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Montevideo, April 19th 2025 - 11:43 UTC

Tag: Russia

  • Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 09:32 UTC

    Paraguay advised to monitor inflation and tackle State spending

    Mauricio Villafuerte's report underlined the country's vulnerability to meteorological factors

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a recommendation to the Government of Paraguay IMF to keep an eye on inflation and move forward with structural reforms in addition to improving State spending.

  • Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

    Belarus reopens sales of potash; extent of Western sanctions on Russian fertilizers not clear

    According to RIA, the Belarus government will grant potash export licenses to Belaruskali and Belarus Potash Co (BPC) as of April 6th.

    Belarus announced that it is authorizing licenses for the export of potash beginning this month, according to the official news agency RIA. Russia's close ally is the world’s third-largest producer of potash, widely used in soy production. Belaruskali, a local state-owned company, is among the world’s leading companies in the field.

  • Tuesday, April 5th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

    Mural of Chávez and Putin together unveiled in Caracas

    The mural represents “Russian victory” over Ukraine

    Clear signs of support for Russian President Vladimir Putin are on display in the Venezuelan capital. A mural of him alongside the late Hugo Chávez Frías has been unveiled Monday in appreciation. Another mural of Argentine football legend Diego Armando Maradona is to be seen in Caracas not far off, it was reported.

  • Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 21:16 UTC

    Putin needs someone to stand up to him, Uruguayan President says

    “The key to stopping Russia will depend on the role adopted by the United States, the European Union, and China,” Lacalle explained

    Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was nostalgic about the USSR and stressed that neither Cuba nor Venezuela was key players in the ongoing armed conflict. Lacalle was also critical of the role the United States was playing, which was not that of a “counterweight”.

  • Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 20:26 UTC

    War in Europe leads to new longest non stop passenger flight

    Cathay Pacific's operation will be the longest in terms of distance but a Singapore Airlines service will remain longer regarding flight time

    As a result of a ban from flying over Russian territory, Cathay Pacific has reconfigured its nonstop service between New York Airport (JFK) and Hong Kong Airport (HKG), which will now become the longest passenger route in terms of distance. It will be operated by Airbus A350-1000 aircraft.

  • Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 08:59 UTC

    More UK sanctions on Russian oligarchs and their businesses

    Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said “there is no doubt that Putin and his elite have been surprised by the strength of our sanctions” (Pic AP)

    The UK on Wednesday made new legislation to prohibit maintenance on aircraft or ships belonging to specific sanctioned Russian oligarchs or their businesses. Through these new powers, laid in parliament through a Statutory Instrument (SI), the UK can now prohibit sanctioned oligarchs from benefiting from the UK’s world-leading aviation and maritime industries and engineers.

  • Wednesday, March 30th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

    Fertilizers from Iran and expanding the wheat area, priorities of Brazil's agricultural year

    Brazil consumes some 40 million tons of fertilizers annually, 85% of which imported, mainly from Russia (20%) and Eurasia (65%).

    Brazilian fertilizer stocks amount to at least 13 million tons, including the inputs that have been already internalized and the ones that have been ordered. The statement comes from David Roquetti Filho, a former board member of ANDA, Brazil's National Association for Fertilizer Diffusion, and currently an independent business consultant.

  • Monday, March 28th 2022 - 22:10 UTC

    Chelsea FC's Russian owner poisoned during peace talks?

    In addition to Abramovich, two members of the Ukrainian delegation were also said to have suffered from different symptoms

    Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich, who still owns the English football club Chelsea despite sanctions again his country of origin and fellow nationals, has been said to show signs of poisoning after taking part in peace talks in Kyiv earlier this month, although his life is not at risk.

  • Monday, March 28th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

    British FM says Putin must withdraw from Ukraine for sanctions to be lifted

    In addition to the lifting of sanctions by western powers, Ukraine's President Zelensky is willing to give up NATO plans

    British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss hinted a possible exit route for Russia might be considered if President Vladimir Putin fully withdraws his troops from Ukraine and pledges “not to launch new aggressions.”

  • Monday, March 28th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

    “Unwise comments from President Biden”, MP Tobias Ellwood

    The White House has been forced to clarify President Joe Biden’s apparent call for regime change in Russia during a speech in Warsaw on Saturday.

    The White House has been forced to clarify President Joe Biden’s apparent call for regime change in Russia during a speech in Warsaw on Saturday. The White House has been forced to clarify President Joe Biden’s apparent call for regime change in Russia during a speech in Warsaw on Saturday.