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Montevideo, September 10th 2024 - 18:41 UTC

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  • Monday, May 6th 2024 - 08:34 UTC

    Legendary Argentine football coach César Menotti dies aged 85

    Menotti coached Argentina to the world title in 1978 and was manager of all national teams at the FA at the time of his death

    César Luis Menotti, the man who coached Argentina to their first World Cup title in 1978 at home and was in charge of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) management that put together the team that won the Qatar 2022 version, died Sunday in Buenos Aires, aged 85. Menotti had been hospitalized weeks ago with a severe anemia but was discharged days later.

  • Sunday, May 5th 2024 - 11:23 UTC

    IAATO appoints John McKeon as Executive Committee and Chair

    McKeon has been involved in responsible Antarctic travel since 2004 and an active member of IAATO since 2010.

    The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has appointed John McKeon as Executive Committee (EC) Chair and welcomed Brandon Harvey and Jørn Henriksen to the top team during this year’s annual meeting.

  • Monday, April 29th 2024 - 09:26 UTC

    Record auction price for 14-carat gold pocket watch belonging to the richest passenger on the Titanic

    The auction for John Jacob Astor IV's 14-carat gold Waltham pocket watch, engraved with the initials JJA was sold to an American buyer.

    A pocket watch that belonged to the wealthiest passenger aboard RMS Titanic sold for £1,175 million (€1,38 million, US$1,46 million) at an auction on Saturday, smashing a pre-sale estimate. Henry Aldridge & Son, the auction house, had anticipated it would sell for between £100,000/£150,000.

  • Wednesday, April 24th 2024 - 10:04 UTC

    60-year-old lawyer qualifies for Miss Argentina contest

    “Beauty has no expiration date,” said Miss Buenos Aires

    Sixty-year-old lawyer and journalist Alejandra Marisa Rodríguez was chosen to represent the province of Buenos Aires in the Miss Argentine for Miss Universe contest. The winner outperformed 34 other contenders to qualify for the May 25 showdown with candidates from the other territories, aged between 18 and 40. Buenos Aires' runner-up was aged 73.

  • Tuesday, April 23rd 2024 - 10:10 UTC

    South African sailboat in distress rescued by Uruguayan Navy

    The K'Lai is to remain in Uruguay for repairs, which are expected to last a few days

    A South African sailboat that declared an emergency some 400 kilometers off the exclusive beach resort of Punta del Este was rescued Monday by the Uruguayan Navy and escorted to La Paloma for repairs. The K'Lai lost one of her masts and was stranded at sea, it was explained.

  • Monday, April 22nd 2024 - 12:24 UTC

    Plácido Domingo show marks reopening of bullfighting ring for cultural purposes

    Colonia's hotel capacity was sold out as Argentines crossed toe River Plate to attend thre event

    Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo was the leading attraction on Saturday evening before a crowd of 3,300 at the newly-refurbished San Carlos Bullfighting ring in the Uruguay city of Colonia del Sacramento.

  • Wednesday, April 17th 2024 - 10:10 UTC

    Commonwealth Games future in doubt: financial benefits clash with a post colonial legacy

    In 2022, the Games were held in the English city of Birmingham, which saw over 5,000 athletes compete for 280 gold medals across 20 sports.

    The 2026 edition of the Commonwealth Games, are again in trouble with no hosts on sight. In April 2022, the Australian state of Victoria was awarded hosting rights for the 2026 edition, when over 70 nations were expected to participate. But just over a year later, it backed out.

  • Wednesday, April 17th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

    Louis Charles Baillon, the first Olympic gold medal for the Falklands, London 1908

    Louis with the English field hockey team, gold medals in 1908 Summer Olympics

    Argentina is usurping the name of Falkland Islands born Louis Charles Baillon, as the first “Argentine Malvinas” Islander to win a gold medal in the London 1908 Summer Olympics, 'mistakenly' playing for the wrong side, the English field hockey national team. Such are the reports in some Buenos Aires media who insist in considering Louis Baillon an Argentine, born in the Falklands, (Fox Bay 1881) and who left the Islands forever in 1888 when he was seven years old.

  • Friday, April 12th 2024 - 09:50 UTC

    Presidents Peña and Lacalle Pou fly together to Uruguay

    Both leaders boarded a Paraguayan Air Force aircraft after attending a South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) event

    After attending a South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) event in Luque on Thursday, Presidents Luis Lacalle Pou and Santiago Peña flew to Uruguay for further engagements.

  • Wednesday, April 3rd 2024 - 19:02 UTC

    Oldest man on earth dies aged 114

    Juan Vicente had 11 children, 41 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 12 great-great-grandchildren

    Venezuelan national Juan Vicente Pérez Mora passed away Tuesday due to respiratory complications at the age of 114 in San José de Bolívar, Francisco de Miranda municipality, in the state of Táchira. He was certified by the Guinness World Record on Feb. 4, 2022, as the oldest man on earth. He had been born in El Cobre, Táchira State, on May 27, 1909.