MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 4th 2026
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Tuesday, August 4th 2026 - 23:23 UTC
Ceuta alerts security forces over social media calls for August 15
The government of Ceuta has referred to the competent authorities messages circulating on Moroccan social media that call for a fresh attempt at irregular entry into the Spanish enclave on August 15, five days after a migration crisis that left dozens dead.
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Tuesday, August 4th 2026 - 23:19 UTC
US revokes Brazilian ambassador's visa over delay in accepting its envoy
The United States has revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador in Washington, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, in response to the Brazilian government's delay in granting diplomatic approval to the US ambassador designated for Brasília and to the denial of visas to several American diplomats, senior State Department officials said on Tuesday.
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Tuesday, August 4th 2026 - 15:29 UTC
Uruguay: preliminary deal signed in construction to cut working hours
Uruguay's construction workers' union, Sunca, and the sector's employer chambers reached a preliminary agreement on Tuesday to progressively reduce the working week from 44 to 40 hours, after more than four months of negotiations and industrial action.
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Tuesday, August 4th 2026 - 06:21 UTC
Around 140 vessels stranded at Argentine ports after government deregulation decree
Around 140 vessels were waiting on Monday to enter or leave Argentine ports after maritime pilots stopped accepting new assignments in protest at a decree deregulating their profession. The figures come from industry sources; some reports put the number above 150.
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Tuesday, August 4th 2026 - 06:00 UTC
Toledo seeks release on health grounds, saying he does not want to die in prison
Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo, 81, has asked President Keiko Fujimori to expedite the presidential pardon he requested on humanitarian grounds, in an interview given on Sunday from Barbadillo prison to the program Sin Rodeos on Panamericana Televisión.
