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Montevideo, May 3rd 2025 - 19:36 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, January 2nd 2025 - 07:29 UTC

    Chinese meat industry and farmers complaining about surging Mercosur imports

    Safeguard measures taken by the world’s biggest beef buyer can be expected to hurt top exporters and trade partners of China, Mercosur block partners, and Australia.

    Chinese farmers and meat industry associations are complaining about the surge in foreign beef imports and the Ministry of Commerce has promised an investigation into the situation, according to Beijing government sources.

  • Thursday, January 2nd 2025 - 06:19 UTC

    At least 15 killed in suspected terrorist attack in New Orleans

    “We are working with our partners to investigate this as an act of terrorism,” the FBI said in a statement

    At least 15 people were killed Wednesday in a mass ramming and shooting during New Year's celebrations in New Orleans in the US State of Lousiana at around 3.15 am local time. Some 35 others were reported injured after a US national with Muslim ties ran over them on Bourbon Street and later opened fire on survivors. The perpetrator was eventually gunned down by law enforcement officers, two of whom were wounded but reported stable. The FBI has taken over the investigation.

  • Tuesday, December 31st 2024 - 14:23 UTC

    Journal bought for Falklands Museum gives first-hand account of 1914 Battle

    A journal recently acquired at auction by the Friends of the Falklands Museum and Archives (FIMA Friends) gives a remarkable personal account of the 1914 Battle of the Falklands. The unique manuscript, illustrated with contemporary newspaper cuttings, reveals that, despite the appalling carnage, a strong sentiment of mutual respect survived.

  • Tuesday, December 31st 2024 - 10:30 UTC

    After hectic month, Paraguay's yearly inflation barely above 2023's

    The BCP aims to reach a 3.5% inflation by 2026

    Paraguay's Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew 0.7% this month, which represented a setback from 0.3% in the same month last year. Nevertheless, Asunción confirmed closing 2024 with a 3.8% inflation, barely over 2023's 3.7%, according to the Central Bank (BCP), and therefore within the target range of 4%, it was explained Monday. On a brighter note, core inflation stood at 0.3% in December for a yearly variation of 3.4%, which meant progress from the 3.6% registered in 2023.

  • Tuesday, December 31st 2024 - 10:20 UTC

    Venezuelan FM speaks the worst about his Argentine colleague

    Werthein was included as a person of interest in the investigation into Nahuel Gallo's arrest by Caracas on espionage charges

    Venezuela's Foreign Minister Yván Gil told his Argentine colleague Gerardo Werthein on social media he had “no morals to talk about Venezuela” and insisted that the latter's true legacy lay “in the fortunes amassed in the shadow of any opportunist government and under the complicity of the darkest dictatorship that devastated Argentina.” Gil also insisted that Buenos Aires' “terrorist plans” had ”failed categorically, just as any attempt to impose their hypocrisy and arrogance on us will fail.

  • Monday, December 30th 2024 - 22:37 UTC

    Paraguayan gang believed to be behind Misiones cop murder

    Miñarro was killed with three shots ti his head

    The town of Eldorado in the Argentine province of Misiones dawned Monday with a commando-style group -reportedly of Paraguayan origin- storming at around 7 am into the Gendarmería Nacional Regional Unit III inside the local aeroclub killing Misiones Police Corporal Mauricio Miñarro with three shots in the head. Two FAL rifles and two 12-70 shotguns were stolen in the raid.

  • Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:58 UTC

    Hard times ahead for Lula and Brazilian Real, the most devalued currency in 2024

    Lula da Silva recovering from head injuries and surgery

    US dollar expectations in the Brazilian market are beating forecasts having reached R$ 6.30 in December, (from 4.85 in January 2024) making the Brazilian Real one of the largest currencies of emerging countries, as the most devalued during 2024, despite the Central Bank pumping some US$ 17 billion to the market hoping to contain the slide.

  • Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:51 UTC

    Azerbaijan Airlines E-190's back boxes sent to Brazil

    Kazakhstan authorities decided to send the black boxes to Brazil's Cenipa for analysis

    Authorities said that the black boxes of the Brazilian-built Embraer 190 Azerbaijan Airlines jet that crashed on Wednesday in Kazakhstan will be sent to the manufacturing country's aviation watchdog to further investigate the causes of the accident near Aktau, a port on the Caspian Sea in western Kazakhstan, far from the aircraft's planned route.

  • Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:43 UTC

    WaPo says Paraná Waterway riddled with drug trafficking

    Drug trafficking would go from airstrips in Bolivia to Paraguay and then on to the River Plate, the Washington Post explained

    The Paraguay-Paraná Waterway channeling myriads of tons of cargo every year is one of the leading passages of cocaine shipments bound for Hamburg and Antwerp, among other destinations, the Washington Post reported. It runs for more than 3,300 kilometers, connecting at least 150 ports in five countries. It is arguably the most important river trade route on the continent.

  • Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

    Former US President Jimmy Carter dies aged 100

    Jimmy Carter was the 39th President of the United States

    Former US President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. (1977-1981) died Sunday in the State of Georgia, The Carter Center confirmed on social media. He was 100. He had been in hospice care in Plains, Georgia, since February 2023. Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter died on Nov. 19, 2023, at age 96.