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Montevideo, May 9th 2025 - 11:48 UTC

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  • Monday, August 21st 2023 - 15:51 UTC

    Exclusive images from Uruguay's heroic cruise ship rescue revealed

    The movie has interviews with Salinas, Talvi, the doctor who took care of the sick people on the cruise, the passengers, and the current Health Minister, Karina Rando.

    Almost two years after the documentary “Greg Mortimer: In Search of a Land of Solidarity” (Greg Mortimer: En busca de una tierra solidaria in Spanish) was premiered in cinemas, the former Health Minister of Uruguay, Daniel Salinas, shared some new pictures from the time when the country helped people on a cruise ship stuck due to COVID-19. He posted these pictures on his X account (which used to be called Twitter).

  • Monday, August 21st 2023 - 11:01 UTC

    Dramatic report on world water resources, four billion people affected

    Water demand worldwide is more than twice what it was in 1960, and throughout the globe, demand is exceeding supply.

    One-fourth of the planet’s population in 25 countries experiences extremely high water stress annually, using nearly all of their available water supply on a regular basis, according to new data from the World Resources Institute (WRI)’s Aqueduct Water Risk.

  • Monday, August 21st 2023 - 10:37 UTC

    Cuban leader reaffirms support for Angola

    Díaz-Canel's next stop will be the BRICS Summit in South Africa

    Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel ratified this weekend during an official trip to Luanda his country's support to the Angolan government, it was reported.

  • Monday, August 21st 2023 - 08:30 UTC

    Spanish Socialists closer to forming a new coalition government

    Francina Amengol was voted as the speaker of Spain's congress. Armengol is the former leader of the Balearic Islands region, where Catalan is widely spoken

    Spanish caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is closer to forming a new government following on the election of Francina Amengol as the speaker of Spain's congress. Armengol is the former leader of the Balearic Islands region, where Catalan is widely spoken, received a majority of 178 votes in the 350-seat chamber.

  • Monday, August 21st 2023 - 07:13 UTC

    India, third world's car maker, planning flashier vehicles for wealthier drivers

    As incomes rise, Indian drivers are opting for more expensive sport utility vehicles and sedans over hatchbacks

    World car manufacturers aim to turn India into an export hub as locally produced vehicles targeting wealthier drivers become more globally competitive. India, which overtook Japan as the world’s third-largest car market after the U.S. and China last year, saw a 14% uptick in auto exports in the year through March, with 662,891 units shipped. That is still well behind Japan’s figure of 3.37 million cars for the same period, but automakers in India see room for further growth.

  • Saturday, August 19th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    IMF holds talks with Argentina's opposition economists

    For the IMF the meetings were one of the Fund's regular and routine contacts with “a wide range of political and economic references”

    International Monetary Fund (IMF) specialists Friday held separate video conferences with economic teams from Argentina's two main contenders for the Oct. 22 presidential elections: La Libertad Avanza (LLA) and Juntos por el Cambio (JxC).

  • Saturday, August 19th 2023 - 09:52 UTC

    Russia and Bolivia deepen nuclear alliance

    Bolivia is interested in joining BRICS, a bloc featuring both Russia and China in addition to Brazil, India, and South Africa

    Following talks in Moscow involving local, Venezuelan, and Bolivian military chiefs this week, the first Russian nuclear reactor vessel has arrived in La Paz, it was reported. The Aug. 16 gathering took place after Bolivia signed a “preventive and corrective maintenance” agreement with Iran for the use of drones in border control activities.

  • Friday, August 18th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

    Paraguay to shift Israel embassy to Jerusalem this year

    Cohen met with Peña in Asunción

    Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said Paraguay would move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem before the end of 2023. Cohen made those remarks after meeting with the South American country's new President Santiago Peña in Asunción.

  • Friday, August 18th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

    Advances announced in pig kidneys transplanted to humans

    Xenotransplantation would bring on a whole new set of opportunities for patients in need of organs

    Physicians at New York University's Langone Health Medical Center have managed to keep the kidney of a genetically modified pig to function in a patient's body for 32 consecutive days, it was reported this week.

  • Thursday, August 17th 2023 - 11:08 UTC

    Falklands Veteran and SAMA cofounder honored with the British Empire Medal

    Denzil Connick served in the Falklands War in 1982

    A Falklands War veteran has been awarded a British Empire Medal for his voluntary work to help his fellow veterans. Denzil Connick, 66, from Blackwood, was honored in King Charles III’s first-ever Birthday Honors list.