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Friday, July 26th 2024 - 17:31 UTC
Milei and Macron discuss bilateral issues in Paris

Presidents Javier Milei of Argentina and Emmanuel Macron of France got together Friday at the Elysee Palace ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games to discuss ongoing world affairs and bilateral issues. It is the South American leader's 12th trip abroad since his inauguration on Dec. 10, 2023.
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Friday, July 26th 2024 - 09:25 UTC
Argos Georgia tragedy: Survivors in Falklands, Spain sending aircraft, official mourning in Vigo

The tragedy of the longliner Argos Georgia plus the loss and disappearance of thirteen mariners, and the survival of fourteen, is headline news in Galicia with the city of Vigo declaring a day of mourning and the Spanish foreign minister announcing that an Air Force aircraft will be flying Friday to the Falkland Islands to pick up Spanish crew members.
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Friday, July 26th 2024 - 09:11 UTC
Washington gives Indian refiners the nod to buy Venezuelan crude

Major refiners Reliance Industries of India announced it would soon be purchasing crude from Venezuela once again after getting the nod from Washington DC, which would represent an easing of the current sanctions against the South American country.
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Friday, July 26th 2024 - 09:04 UTC
New UK government visit to South America: joins fight against hunger and poverty

UK’s Minister for International Development Anneliese Dodds is in Rio de Janeiro representing the UK at the G20 Development Ministers’ Meeting – on the first visit by a member of the new government to South America.
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Friday, July 26th 2024 - 08:32 UTC
Argos Georgia tragedy: Montevideo port fishing vessels turn sirens on to remember fallen mariners

At mid morning Thursday, fishing vessels in the port of Montevideo turned their sirens on for a few minutes to the memory of the lost mariners from longliner Argos Georgia, believed to be almost unsinkable given its sturdy complexion and modern technology, which sunk in the middle of a dramatic storm in the deep south Atlantic.
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Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 20:18 UTC
Lula insists world hunger is a political choice

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted during a G20 event in Rio de Janeiro that fighting hunger was a political choice, Agencia Brasil reported. The South American leader also pledged to steer his country out of that plight during his ongoing term.
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Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 19:50 UTC
Argentine Economy Minister meets with IMF Chief in Rio

Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo met Thursday in Rio de Janeiro with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, who said the encounter had been “constructive.”
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Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 08:41 UTC
Fitch says default on Argentine bonds in foreign currency likely

The credit rating agency Fitch outlined Wednesday the possible consequences of Argentina's latest measures, which would aggravate the uncertainty about the South American country's reserves, particularly after some of its gold was shipped abroad, in addition to other financial gambits that would allow for the creation of banking pesos that would jeopardize a return to “global capital markets.”
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Thursday, July 25th 2024 - 08:41 UTC
Netanyahu calls for NATO-style alliance against Iran

Wednesday's speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the US Congress seemed to herald the foundations around which Western civilization will revolve soon. As he described the world for when victory over the pro-Palestinian terrorist group Hamas has been achieved, supporters of the other faction in the ongoing Middle East conflict vandalized adjacent areas in Washington DC, particularly Union Station.
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Wednesday, July 24th 2024 - 19:54 UTC
Argentina lose “unusual” Olympic opening game

The 2024 Paris Olympic Games kicked off Wednesday with some men's football in addition to rugby and other games, while the opening ceremony is to take place later this week.
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