguay's cruise season kicked off Tuesday with the arrival of one of the Germany-based Aida company's vessels carrying some 2,100 passengers and 600 crewmembers.
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Tuesday, November 12th 2024 - 10:53 UTC
Milei says Argentina “entering its best moment in the last 100 years”

Argentine President Javier Milei insisted Monday that his country was “entering its best moment in the last 100 years,” despite what the rank and file may perceive amid soaring prices and dwindling wages. “I say to all private sector players: take advantage of getting on the progress train now because it is cheaper to buy,” added the head of state during a visit to the headquarters of the virtual wallet platform Ualá.
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Tuesday, November 12th 2024 - 10:09 UTC
German Consul in Asunción killed in multiple-car crash

Germany's Consul General in Asunción (Paraguay) Kristin Blumenröther was killed Sunday in a multiple-car crash on the Luque-San Bernardino road known as Ecovía in which her husband and one of the children also perished. The couple's other child survived the accident and is hospitalized. The Paraguayan administration of President Santiago Peña extended its condolences to Blumenröther and the German Government.
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