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Montevideo, May 21st 2025 - 17:31 UTC

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  • Thursday, August 15th 2024 - 07:51 UTC

    Shopify vs Shopify Plus: What are the differences?

    Shopify suits small to medium businesses

    If you're in the ecommerce space, chances are you're either already using Shopify or considering it. It’s very popular among merchants making it the second most popular platform after WooCommerce. It's also the most searched ecommerce solution on Google, so if you haven't started using it yet, it's likely on your radar.

  • Tuesday, August 13th 2024 - 10:11 UTC

    Uruguayan brewery reopens after being deemed uncompetitive

    The FNC brewery in Minas had been shut down last month citing poor competitivity conditions

    The FNC brewery in Minas in the department (province) of Lavalleja reopened Monday with some 30 workers to do some cleaning and maintenance before the others return next week, thus closing a long-standing conflict that threatened the survival of one of the plants belonging to Uruguay's most iconic beer producers.

  • Friday, August 9th 2024 - 08:59 UTC

    Argentina upgrades Petrel Antarctic base air and maritime facilities

    The new landing strip was first tested last June with a Saab 340

    The three services of the Argentine Armed Forces, together with private sector companies have finished upgrading landing facilities at the Antarctic base of Petrel in the Antarctic Peninsula. Accordingly during the month of June a first medium sized aircraft, Saab 340 from the Argentine Air Force landed successfully at the new landing strip.

  • Wednesday, August 7th 2024 - 09:00 UTC

    Lula lays the foundation stone of Chile's Space Center

    “There is no activity today that does not require space infrastructure,” Lula underlined

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Tuesday laid the foundation stone of Chile's planned Space Center at the Cerrillos Air Base in Santiago during a ceremony also attended by his local colleague Gabriel Boric Font. The two countries also signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Space Activities for Peaceful Purposes.

  • Saturday, August 3rd 2024 - 09:36 UTC

    Paraguay and Argentina sign “Open Skies” MOU

    “This tool is unprecedented for Paraguay, and now we must learn to use it,” Chávez said

    Paraguay signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Argentina to join the latter's “open skies” policy which would allow airlines of each country to operate domestic routes within the other provided flights have a point of origin and a final destination in the carrier's nation. The initiative seeks to boost tourism and attract further investments. In addition to Paraguay, Argentina already has similar agreements with Brazil, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Uruguay, Panama, and Canada.

  • Saturday, August 3rd 2024 - 09:13 UTC

    Mercado Libre tops ranking of LatAm companies

    “We had to do it... and we did it,” Galperín wrote on X after celebrating the company's 25th anniversary

    Mercado Libre, the company founded by Argentine entrepreneur Marcos Galperin, once again became the most valuable in Latin America with a market price exceeding US$ 90 billion, thus outperforming Petrobras (US$ 87.64 billion), Itaú (US$ 56.5 billion) and Walmart Mexico (US$ 54.95 billion).

  • Wednesday, July 31st 2024 - 08:59 UTC

    Falklands democracy, Select Committee on petition for VSAT License fee on August first

    The Falklands Legislative Assembly received a petition calling for the abolition or reduction of the VSAT license fee and the approval of Starlink domestic tariffs

    On Thursday August first, at 10 AM in the morning, the Select Committee on the Petition to abolish or reduce the VSAT License Fee for using Starlink, or reduce the fee to a reasonable and proportionate level will be held at the Court and Assembly Chambers, Town Hall.

  • Friday, July 26th 2024 - 07:23 UTC

    Falklands new port facility, urgent meeting next August first

    The current FIPASS, which has become obsolete as a terminal

    Following the marine-side tender for the replacement of the Falkland Islands port facility, FIPASS, Harland and Wolff were identified as the preferred bidder. Pre-contract negotiations commenced in order to ensure commercial criteria were met and in order to then seek ExCo approval to proceed to necessarily contract to deliver.

  • Monday, July 22nd 2024 - 21:02 UTC

    Brazilian flying taxi model launched

    The estimated range is 100 kilometers, due to which it will be limited to urban transport, at least in the early stages

    A subsidiary of Brazilian aircraft manufacturers Embraer launched this weekend in Gavião Peixoto, in the State of São Paulo, the full-scale prototype of the new flying taxi, which was introduced during the 45th edition of the Farnborough Airshow in England. According to Eve, the company behind this development, the eVTOL model represents a leap in urban aerial mobility which will transform cityscapes by 2026.

  • Friday, July 19th 2024 - 06:41 UTC

    Paraguay to buy Embraer military aircraft to fight organized crime

    The Paraguayan Air Force already operates six AT-27 Tucano turboprops, the training aircraft that evolved into the Super Tucano

    Paraguayan Authorities have issued the necessary paperwork to launch the purchase process of six Brazilian-built Embraer A-29 Super Tucano aircraft to be deployed in security and crime fighting, it was reported in Asunción Thursday.