International

• Saturday, January 13th 2024 - 11:15 UTC

  Uruguay: Palestinian Embassy criticizes beef export deal with Israel

  

  Palestine's Embassy in Montevideo criticized the Uruguayan government of President Luis Lacalle Pou for a recent beef export agreement with Israel and suggested there was some sort of political alliance with Tel Aviv.

• Saturday, January 13th 2024 - 11:02 UTC

  Milei to visit “nefarious” Pope Francis next month

  

  Argentine-born Pope Francis will have a private meeting at the Vatican on Feb. 11 with Javier Milei, the president of his native country, after the latter spoke ill of the Catholic leader during his election campaign, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, January 13th 2024 - 10:51 UTC

  Ecuador accepts military help from Argentina and the US

  

  Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa Friday said his government would be accepting the military cooperation offered by Argentina and the United States among other countries because the situation did not allow for egos to stand in the way.

• Saturday, January 13th 2024 - 10:46 UTC

  Buenos Aires' Teatro Colón sacks British musical director charged with child sex offenses

  

  Buenos Aires' iconic Teatro Colón Friday sacked musical director Jan Latham-Koenig (OBE) after he was arrested earlier this week at London's Victoria train station and charged with child sex offenses. The 70-year-old Briton was released on bail and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court in court on Feb. 9.

• Friday, January 12th 2024 - 13:33 UTC

  FMI hopes Milei's plan gets enough political support

  

  International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spokeswoman Julie Kozack Thursday said the global credit agency hoped Argentina's latest measures would have the political support they needed, particularly the adjustments included in the so-called Omnibus Law bill currently in Congress.

• Friday, January 12th 2024 - 11:21 UTC

  Drug trafficking scandal: How cocaine made it from Uruguay to Belgium undetected?

  

  A shipment of 22,320 units of Portezuelo brand budines and alfajores (La Plata river sweets), along with 1,122 bottles of vermouth, originating from Uruguay and bound for Belgium, was found to contain 2.16 tons of cocaine. The discovery was made by Belgian Customs on December 28, sparking an investigation into the oversight during its transit through the Uruguayan port.

• Thursday, January 11th 2024 - 17:23 UTC

  Falklands' Legislative Assembly honors Margaret Thatcher

  

  The Chair of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly MLA John Birmingham attended the Margaret Thatcher Memorial in Stanley on Wednesday to pay respects to the former Prime Minister, laying a bouquet at the memorial.

• Thursday, January 11th 2024 - 17:20 UTC

  Former STF Chief Justice to become Brazil's new Security and Justice Minister

  

  As Security and Justice Minister Flávio Dino is to leave his job to become a judge on Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) next month, former STF Chief Justice Ricardo Lewandowski was announced as his successor after both of them met Wednesday with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the Alvorada Palace.

• Thursday, January 11th 2024 - 17:13 UTC

  BAS staff awarded Polar Medal in 2024 New Year's Honors List

  

  British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have been awarded a Polar Medal in the 2024 New Year’s Honors List for their contributions to improving our understanding of Antarctica and enduring harsh Antarctic conditions.

• Thursday, January 11th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Galicia fleet sail for Falklands fisheries, “it's an adventure, given the uncertainties”

  

  Some 1,200 crew members are readying in Galicia to depart for the South Atlantic fisheries to begin the first of two squid in Falkland Islands waters. A mission according to reports from the Vigo media, which could be one of the most difficult of the long standing relation between the Spanish fishermen and their Falklands counterpart partners.