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Montevideo, November 9th 2026 - 05:52 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, October 24th 2026 - 08:32 UTC

    Burnham tells Trump of the “economic consequences” of Argentina’s Falklands measures

    Trump has said in recent weeks that the US position of neutrality on sovereignty over the archipelago is under review

    British Prime Minister Andy Burnham set out to US President Donald Trump on Friday “the economic consequences that Argentina’s coercive measures have for the United Kingdom and the United States”, in a phone call focused on the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands, according to a Downing Street statement quoted by the EFE news agency. Burnham reiterated the islanders’ right to develop their natural resources.

  • Friday, October 23rd 2026 - 18:19 UTC

    The Pope cancels a visit to Assisi as a medical precaution, two weeks before his South American tour

    According to a medical bulletin released by the Vatican on Friday, a follow-up chest X-ray “confirmed his optimal post-operative recovery”

    Pope Leo XIV has cancelled a visit planned for Tuesday, October 27, to Assisi, in central Italy, after his doctors advised against helicopter travel so soon after the lung surgery he underwent on October 13. It is the first engagement on his schedule to be called off since the operation, two weeks before the start of his tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.

  • Friday, October 23rd 2026 - 10:25 UTC

    US confirms concern over the impact of Argentina’s Falklands bill on its companies

    Landau also defended the US proposal to end the UN Decolonisation Committee, before which Argentina presents its claim every year

    US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau acknowledged in Buenos Aires on Thursday that Washington is closely watching the impact that Argentina’s National Sovereignty Defence bill, which toughens sanctions against those involved in hydrocarbon exploitation in the Falklands, could have on its companies. Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno defended the initiative.

  • Friday, October 23rd 2026 - 10:13 UTC

    Lula and Bolsonaro agree to open their bank and phone records days before the runoff

    The initiative arose from a challenge Lula issued to his rival during Sunday’s televised debate

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro signed an agreement at the Superior Electoral Court on Thursday to simultaneously lift the secrecy of their bank, tax and phone records, and those of relatives and linked companies, three days before Sunday’s presidential runoff. Release of the data now depends on a decision by Judge André Mendonça, the case rapporteur.

  • Friday, October 23rd 2026 - 10:02 UTC

    Lula and Bolsonaro chase non-voters in the final stretch of Brazil’s campaign

    The latest Datafolha poll gives Bolsonaro 51% of valid votes and Lula 49%, within the margin of error, while Quaest puts them at 46% and 44% of total voting intentions

    Two days before Brazil’s presidential runoff, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro are focusing their final efforts on the same target: the roughly 33 million voters who stayed away in the first round. With polls showing a statistical tie and just 1% or 2% undecided, mobilising those who stayed at home on October 4 could decide the outcome.

  • Friday, October 23rd 2026 - 09:48 UTC

    Sanders and Democratic lawmakers ask Meta to explain alleged favouritism towards Bolsonaro

    In their letter, the lawmakers express “deep concern” over reports that Meta’s platforms “are restricting or suppressing content associated with Lula’s campaign”

    US Senator Bernie Sanders and 11 other Democratic lawmakers on Thursday asked Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to explain the alleged unequal treatment by Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp of the campaigns of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who face each other on Sunday in Brazil’s presidential runoff.

  • Thursday, October 22nd 2026 - 14:40 UTC

    Trump won’t betray Britain over the Falklands

    The King’s visit to US in April was a stunning success: even “No Kings” Democrat Members of Congress giving King Charles a series of standing ovations

    By Nile Gardiner (*) - In his second term, Donald Trump has aggressively pursued an America First foreign policy. And rightly so. The U.S. president represents the American people, and every policy he advances should be in his nation’s interest. But backing British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands fits firmly within this vision, and his administration should stand shoulder to shoulder with the UK on an issue of huge importance to the British people.

  • Thursday, October 22nd 2026 - 13:35 UTC

    Milei hopes to exploit the Falklands’ oil dispute in next year’s election

    By Vicky Kapogianni Associate Professor of International and Environmental Law, University of Reading - Argentina is trying to stop a planned oil project near the Falkland Islands. On October 13, the government asked the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas (Itlos), a court in Hamburg that deals with disputes over the sea, to halt the project. Argentina says the UK approved the drilling without its agreement and in breach of Argentina’s rights to the seabed.

  • Thursday, October 22nd 2026 - 02:24 UTC

    A partial win in Hamburg could help Milei in 2027, an analysis suggests

    The tribunal will hold its hearing on November 10 and 11

    Argentina has slim chances of persuading the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to halt the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falklands by invoking its sovereign rights, but it could secure a partial victory on environmental grounds that would help President Javier Milei ahead of the 2027 election, according to an analysis by an international law academic published on The Conversation.

  • Thursday, October 22nd 2026 - 02:14 UTC

    Global alert over two critical PHP flaws forces government websites offline

    The flaws, tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, carry a severity score of 9.2 out of 10 and affect all PHP installations serving web requests

    Governments and companies in several countries temporarily took websites offline this week over two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, the programming language that powers much of the internet, which allow an attacker to run code remotely on servers without authenticating. PHP’s development team released fixes on Wednesday and urged users to update immediately.