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Montevideo, December 24th 2024 - 00:39 UTC

International

  • Friday, September 27th 2024 - 13:54 UTC

    Lacalle Pou tells UN to focus on Venezuela

    The international community should not tolerate Maduro's arbitrariness, Lacalle insisted

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday urged the United Nations General Assembly in New York to pay attention to the Venezuelan crisis sparked by Nicolás Maduro's unsupported victory claims in the July 28 elections. “The time has come to act for Venezuela,” the National Party leader underlined.

  • Friday, September 27th 2024 - 08:18 UTC

    Falklands and Gaiman, Patagonia, culture links highlighted at Royal Welsh Show

    The Show at Builth on celebrating its one hundredth anniversary

    The Royal Welsh Show held annually in Builth, Wales has praised a visiting delegation from the Falkland Islands, underscoring the deep historical ties and shared heritage between the Islands and Wales. Considered more than just an agricultural exhibition, the Show is a celebration of global connections and shared heritage, and also received the visit of a Welsh speaking couple from Gaiman, Argentine Patagonia.

  • Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

    Quito fires lead Noboa to cancel UN engagements and return to Ecuador

    At least six people were killed in the Ecuadorean capital

    Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa Wednesday halted his agenda in New York and returned to his country after a suspect was arrested in connecting with arson maneuvers in Quito that have the country's capital under fire. The head of state also explained that terrorism charges would be filed against the perpetrator, who would thus face between 10 to 13 years in prison.

  • Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:29 UTC

    Argentina: Legal team to seek acquittal of French rugby players in rape scandal

    Jégou and Araudou spent many days in jail for the feeble statements of a woman, which experts now say showed numerous inconsistencies

    The legal team representing French international rugby players Oscar Jégou and Hugo Araudou after they were charged with rape in the Argentine province of Mendoza announced Wednesday that they would be mooting for their clients' acquittal after a psychological report on the woman who claimed to have been the victim was found to be full of “inconsistencies and contradictions.”

  • Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 15:02 UTC

    Paraguay ambitious project to increase exports to UK

    Paraguay’s main exports to UK are soybean-meal cakes for animal feed, 76.8% of the total, followed by charcoal (8.2%), veneer (4%), rice (3.4%), and other products

    Mercosur partner Paraguay, with a most disfavorable trade balance with UK is planning an ambitious project to enable the country in a few years reach an export bill of some US$ 900 million annually.

  • Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 11:56 UTC

    Argentina to no longer remain neutral, Milei tells UN

    The UN lost “credibility with the citizens of the free world,” Milei said in New York

    Argentine President Javier Milei Tuesday told the United Nations General Assembly in New York that his country would be dropping its traditional neutrality and taking sides in ongoing conflicts. He also said the global organization was seeking to “impose an ideological agenda” instead of “pursuing peace” in the world by allowing “bloody dictatorships” in.

  • Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 11:24 UTC

    Foreign Office statement, UK/Argentina made progress on different South Atlantic issues regarding

    Foreign Secretary David Lammy, and Argentine FM Diana Mondino, met in New York on 24 September and made progress towards a broad agenda covering different issues relating to the South Atlantic.

    Looking forward to a new era of constructive cooperation within the bilateral relationship, characterized by improved dialogue and confidence-building measures, the UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina, Diana Mondino, met in New York on 24 September and made progress towards a broad agenda covering different issues relating to the South Atlantic. It is agreed that the formula on the safeguards of sovereignty in paragraph 2 of the Joint Statement of 19 October 1989 applies to this agenda and its outcomes.

  • Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 11:03 UTC

    Boric insists human rights are to be defended against anyone violating them

    Boric described Maduro's government in Venezuela as a dictatorship trying to steal the elections

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font said Tuesday during his participation at the United Nations General Assembly that leftwing countries needed to have a single stance on human rights violations, regardless of whether they were committed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro. He also criticized countries with “double standards” on the issue.

  • Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 08:58 UTC

    Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse

    Gendered disinformation is a threat to societies defending peaceful, democratic values.

    Joint statement from the governments of Australia, Chile, Denmark, France, Iceland, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America:

  • Wednesday, September 25th 2024 - 08:43 UTC

    UK Antarctic Science Conference at BAS, Cambridge

    Falklands MLA Mark Pollard and FIG Office London Representative during a recent visit to BAS, closely linked to the Falklands

    The British Antarctic Survey, BAS, has announced that the UK Antarctic Science Conference 2024 will take place at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, 1st – 3rd October 2024. The meeting aims to bring together all in the UK who are involved in Antarctic research or the support of Antarctic research.