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Montevideo, April 26th 2025 - 05:08 UTC

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  • Saturday, May 27th 2023 - 08:00 UTC

    UK and Brazil sign launching of the Partnership for Green and Inclusive Growth

    Foreign Secretary James Cleverly. and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Mr. Mauro Vieira

    Brazil and UK signed this week a Joint Declaration launching the Partnership on Green and Inclusive Growth on the occasion of the official visit to Brazil of the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Mr James Cleverly.

  • Saturday, May 27th 2023 - 08:00 UTC

    Pope Francis picks Río Gallegos Bishop as new head of Church in Argentina

    The 55-year-old García Cuerva was appointed Bishop of Río Gallegos in 2019

    Pope Francis has picked the 55-year-old Bishop of Río Gallegos Jorge García Cuerva to become the new Archbishop of Buenos Aires after Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli submitted his resignation due to his age. Poli succeeded Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio when he became Pope in 2013.

  • Friday, May 26th 2023 - 09:59 UTC

    Lula pledges to defend SMEs in EU-Mercosur deal

    President Lula will not give in, even if it means taking a little longer to conclude the Mercosur-EU deal

    Regarding the European Union-Mercosur trade deal, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted that his government's purchases were “non-negotiable” and promised not to give in because it would entail killing ”the possibility of growth of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs).“ The Workers' Party leader also admitted that discrepancies on this point might delay the agreement ”a little longer.”

  • Friday, May 26th 2023 - 09:29 UTC

    Unesco to create spaces for Latin American reporters at risk

    Costa Rica will be “a pilot instance” to be replicated throughout Latin America, said Weibel

    The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) announced that the global project Supporting Safe Spaces for Journalists in Conflict Situations will reach Latin America, starting in Costa Rica in the second half of 2023, it was reported Thursday.

  • Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 11:30 UTC

    James Cleverly in Chile: Falklands have a right to self determination and to choose their future

    Foreign Secretary James Cleverly made a fundamental speech on Latin American policy during his visit to Chile

    British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, on a political and trade visit to South America, including Colombia, Chile and Brazil, said the Falkland Islands people have the right to self determination recalling that ten years ago Islanders overwhelmingly voted to remain in the British Family.

  • Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 10:57 UTC

    Argentine mathematician awarded the Abel Prize, the highest distinction in the field

    The Abel Prize recognizes achievements in mathematics at any stage of a mathematician’s career

    The World Math Abel Prize was awarded to an Argentine professor and researcher, Luis Caffarelli for his work on “Partial Differential Equations.” It is the first time a Latin American citizen receives such a prize, whose research has been crucial to help describe phenomena such as the flow of water and demographic growth.

  • Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

    Taiwan disburses third donation to Paraguayan hospitals

    Taiwan is a strategic ally in matters of cooperation seeking the welfare and progress of both peoples, Borba explained

    Taiwanese authorities announced Wednesday in Asuncion a US$ 4,800,000 disbursement of a monetary donation to Paraguay's Health Ministry to be allocated to the Trauma Hospital, the Itauguá Hospital, and the Pediatric Children's Hospital of Acosta Ñu. It was the third installment of a US$ 14,992,733 donation from the Asian island for the “improvement of the Quality of Care of the Establishments of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare,” according to a statement from the Paraguayan Ministry.

  • Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Canada, Saudi Arabia resume full diplomatic ties after 5 years

    It was “about time” relations were restored, said former Canadian Ambassador Horak

    Five years after Saudi Arabia expelled Canada's ambassador from Riyadh over Ottawa's remarks on women's rights activists, both countries agreed Wednesday to restore full diplomatic relations, Global Affairs Canada (Canada's foreign ministry - GAC) announced in a statement.

  • Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 09:07 UTC

    UNHCHR joins condemnation of racist chants against Vinicius Jr

    Türk also criticized all those who use racist remarks to pursue their own ends

    The United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Völker Türk Wednesday joined the list of those condemning Real Madrid Brazilian striker Vinicius Jr being called “a monkey” during a Spanish First Division clash with Valencia last weekend.

  • Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 08:47 UTC

    The Nobel of Architecture, Pritzker Prize, for Sir David Chipperfield

    Chipperfield made a name internationally, with the renovation and reconstruction of old buildings while taking into account their history and environment.

    The Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Japan Art Association's Praemium Imperiale, a knighthood in his native Britain, the list of international honors and awards is so long that it's surprising David Chipperfield had yet to receive the Pritzker Prize, considered the Nobel Prize of architecture.