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Montevideo, November 22nd 2025 - 15:59 UTC

International

  • Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 10:43 UTC

    Italy: Prosecutors launch probe into “human safari” allegations

    Brigida has investigated Argentina's “death flights” among other internationally relevant cases. Photo: AFP

    The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into claims that wealthy Italian citizens paid fees to act as “weekend snipers,” targeting and shooting civilians besieged in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War (1992-1996). The investigation has been bolstered by testimony from former Bosnian Army Brigadier General -and intelligence agent- Edin Subasic.

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  • Thursday, November 13th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    California Governor becomes most famous US COP30 attendee

    Newsom is already hailed as a potential presidential candidate

    California Governor Gavin Newsom has emerged as an unexpected focal point and “anti-Trump” figure at the COP30 climate conference in Belém, capitalizing on the absence of the self-proclaimed climate change skeptic US President Donald Trump.

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  • Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 10:07 UTC

    USS Gerald Ford in the Caribbean sparks Venezuelan military mobilization

    The USS Gerald Ford was deployed from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean to up the ante against alleged drug traffickers in the area

    The USS Gerald Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, reinforcing the US military presence in Latin America for what the Pentagon claims is an operation to combat drug trafficking.

  • Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 09:59 UTC

    Incidents reported outside COP30 hosting site

    At least one security guard was injured

    Demonstrators clashed with law enforcement on Tuesday in Belém outside the so-called Blue Zone, where COP30 negotiations are taking place. The area was closed after a group of protesters tried to enter the site, but were kept at bay by security guards forming human chains. At least one guard was injured.

  • Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 09:36 UTC

    China and Uruguay launch joint agri-science cooperation project

    Carámbula underscored that the joint laboratory “strengthens the country's science, technology, and innovation”

    Scientific and educational institutions from China and Uruguay have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a groundbreaking Joint Pasture Agriculture Laboratory, aiming to strengthen scientific and technological cooperation in agricultural innovation under China's Belt and Road Initiative.

  • Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 09:30 UTC

    Argentina and Paraguay expedite OECD membership applications

    Argentina had been invited to join the organization in 2022 but declined under then-President Alberto Fernández

    Argentina has formally initiated the technical phase of its bid to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), submitting its “initial memorandum” to the Paris-based body. The document, a preliminary self-assessment of the country's alignment with international standards, was delivered by Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno to OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann, who is currently visiting Buenos Aires.

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 15:23 UTC

    FAO Food Prices decline in October, with the exception of beef

    Beef prices continued to rise, driven by higher quotations from Australia due to firm global demand.

    World food commodity prices generally declined in October, driven largely by ample global supplies, according to the benchmark measure released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). However beef continued to rise because of a very firm global demand.

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    COP30 starts in Belem with a focus on accelerated global warming

    Some 50 presidents and heads of state will participate at the meeting in the coming days

    The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change officially kicked off in the city of Belém (Brazil), marking the first time the global climate summit has been held in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The meeting, set to run for two weeks, brings together world leaders from 163 countries to address the urgent crisis of global warming.

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 09:41 UTC

    Uruguay chosen to UNESCO Board

    Montevideo's Foreign Ministry said the appointment reflected Uruguay's “historic commitment to multilateralism”

    Uruguay has secured a seat on the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for a four-year term, following an election held during the organization's 43rd General Conference in Uzbekistan. The South American country obtained 119 votes from the Member States present at the event.

  • Tuesday, November 11th 2025 - 09:38 UTC

    Syrian President meets with Trump at White House

    Al-Sharaa wants Trump to help Syria transition to an ally in the Middle East

    US President Donald Trump hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House on Monday, marking the first official visit by a Syrian head of state since the 1940s and signifying a dramatic reversal of fortunes for the new Middle Eastern leader.