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Montevideo, December 23rd 2024 - 13:40 UTC

International

  • Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 09:24 UTC

    Norway announces new donation to Amazon Fund

    “Brazil's success in reducing deforestation is clear evidence of the Lula government's ambition and determination,” Støre said

    Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced at the Global Citizen Now: Rio de Janeiro Conference that his country would be donating another US$ 60 million to the Amazon Fund, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Monday, November 25th 2024 - 21:36 UTC

    Argentine FM explains his absence at Vatican event

    The Pope told van Klaveren (L) and Beltramino that Argentina and Chile were an example to the world by seeking to solve their conflict through negotiations and avoiding war

    Argentine Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein explained why he skipped Monday's ceremony at the Vatican Palace with his Chilean counterpart Alberto van Klaveren and Pope Francis to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Peace and Friendship Treaty between the two South American nations setting a sovereignty dispute over the Beagle Channel.

  • Monday, November 25th 2024 - 09:48 UTC

    Former Argentine FMs condemns Milei's decision regarding Papal invitation

    Argentina will be represented by Ambassador Beltramino

    Five former Argentine Foreign Ministers signed a declaration condemning their successor Gerardo Werthein's absence at Monday's ceremony with Pope Francis marking the 40th anniversary of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship which Chile, whose top diplomat Alberto van Klaveren will be attending the event.

  • Saturday, November 23rd 2024 - 09:36 UTC

    WHO Chief recalls that mpox remains a public emergency

    “I call on affected countries to step up their responses,” Tedros insisted

    World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recalled through a posting on X that mpox remained a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) after an emergency committee meeting Friday.

  • Friday, November 22nd 2024 - 10:39 UTC

    PM Starmer and Brazil’s Lula da Silva announce Joint Statement to accelerate global green power transition

    UK Prime Minister Starmer is received by President Lula da Silva on arrival at the G20 summit held in Rio do Janeiro

    The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Keir Starmer, and the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, met in the margins of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Rio de Janeiro to discuss the UK-Brazil relationship and to announce new areas of cooperation in a Joint Statement

  • Friday, November 22nd 2024 - 10:27 UTC

    Gibraltar Chief Minister first formal bilateral meeting with IK PM Starmer

    Chief Minister Picardo and Falklands MLA Roger Spink among the OTs representatives at the JMC with Overseas Territories Minister Stephen Doughty MP

    Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo held his first formal bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday. The ongoing negotiations for a UK - EU Gibraltar agreement and support for Gibraltar were the main issues discussed.

  • Friday, November 22nd 2024 - 10:20 UTC

    Praise for Milei’s stabilization program: IDB approves 2 billion dollars in loans for Argentina

    The loans will assist the country in key measures to strengthen public finances, energy sector sustainability, and child development

    The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Executive Board approved four operations, totaling over 2 billion US dollars to support Argentina's strategy to promote fiscal sustainability and lay the groundwork for sustainable and equitable growth. The loans will assist the country in key measures to strengthen public finances, energy sector sustainability, and child development. Additionally, the IDB will support the City of Buenos Aires in improving access to public health services.

  • Friday, November 22nd 2024 - 09:20 UTC

    Pope Francis wants South Atlantic to remain a region of peace

    Mayor Pérez held an interesting talk with the “Pope from the End of the World” regarding the South Atlantic's importance

    Pope Francis, the Argentine-born leader of the Catholic Church, urged Rio Grande Mayor Martín Pérez Wednesday in a private audience to defend with “much strength” the sovereignty of the South Atlantic and continue “working for peace” in that area, it was reported Thursday. The Pontiff highlighted the region's fundamental role in the “balance of the Common Home.”

  • Friday, November 22nd 2024 - 08:47 UTC

    The grand finale for JMC 2024, with PM Starmer and King Charles

    King Charles III and Camila at the Diplomatic Corps Reception

    It was a grand finale for the two days Joint Ministerial Council held in London between the democratic representatives from Britain’s Overseas Territories and the new UK government’s cabinet ministers, chaired by Foreign minister Stephen Doughty. In effect, Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressed the group at the end of the event, reaffirming his government’s commitment to the OTs and the principle, “nothing about you, without you”. The Prime Minister also mentioned the Falkland Islands, when remembering his family’s despair during the 1982 war, after HMS Antilope went down with much loss of lives, and hours later it was reported that Starmer’s mother brother, miraculously survived.

  • Friday, November 22nd 2024 - 08:27 UTC

    A must see, ‘Our Oceans,’ a Bewitching Natatory Experience narrated by Barack Obama

    Images are courtesy of Netflix

    The following article, written by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi for CinemaDailyUS refers to the spectacular Netflix film on “Our Oceans”, which is a must see.