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Montevideo, May 19th 2024 - 16:50 UTC

Stories for March 2024

  • Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 08:17 UTC

    Argentina: Mauricio Macri becomes PRO Party Chairman

    The former president plans to boost the careers of Torres, Frigerio as well as that of his cousin

    Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri was appointed Tuesday to chair the Propuesta Republicana (PRO) Party which he founded and which led him to the Casa Rosada between 2015 and 2019 under the Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) coalition with the Radical Civic Unión (UCR) and other political forces.

  • Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 08:06 UTC

    Uruguay: President Lacalle announces first dengue-caused death

    Lacalle will decide with Rando the government's next steps

    President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday confirmed Uruguay's first fatality due to dengue fever in 2024 following a Health Ministry (MSP) report that a possible case was under investigation. The head of state will meet Wednesday with Health Minister Karina Rando at the Suarez y Reyes residency to review possible courses of action with the malady as a priority.

  • Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 05:00 UTC

    Geoblocking restrictions you might face when traveling

    Photo: Pexels

    Traveling can be an exciting experience. You’ll be able to see the Wonders of the World while sampling street food that rivals top-tier restaurants. Even just the chance of being able to immerse yourself in a foreign culture presents opportunities, so it’s no surprise that more and more people are choosing to live their lives on the road. With that being said, traveling the world does come with its challenges, one of the biggest being geoblocking.

  • Wednesday, March 20th 2024 - 02:55 UTC

    Argentine Justice seeks repatriation of plane used in Condor Plan kidnapping

    The Condor Plan was a coordination between the military dictatorships of several Latin American countries in the 1970s and 1980s to persecute and eliminate political opponents. Photo: AFP

    The Argentine justice system has requested Uruguay to repatriate a plane allegedly used in the infamous Condor Plan, a coordination effort between South American dictatorships during the 1970s and 1980s. The aircraft, a Hawker Siddeley twin-jet, is believed to have been utilized in the transfer of detainees during this dark period of political repression.

  • Tuesday, March 19th 2024 - 19:54 UTC

    No more petrol stations for the next 5 years in urban Paraguay

    In Paraguay there are approximately 35 gas stations per 100,000 inhabitants

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña Tuesday signed a decree whereby the opening of new petrol stations was suspended for the next five years in all of the country's urban areas citing environmental concerns. The measure will thus be in force for the remainder of Peña's term in office and is already in force, it was explained.

  • Tuesday, March 19th 2024 - 19:05 UTC

    Drug gang expansion feared as federal forces handle security in Rosario

    “If they are not stopped,” these gangs will “move to another territory,” Roncaglia warned

    As federal troops are deployed to tackle drug trafficking in the city of Rosario, authorities in other parts of the province of Santa Fe and its neighboring territories now fear gangs might migrate in search of other, less challenging venues to keep their illegal business going.

  • Tuesday, March 19th 2024 - 18:35 UTC

    Police indict Bolsonaro in vaccine certification fraud probe

    The Public Prosecutor's Office must now decide whether to press charges against Bolsonaro

    Brazil's Federal Police (PF) Tuesday indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly forging his Covid-19 vaccination records. The case now goes to the Public Prosecutor's Office for a final decision on whether or not to press formal charges against the former head of state, his then aide-de-camps Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, and Congressman Gutemberg Reis as well as 14 other people listed in the investigation.

  • Tuesday, March 19th 2024 - 12:02 UTC

    Russian presidential elections 2024: Foreign Secretary's statement

    Foreign Secretary David Cameron said: These Russian elections starkly underline the depth of repression under President Putin’s regime

    The Foreign Secretary condemns electoral violations and the suppression of opposition voices during the Russian elections, as well as the breaches of Ukrainian sovereignty in conducting elections on Ukrainian territory.

  • Tuesday, March 19th 2024 - 11:04 UTC

    Boric says Chile's economy will take off in 2024 after dodging recession

    Growth is going to be noticed in the pockets of families, said Boric

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font said Monday that his country's economy would “take off” this year after dodging recession in 2023 and reaching a meager 0.2% growth.

  • Tuesday, March 19th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Milei and Villarruel together at event marking anniversary of Israeli Embassy bombing

    Milei gave no speech during the event

    President Javier Milei and Vice President Victoria Villarruel were seen together Monday at the ceremony marking the 32nd anniversary of the bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires after they were reported to be at odds following the Senate's rejection of the head of state's most-encompassing emergency decree (DNU) 70/2023 last week. They reportedly held a confidential meeting at Olivos Residence to lower tensions.