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Montevideo, July 5th 2025 - 19:52 UTC

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  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 19:21 UTC

    Milei welcomes Modi at Casa Rosada

    It was the first official visit to Argentina by an Indian PM in 57 years, although Modi had been in Buenos Aires for the G20 Summit in 2018

    Argentine President Javier Milei welcomed India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss trade, investment, energy, critical minerals, defense, aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and other issues.

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  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 10:53 UTC

    Uruguay's inflation closer to target

    Tolosa highlighted the effectiveness of using interest rates as a monetary policy tool

    Uruguay's year-on-year inflation rate dropped to 4.59% in June, marking its fourth consecutive monthly decline. This figure is very close to Uruguay's Central Bank (BCU) target of 4.5% and keeps inflation within the 3% to 6% tolerance range for the 25th consecutive month.

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  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 10:31 UTC

    Ecuador: Emergency declared in two provinces due to torrential rains

    One person died, and oil exports had to be stopped

    The Ecuadorean Government Friday declared a 45-day regional state of emergency in the Amazonian provinces of Zamora Chinchipe and Napo due to severe rainfall, flooding, and landslides. These conditions have significantly impacted residents, homes, basic services, and critical infrastructure, including the road network and the nation's two main oil pipelines, the Heavy Crude Oil Pipeline (OCP) and the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE).

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  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    Operations at Fernando de Noronha airport limited out of security concerns

    The Anac may adopt new measures at any time, the aviation watchdog warned

    Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) Friday imposed new restrictions on Fernando de Noronha Airport following two incidents in a week where planes got stuck on the tarmac due to pavement issues.

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  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 10:05 UTC

    Paraguay: High-ranking official sacked amid bribery scandal

    Soria, who was appointed in August 2023, had previously held positions as mayor of Itacurubí and congressman

    Pastor Soria Melo has been dismissed as the head of Paraguay's National Plant and Seed Quality and Health Service (Senave) through a presidential decree, following his indictment on charges of passive bribery, aggravated passive bribery, criminal association, and money laundering.

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  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 09:44 UTC

    Brazil: mitigating factors for sexual crimes against women suppressed

    Acting President Geraldo Alckmin signed the amendment into law

    An amendment to Brazil's Penal Code suppressing mitigating factors for crimes involving sexual violence against women came into force Friday after it was published in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette - DOU), following its enactment by acting President Geraldo Alckmin. The measure also reduced the statute of limitations for these cases.

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  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 09:34 UTC

    Argentina: Independence Day military parade called off

    Milei will travel to Tucumán instead, Governor Jaldo confirmed

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei has canceled the traditional July 9 Independence Day military parade to save public funds, the Defense Ministry announced Friday. The move came as a surprise, given that the Milei administration had reinstated and heavily promoted the parade last year after it was discontinued during the Alberto Fernández and Kirchner administrations.

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  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 23:26 UTC

    Fundraising teen pilot detained in Chilean Antarctica

    From social influencer to detainee in Antarctica, Guo’s future remains unclear

    Ethan Guo, a 19-year-old pilot and social media influencer, has been detained on King George Island, Antarctica, after a failed attempt to complete a solo flight across all seven continents to raise US$1 million for childhood cancer research.

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  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 16:45 UTC

    Relief operation of DRC Uruguayan blue helmets underway

    Some 200 troops are arriving at Carrasco on a chartered Ethiopian Airlines flight from Rwanda (Pic Ejercito de Uruguay)

    Uruguay is carrying out on Friday a troop relief operation for its United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Approximately 200 Uruguayan soldiers from the Uruguay IV Battalion are arriving at Carrasco International Airport at 6.35 am on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Rwanda. President Yamandú Orsi and Defense Minister Sandra Lazo will welcome them.

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  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 14:03 UTC

    Colombian FM resigns over differences with President Petro

    Sarabia's departure added to Petro's internal crisis

    Laura Sarabia resigned this week as Colombia's Foreign Minister, citing “differences” with President Gustavo Petro in “recent days.” Her departure adds to a cabinet crisis that has seen over 50 ministerial changes in three years.

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