Stories for 2024

Monday, May 6th 2024 - 21:59 UTC
Call warning of a bomb at AMIA HQs a hoax

A bomb threat at the Buenos Aires headquarters of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) Monday afternoon was determined to be a hoax, according to Federal Police sources and authorities from the Jewish welfare group alike. The detonation of an explosive device at the old AMIA building on July 18, 1994, left 85 people dead and triggered a saga of investigations that have yielded almost no conclusive results to this day.
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Monday, May 6th 2024 - 20:34 UTC
After EU June elections, agreement with Mercosur can be reached: “A matter of time and timing”, EU negotiator

The Mercosur/European Union trade and cooperation agreement, “is a complicated process but it is also a matter of time and timing”, according to Rupert Schlegelmilch, chief EU negotiator of the accord who recently visited Mercosur country and associate members to meet government officials and business groups to confirm EU's determination to finish the deal.
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Monday, May 6th 2024 - 20:26 UTC
UK growth to remain sluggish this year, 0,4% and improving in 2025, OECD report

The United Kingdom GDP growth is projected to remain sluggish at 0.4% in 2024 before improving to 1.0% in 2025, reflecting the waning drag from past monetary tightening, according to the latest report from OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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Monday, May 6th 2024 - 20:24 UTC
Rich Chinese beef consumers are becoming more aware of traceability and Amazon deforestation

A survey conducted in Beijing and Shanghai between two renowned academic groups in China and Brazil, revealed that some Chinese consumers are willing to pay more for beef, provided it is not linked to deforestation in the Amazon and have a budding interest in traceability.
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Monday, May 6th 2024 - 18:52 UTC
No diplomatic conflict between Argentina and Spain following Minister's remarks about Milei

Spain's Government Monday ruled out any diplomatic conflict with Argentina after Transport Minister Oscar Puente's derogatory remarks last week against Javier Milei, whose spokesman Manuel Adorni said in Buenos Aires that “for us, it is a settled issue.”
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Monday, May 6th 2024 - 15:50 UTC
Uruguay: National Party leader arrested for fabricating assault claims against candidate Orsi

In Uruguay, the unfolding saga surrounding the allegations against former Canelones department (province) mayor and current Presidential pre-candidate for the Broad Front (Frente Amplio), Yamandú Orsi, has taken a dramatic turn as Romina Celeste Papasso, a leader of the National Party (Partido Nacional), was arrested on Monday for fabricating false accusations against Orsi. Furthermore, an arrest warrant has been issued for Paula Díaz, the trans woman who initially filed the criminal complaint against Orsi.
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Monday, May 6th 2024 - 10:49 UTC
Rio Grande do Sul floods getting worse every day

According to the latest report from Civil Defense, the number of casualties in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul since the first storms hit on April 29 have already reached 78 people, with 105 others still missing and 175 injured.
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Monday, May 6th 2024 - 10:24 UTC
Air services in Argentina to be affected by workers' strike

Airline services might be disrupted Monday at 24 Argentine airports on Monday as workers plan to hold assemblies between 8 and 11 am to protest against some of the latest measures announced by the Libertarian administration of President Javier Milei and also in anticipation of others that may come into force should the so-called Omnibus Law bill be passed by the Senate after the Lower House's nod last week.
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Monday, May 6th 2024 - 10:20 UTC
Federal gov't to rebuild Rio Grande do Sul's roads, says Lula

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Sunday that the Federal government would provide the funding for the reconstruction of every road in the State of Rio Grande do Sul destroyed by the storms, be them national or local, Agência Brasil reported. The head of state also pledged to reduce the bureaucracy involved in the work.
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Monday, May 6th 2024 - 08:34 UTC
Legendary Argentine football coach César Menotti dies aged 85

César Luis Menotti, the man who coached Argentina to their first World Cup title in 1978 at home and was in charge of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) management that put together the team that won the Qatar 2022 version, died Sunday in Buenos Aires, aged 85. Menotti had been hospitalized weeks ago with a severe anemia but was discharged days later.
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