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Fri, 26 Jul 2024 08:32:00 GMTArgos Georgia tragedy, Montevideo port fishing vessels turn sirens on to remember fallen mariners
At mid morning Thursday, fishing vessels in the port of Montevideo turned their sirens on for a few minutes to the memory of the lost mariners from longliner Argos Georgia, believed to be almost unsinkable given its sturdy comp...
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 20:56:00 GMTVenezuela: Foreign press accused of dirty campaign to cry "foul"
While Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) Chairman Elvis Amoroso denounced that Western media outlets were behind a campaign seeking to taint next Sunday's presidential elections, Argentine reporter Jorge Pizarro of Bu...
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 20:18:00 GMTLula insists world hunger is a political choice
Brazilian President Luiz InĂ¡cio Lula da Silva insisted during a G20 event in Rio de Janeiro that fighting hunger was a political choice, Agencia Brasil reported. The South American leader also pledged to steer his country out ...
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 19:50:00 GMTArgentine Economy Minister meets with IMF Chief in Rio
Argentina's Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo met Thursday in Rio de Janeiro with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, who said the encounter had been "constructive."
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:06:00 GMTArgos Georgia tragedy: Survivors in Falklands, Spain sending aircraft, official mourning in Vigo
The tragedy of the longliner Argos Georgia plus the loss and disappearance of thirteen mariners, and the survival of fourteen, is headline news in Galicia with the city of Vigo declaring a day of mourning and the Spanish foreig...