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Montevideo, April 19th 2025 - 13:55 UTC

International

  • Wednesday, October 23rd 2024 - 10:56 UTC

    World Bank announced US$ 2 bn loans for Argentina

    Jaramillo made the announcement Tuesday on X

    World Bank (WB) Vice President Carlos Felipe Jaramillo announced Tuesday on X that his entity was “ready to accompany Argentina with more than US$ 2 billion in new loans in the areas of social protection and education and in supporting the poorest in their access to transportation and energy.” He made those remarks after a “very good meeting” with Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo in Washington DC.

  • Wednesday, October 23rd 2024 - 09:41 UTC

    Bolivia denies having Iranian and Hezbollah bases

    Israel's Ambassador to Costa Rica Mijal Gur Aryeh had made the “unfounded” allegations

    Bolivia's Foreign Ministry Tuesday denied allegations by Israel's Ambassador to Costa Rica Mijal Gur Aryeh that the South American country had Iranian and Hezbollah military bases. “There are also other countries in the region that have Iranian and Hezbollah bases, particularly Venezuela and Bolivia,” the diplomat was quoted as saying by EFE.

  • Wednesday, October 23rd 2024 - 08:11 UTC

    Gang violence taking turn for the worse in Haiti

    Gangs control about 80% of Port-au-Price

    The already critical situation in Haiti has been reported to have taken a turn for the worse this week as gangs up their grip in the Caribbean country, threatening government officials and seeking to expand their influence to the areas they still do not control, the United Nation’s Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) warned Tuesday. “The situation in Haiti has regrettably worsened,” BINUH Chief Maria Isabel Salvador said in a briefing to the UN Security Council in which she mentioned mounting attacks over the past week. Over 5 million people are estimated to be going hungry, with thousands already facing famine.

  • Tuesday, October 22nd 2024 - 22:22 UTC

    Maduro lands in Kazan for BRICS Summit

    BRICS represents “a significant advance in the new world geopolitics,” Maduro said in Russia

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro landed late Friday in Kazan, Russia, for a guest appearance at the BRICS Summit as he intends to have his country join the bloc shortly. Upon arriving alongside First Lady and Congresswoman Cilia Flores, he was welcomed by local authorities. Also at the airport were Venezuela's Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and Foreign Minister Yván Gil, who got to Kazan the day before.

  • Monday, October 21st 2024 - 21:06 UTC

    Lula looks fit at Alvorada Palace after domestic accident

    Lula met with Celso Amorim at the Alvorada Palace

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was reported to have been very active Monday at the Alvorada Palace following Saturday's domestic accident that prevented him from traveling to the BRICS Summit starting Tuesday in Kazan, Russia.

  • Monday, October 21st 2024 - 08:52 UTC

    Italy's Albania deal for irregular migrants fails as judges rule against detention of the asylum seekers

    The Italian coast guard vessel that took the illegal migrants back to Brindisi

    The UK Boris Johnson solution to address migrants trying to illegally cross to Britain, which was to be implemented through the so-called Rwanda deal but was rejected by the EU and UK courts, did not impede Italy from attempting a similar procedure with neighboring Albania, where migrants wanting to reach Italy were to be screened before any final decision was taken.

  • Monday, October 21st 2024 - 08:50 UTC

    UN Fourth Committee, UK reaffirms principle of self determination of BOTs, as enshrined in the UN charter

    We are committed to supporting requests for removal from UN's list of non-self-governing territories from those Territories whose permanent populations so wish.

    UK Ambassador Archie Young to the General Assembly at the UN Fourth Committee, explains the UK position regarding principles of equal rights and self-determination:

  • Monday, October 21st 2024 - 08:47 UTC

    UK Parliament to discuss new legislation for the Fisheries Management Plans

    The introduction of minimum conservation reference sizes (MCRS) for lemon sole (250mm), turbot (300mm), and brill (300mm) in the English waters

    New legislation implementing a range of short-term management measures for certain fish species was introduced to Parliament last week. These new arrangements have been identified within the first Fisheries Management Plans (FMP) as a priority to help provide additional protection to vulnerable stocks.

  • Monday, October 21st 2024 - 08:39 UTC

    Chinese tourists growing interest in visiting Antarctica

    In an interview with TravelDaily China, Joe Zou, Hurtigruten's Sales Director for Greater China and Southeast Asia, highlighted that Chinese tourists accounted for about 20%-25% of their voyages

    In the 2023-2024 Antarctic tourism cruise season, a record 9,384 Chinese tourists visited Antarctica, according to data from IAATO. And this coming season, 24-25 the Hurtigruten cruise line, according to its Shanghai sales office is expecting 600 Chinese tourists to visit the Arctic Islands and more than 1,400 Antarctica.

  • Monday, October 21st 2024 - 08:37 UTC

    The Tory “Rwanda migrants-deportation” deal turns into a Labour 'St Helena deal'

    Boat people attempting to cross the English Channel

    Before the UK Boris Johnson administration finally struck the “Rwanda” deal to deport migrants and/or boat people crossing the English channel from the continent, (plus a generous donation of over £ 100 million for 'development'), some of the possible places considered even included the Falkland Islands, but the suggestion did not prosper.