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Saturday, April 27th 2024 - 10:59 UTC
Military presence “at the appropriate level to ensure the defense of the Falklands,” UK MoD

Following Argentina's purchase of US-made F-16 jets from Denmark, concerns were raised in Parliament to a Secretary of Defense regarding the UK's defense readiness in the South Atlantic, more precisely the Falkland Islands.
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Saturday, April 27th 2024 - 10:56 UTC
Peru's PM calls for an end to the “political noise” that earned the country bad reviews

Peru's Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzén urged his countrymen to hush down the “political noise” that erupted following the decision by the credit rating agency Standard 6 Poor (S&P) to downgrade the South American country from BBB to BBB-.
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Saturday, April 27th 2024 - 10:45 UTC
Repair ship RFA Diligence, involved in Falklands and Gulf wars, sold to Turkey

The Portsmouth media has reported that RFA Diligence, a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship previously involved in the Falklands and Gulf conflicts, has arrived in Turkey after being sold for recycling by the UK Defense Equipment Sales Authority (DESA).
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Saturday, April 27th 2024 - 10:37 UTC
RFA Cardigan Bay in crucial support task to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza civilians

UK Forces.net has reported that a Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel will provide accommodation to hundreds of American soldiers and sailors in the eastern Mediterranean who are helping to deliver aid to Gaza. The US military has started the construction of a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza to facilitate the delivery of vital humanitarian aid.
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Saturday, April 27th 2024 - 09:54 UTC
Brazil opens insulin-producing plant

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday participated in the city of Nova Lima, state of Minas Gerais, in the opening of the Biomm recombinant human insulin-producing plant. The Government will purchase the entire output to make it available free of charge nationwide for diabetes patients. The facility is said to have cost around R$ 800 million (US$ 156 million) through loans from public banks. The South American country currently imports 95% of the insulin it uses. Some 15.7 million adults are said to have the malady nationwide.
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Saturday, April 27th 2024 - 08:41 UTC
Venice combats massive tourism: day visitors will be charged a €5 fee

Venice started charging this week €5 (US$ 5.30) fee for day-trippers who are not staying overnight. Despite the launch of the scheme to curb mass tourism was postponed several times, it will now apply until mid July.
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Friday, April 26th 2024 - 20:59 UTC
Thousands of layoffs feared in Argentina next month

Argentine SMEs fear a wave of sackings in the coming days due to President Javier Milei's policies which may have been somewhat successful at curbing inflation but at a cost. The Industriales Pymes Argentinos (IPA) chamber released a report saying that some 17,000 jobs had been lost since Milei took office on Dec. 10, 2023, and further suspensions and layoffs appear on May's radar.
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Friday, April 26th 2024 - 20:06 UTC
Argentina's Central Bank lowers basic interest rates

Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) this week lowered the benchmark interest rate by another 10 percentage points to 60% annually, it was reported in Buenos Aires. It was the fourth such cut since Javier Milei took office on December 10, 2023, when the rate stood at 133%. “BCRA announces that as of 04-25-2024, the rate for 1-business-day maturity passive operations will be 60%,” it said in a statement. It was also the second 10-point cut in April alone.
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Friday, April 26th 2024 - 19:34 UTC
US sanctions: Cubana flights to Buenos Aires lifted after refueling is denied

As President Javier Milei's Argentina deepens its allegiance to the United States, Cuba's flag carrier Cubana lifted this week its regular service between Buenos Aires and Havana after fuel suppliers announced they would no longer be serving a company blacklisted from Washington in what seems like an encore of what happened to the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter flying under the Venezuelan flag following a spell with Iran's Mahan Air.
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Friday, April 26th 2024 - 17:09 UTC
Alberto Fernández responds sternly to Milei's accusations: “My dog doesn't advise me”

Former Argentine President Alberto Fernández answered libertarian President Javier Milei, following remarks made by Milei during a speech at Fundación Libertad where he referred to Fernández as a “puppet”. Fernández's response, laden with irony and defiance, underscored his “commitment” to rational decision-making and dismissed allegations of being influenced by external forces.
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