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Montevideo, December 7th 2025 - 03:08 UTC

International

  • Monday, August 28th 2023 - 11:29 UTC

    IMF report on Argentina calls for further expenditure control

    Argentina's mining exports in 2023 might grow up to fivefold, the IMF forecast

    The latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) report on Argentina highlighted that the targets for reserve accumulation, fiscal deficit, and monetary financing of the deficit were missed “by wide margins.” As a result, imbalances have increased, so “further expenditure control will be needed throughout the election period.” The 1.9% GDP fiscal deficit target remained unchanged.

  • Monday, August 28th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    P&O cruise Britannia caught in a storm and involved in a collision in Mallorca

    The ship is expected to remain in Mallorca to allow for technical assessment while the captain said there was no structural compromise to the vessel

    The P&O Cruises ship Britannia, based in Southampton, collided with a freight vessel during a storm in Mallorca, Spain, after it broke loose from its mooring. A small number of people are being cared for onboard after sustaining minor injuries, P&O said.

  • Monday, August 28th 2023 - 09:00 UTC

    BRICS is the future, Bolivian FM says

    Mayta underlined that the current BRICS countries do not base their economies on financial speculation

    Bolivian Foreign Minister Rogelio Mayta insisted Sunndnay that his country was looking out “to the future and the future is BRICS,” the bloc made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, to which six new members including Argentina will join effective Jan. 1, 2024.

  • Monday, August 28th 2023 - 08:52 UTC

    Lula highlights the importance of Portuguese-speaking countries

    Lula insisted before the CPLP that sustainability must be addressed in social, economic, and environmental terms

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Sunday insisted before the 14th Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) in São Tomé, capital of São Tomé and Príncipe, an island country off the west coast of Africa, that the group brought together almost 300 million consumers across four continents, with a GDP of US$ 2.3 trillion, Agência Brasil reported.

  • Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 08:41 UTC

    Lula wants Brazil to strengthen its presence in Africa

    We're going to start financing African countries again,” Lula pledged

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Saturday that the South American country wants to open a consulate general in Luanda, the capital of Angola, Agência Brasil reported.

  • Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 00:03 UTC

    Despite Russian threats vessel sails from Odessa to Istanbul with 30,000 tons of cargo

    The German/Chinese-owned cargo ship was the first vessel to make the journey out of Ukrainian waters since July,

    The passage of a cargo ship from Ukraine to Turkey this week vindicated Kyiv’s gamble that Russia would not act on threats to attack commercial shipping in the Black Sea. But the successful gambit leaves a bigger question for Ukraine: Will any other commercial vessels follow the Joseph Schulte and dare to call Russia’s bluff?

  • Saturday, August 26th 2023 - 23:49 UTC

    Global fund for nature restoration and biodiversity conservation

    Canada and Britain said they together would provide US$ 160 million in seed money to set up the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF).

    The international community ratified a new global fund aimed at ramping up critical nature restoration and biodiversity conservation, at a gathering in Vancouver. Canada and Britain said they together would provide US$ 160 million in seed money to set up the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF).

  • Saturday, August 26th 2023 - 23:43 UTC

    British Museum director Fischer steps down over stolen gems and jewelry

    Fischer is originally from Germany and was the first non British head of the museum in more than two centuries.

    British Museum director Hartwig Fischer stepped down on Friday after it was reveled that numerous artifacts were stolen. A number of items in the museum's collection were reported stolen two years ago, including gems and jewelry from centuries ago. “The responsibility for that failure must ultimately rest with the director,” Fischer said.

  • Saturday, August 26th 2023 - 19:03 UTC

    China insists in taking over Rio Grande port in Patagonia as established in a MoU with Tierra del Fuego

    Tierra del Fuego governor Gustavo Melella revived an old controversy concerning a deal with a Chinese company to build a multipurpose port in Rio Grande

    One of Buenos Aires' main dailies, La Nacion, is reporting that China will not back down from its port plan in Patagonia, as promised by the regional and national governments. In early June, Argentine Governor of Tierra del Fuego Gustavo Melella revived an old controversy concerning a deal with a Chinese company to build a multipurpose port in Rio Grande

  • Saturday, August 26th 2023 - 18:56 UTC

    Brazil assessing risks and reactions from a sustained slowdown of China's economy

    In January/July, Brazilian exports to China surged by 6.9%, driven by shipment quantities, amounting to US$ 58.7 billion. The global average was a mere 0.2%.

    The slowdown of the Chinese economy, where Brazil shipped 30% of its exports in the first seven months of the year are underscoring the nation’s substantial vulnerability to the fluctuations in the Asian giant, and President Lula da Silva electoral promises of a quick recovery to his followers.