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Montevideo, November 24th 2024 - 13:50 UTC

Stories for 2024

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

    Guterres urges Venezuelan authorities to be transparent regarding elections results

    The UN Secretary-General also hoped things would be resolved peacefully

    United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres urged the Venezuelan Government of President Nicolás Maduro to show “full transparency” regarding the outcome of Sunday's elections and “publish in due time the results and the breakdown by polling stations.”

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 09:23 UTC

    Lula would negotiate with Gustavo Petro to demand transparency in Venezuela's Elections

    A Brazilian government official highlighted Lula's frustration with Maduro's failure to uphold promises of transparency

    In response to the controversial presidential elections in Venezuela, which declared Nicolás Maduro the winner with 50.20% of the vote without transparency, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is negotiating a joint statement with Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. This statement would demand a transparent recount of the votes to ensure legitimacy and accuracy in the electoral process.

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 08:55 UTC

    Argos Georgia, unsuccessful search for missing mariners; nine bodies on Tuesday to be flown to UK for autopsies

    MV Pharos SG and Argos Helena continued the search for disappeared crew members or debris during the weekend

    As part of the ongoing recovery effort for those crew members still missing from the fishing vessel Argos Georgia, over the weekend MV Pharos SG and one other vessel conducted a search of the datum area. This search unfortunately provided no further results of anyone missing or debris, points out the latest report from the Falkland Islands Government.

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 08:53 UTC

    Maduro calls Elon Musk his new “archenemy”

    “Whoever messes around with me dries out,” Maduro warned

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Monday that tycoon Elon Musk was his new “archenemy.” He insisted the South African entrepreneur had plans to invade Venezuela ”with his rockets and satellites.

  • Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 07:18 UTC

    Argentina farmers targeting a 2024/25 wheat crop of some 18,6 million tons

    With such a crop, exports are estimated at 12.4 million tons, with main markets in Brazil, followed by Indonesia and several African countries

    The US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agriculture Service, (FAS) estimates that Argentina wheat production from the 2024/25 crop will reach an estimated at 18.6 million tons, up from 15.7 million tons in 2023-24. Planted area increased to 6.2 million hectares with improved conditions in April and May encouraging farmers to plant more than their original plans.

  • Monday, July 29th 2024 - 23:55 UTC

    Venezuela expels ambassadors from Chile, Uruguay, and other countries following election controversy

    Gil stated that Venezuela would withdraw its diplomatic personnel from these countries and demanded their representatives leave Venezuelan territory immediately.

    The regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has expelled ambassadors from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Uruguay. This move follows widespread international condemnation of the recent presidential election results, which declared Maduro the victor amidst allegations of significant irregularities.

  • Monday, July 29th 2024 - 22:41 UTC

    Venezuelan elections impact felt all across the Americas

    Macri underlined all eyes were on Lula now to see how the largest country in the region responded to what he claimed was electoral fraud

    Sunday's elections in Venezuela are rapidly shedding their consequences in other parts of the Americas as reactions from leaders everywhere shape up the geopolitical landscape for the months to come.

  • Monday, July 29th 2024 - 22:03 UTC

    Lula's gov't not congratulating Maduro for now

    Brazil will play it nice and slow before congratulating any winner

    While many governments in the region said they were doubting Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's reelection on Sunday, the Brazilian administration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reaffirmed the fundamental principle of popular sovereignty and said it would wait for the release of all the minutes before congratulations are in order, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Monday, July 29th 2024 - 21:26 UTC

    Probe launched into Machado's alleged involvement in system hacking

    Saab said Machado, Leopoldo López, and Lester Toledo had been involved in the cyberattack staged from North Macedonia

    Venezuela's Chief Prosecutor Tarek William Saab announced Monday that an inquiry had been launched into opposition leader María Corina Machado's alleged involvement in the hacking of the National Electoral Council's (CNE) data transmission system from North Macedonia during Sunday's elections.

  • Monday, July 29th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Venezuelan authorities claim Maduro was reelected

    Amoroso announced what many foresaw as the only possible outcome given the many restrictions on foreign observers and other measures in the same directions

    Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced in the wee hours of Monday that President Nicolás Maduro Moros had been ratified for another six years in office. However, the main opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia posted on X that “the results are undeniable” because “the country chose a peaceful change.”