Stories for 2024

Saturday, August 10th 2024 - 08:48 UTC
Machado announces ecumenic protest against Maduro

Venezuelan opposition leader announced Friday that “we will not leave the streets” and pledged to stage a worldwide demonstration in support of her stance regarding the outcome of the July 28 elections, which she insists Edmundo González Urrutia of the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD) won by 67% to 30% of the vote against the incumbent Nicolás Maduro, whom the National Electoral Council (CNE) announced as the winner.
Friday, August 9th 2024 - 21:10 UTC
Brazilian airliner falls with 62 people on board

An ATR-72 twin turboprop of Voepass Linhas Aéreas crashed Friday in the Sao Paulo State residential area of Vinhedo while approaching Guarulhos International Airport. None of the total 62 people (58 passengers and four crew members) on board is believed to have survived.
Friday, August 9th 2024 - 21:06 UTC
Power restored to customers in Santiago Metropolitan Region

The Chilean Government said Friday that the electricity company Enel had met Thursday's goal to restore supply to 20,000 households in the Santiago Metropolitan Region (MR) after an outage that lasted seven days.
Friday, August 9th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Argentina: Pictures of beaten Fabiola Yáñez released

Photographs of former Argentine First Lady Fabiola Yáñez with bruises allegedly due to beatings she received from then-President Alberto Fernández were released Thursday by local media. In addition, video footage of TV celebrity Tamara Pettinato sipping beer in the presidential office at Casa Rosada also went public. Although his face is not seen, the voice speaking with Pettinato in an intimate tone resembles that of Fernández.
Friday, August 9th 2024 - 10:55 UTC
Milei tours Vaca Muerta and Chile with a focus on energy investments

Argentine President Javier Milei resumed his mileage accruing habit Thursday with a trip to Vaca Muerta in the Patagonian province of Neuquén and later to Santiago, where he met with local businessmen but not with Gabriel Boric Font.
Friday, August 9th 2024 - 10:45 UTC
Argentine gov't lifts operational restrictions from BA's Aeroparque

The Argentine administration of President Javier Milei adopted new measures to further deepen the open skies policies regarding Buenos Aires' metropolitan Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP/SABE) airfield.
Friday, August 9th 2024 - 09:24 UTC
Paraguay urges US to speed up Ambassador's departure

The Paraguayan Government Thursday asked the United States to speed up the departure from Asunción of Ambassador Marc Ostfield after the diplomat spoke in favor of the sanctions applied by the OFAC to the tobacco company Tabesa, linked to former President Horacio Cartes, the mentor of the incumbent Santiago Peña.
Friday, August 9th 2024 - 08:59 UTC
Argentina upgrades Petrel Antarctic base air and maritime facilities

The three services of the Argentine Armed Forces, together with private sector companies have finished upgrading landing facilities at the Antarctic base of Petrel in the Antarctic Peninsula. Accordingly during the month of June a first medium sized aircraft, Saab 340 from the Argentine Air Force landed successfully at the new landing strip.
Friday, August 9th 2024 - 08:34 UTC
Maduro bans X from Venezuela for 10 days

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Thursday banned the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) for 10 days. He also accused its owner Elon Musk of “inciting hatred” in the South American country. Maduro has also singled out WhatsApp, Instagram, and TikTok as “multipliers of hate”.
Thursday, August 8th 2024 - 22:11 UTC
Brazil expels Nicaraguan ambassador in reciprocity for Managua's gesture

The Brazilian Government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday expelled Nicaragua's Ambassador Fulvia Patricia Castro Matus from Brasilia in retaliation for Managua's decision to send Breno Dias da Costa home for failing to show up at the 45th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution on July 19, Agencia Brasil reported.