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Montevideo, November 27th 2024 - 23:34 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, August 24th 2023 - 10:14 UTC

    Assange's father thanks Brazil for supporting his son's release

    Assange's possible extradition to the US would be a “death sentence,” his father said

    Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's father John Shipton, who is in Brazil promoting a movie on his son, has thanked the South American country for standing in favor of the journalist’s release, Agência Brasil reported.

  • Thursday, August 24th 2023 - 04:01 UTC

    Agreement reached on principles for adding members to BRICS

    “We have agreed on the issue of enlargement,” Pandor said in a radio interview

    A document outlining the guidelines for the addition of new members to the BRICS bloc was signed Wednesday in Johannesburg during the group's XV Summit, South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor announced. Over 20 countries have expressed their interest in joining the alliance, which could entail significant changes in the current world order.

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 10:56 UTC

    Massa gets loans from IDB and WB ahead of IMF meeting

    Massa is convinced that the IMF will grant Argentina another US$ 7.5 billion

    The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Bank (WB) will grant Argentina additional financing of US$ 1,300 million, Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa announced Tuesday from Washington DC.

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 10:46 UTC

    Falklands' Camp voters demand more engagement and presence from members of Legislative Assembly

    MLAs have “lost contact with the Camp folk –none of them ever ring to see how we live or if we have any complaints.”

    Prior to this Nominations announcement, for the September 21 by election, the Penguin News did with a few interviews, a sample picture of Falkland Islands rural voters demands and concerns, among which, Stanley support for Camp, drought, improved communications and more engagement from representatives at the Legislative Assembly. PN also asked them if Camp voters felt happy for Stanley residents to represent them.

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 10:39 UTC

    Falklands Government reminds nomination protocols for Medal and Honors

    OBE and MBE are awarded by the Sovereign and recipients can choose to be presented their award in the UK by a member of the Royal Family, or in the Falkland Islands by the Governor.

    The Falkland Islands Government is reminding the public of the specific protocols that are in place when nominating someone for a medal or honor.

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 09:24 UTC

    Dozens arrested in Argentina for looting

    “There is no social problem to take care of and attend to,” Minister Aníbal Fernández argued

    Several dozens were arrested Tuesday in Argentina for looting in the provinces of Córdoba and Mendoza, it was reported. There were other incidents in the Greater Buenos Aires area and also in the country's capital.

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 09:00 UTC

    Unemployment keeps dropping in Uruguay

    The trend keeps dropping as new people join the labor market

    Unemployment in Uruguay fell yet again last month to stand at 7.8%, according to a report released Tuesday in Montevideo by the National Statistics Institute (INE). Thus, the drop from June's figures was 0.4% for a total of some 144,400 jobless people in the South American country from 152,500 the month before.

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 08:37 UTC

    Argentine President not attending BRICS Summit

    President Fernández will resume his post-PASO public life in Neuqén and La Pampa

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández called off his trip to Johannesburg after learning that his country would not be -at least for now- joining the BRICS (a trade bloc made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) during the ongoing XV Summit, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 08:18 UTC

    Falklands further education students celebrate results: 97% pass rates

    Falkland Islands Community School, the heart of the Islands' education system, which has helped create generations of professionals and skilled manpower

    On Thursday 17 August, 18 Falkland Islands students who have been studying in further education for A levels and other Level 3 qualifications received their results. The Education Department is delighted to confirm that there was a 97% pass rate across 19 different subjects.

  • Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 07:43 UTC

    “God bless you Harold”, The Times obituary

    Briley beside a minefield in the Falklands

    Harold Briley's obituary by The Times, published Tuesday, August 22, 2023. - Reporter who broadcast the first news of Argentina’s invasion of the Falklands in 1982 and later campaigned for the Islanders’ rights.