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Trump labels PCC and Comando Vermelho as terrorist organizations and Brazil fears intervention
Brazil's government on Friday issued an official note rejecting the decision adopted by the administration of US President Donald Trump to designate Brazil's two main organized crime groups, the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and the Comando Vermelho, as terrorist...
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Uruguayan released in Venezuela slept in his building's hallway after finding home taken by his captor
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United States and Iran acknowledge preliminary agreement but disagree on its essential terms
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Politics
- UK’s Royal College of Defense visited Brazil, Argentina and Chile
- Uruguay: President Orsi faces questions over purchase of vehicle with USD 25,000 discount
- Paz promulgates law authorizing Armed Forces to intervene in Bolivia's internal conflicts
- Trump rejects Russia or China custody of Iranian enriched uranium in peace negotiations
Economy
- Uruguay captures 63% of Mercosur's annual rice quota to the European Union
- Messi joins billionaire athletes club after crossing USD 1 billion net worth threshold
- Falklands’ oil, in June upgrade begins in Asia to adapt Aoka Mizu FPSO to Sea Lion development needs
- Argentina opens economic bids for Paraná-Paraguay waterway amid warnings of irregularities
Energy & Oil
- Brazilian Public Prosecutor's Office asks not to renew license of country's sole uranium mine
- London Stock Exchange rises 1.26% driven by oil and defense sectors
- Cuba accepts USD 100 million in US humanitarian aid amid energy collapse
- UK ‘Zero Net’ Miliband’s policy questioned as a threat to British security, ‘China dominates all the green technology’
Agriculture
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- Strait of Hormuz closure, FAO warns of fertilizer scarcity and calendar for new planting season
- Falklands, financial advance for FIMCO and calcified kelp license to improve soil for cattle forage
- FAO and WMO warn extreme heat pushes global agriculture 'to the limit,' threatening one billion people
Environment
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- Western Europe breaks heat records in mid-spring with deaths in United Kingdom and France
- United Kingdom records hottest May since 1922 with overnight temperature record
- Humpback whales observation show they moved between Australia and Brazil, the longest travel distance ever
Entertainment
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- Falklands, artists film on local talent and works
- Patagonian Tragedy to Be Remembered at London’s Royal Albert Hall
- Falkland House in London hosts an exhibition of ceramic work by Graham Bound
Health & Science
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- Labs across three continents confirm passenger-to-passenger spread on hantavirus cruise
- British paratroopers drop onto Tristan da Cunha to treat suspected hantavirus case
- Tenerife braces for race-against-time operation to evacuate 140 from MV Hondius
Tourism
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- Paraguay aims for 10 million tourists by 2037 with megaparks and foreign capital
- Ushuaia landfill scrutinized in cruise ship hantavirus outbreak probe
- Falklands monitor MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak and clarify the route did not include the islands
