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Montevideo, November 17th 2025 - 20:56 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, November 6th 2025 - 10:47 UTC

    Ecuador's Noboa hosts US Homeland Security Secretary to discuss cooperation

    It was Noem's second trip to Ecuador this year

    Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa met on Wednesday with US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at the former Eloy Alfaro military base in Manta, Manabí province. The meeting aimed to advance bilateral cooperation against drug trafficking and transnational organized crime, with a focus on assessing technological and infrastructural capabilities.

  • Thursday, November 6th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

    Machado outlines her vision for Venezuela when democracy returns

    Machado was highly acclaimed by business leaders, officials, and Venezuelan diaspora representatives

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said during her telematic appearance at the Miami-held America Business Forum that if her country were liberated, so should be Cuba and Nicaragua.

  • Thursday, November 6th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Albert II of Monaco praises Paraguay's sports infrastructure

    The royal visitor departed for Belem in Brazil to attend COP30

    Prince Albert II of Monaco concluded his first official three-day visit to Paraguay on Wednesday, wrapping up his agenda with a strong endorsement of the country's rapid development in multi-sport facilities. The Prince, who is also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), toured the premises of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee (COP) near Asunción.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 23:53 UTC

    Election, 11 December: Do you care about the future of the Falkland Islands?

    The election is a two day process, since on the 10th December, be it by land and/or air, ballot boxes collect votes from people living in the Camp (Pic Sharon Jaffray)

    Since contrary to other South American governments where voting is mandatory, (Uruguay and Chile, two neighbors), and since the Falkland Islands are a very small community, without political parties, the elected Government campaigns to ensure citizens effectively vote and the bravest consider candidacy.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 23:20 UTC

    Falklands, “Faugh a Ballagh”, (Clear the Way), the Irish Regiment has arrived

    The Rifles (2 RIFLES) left, greets the head of B Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, right.

    B Company, 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment (1 R IRISH) have officially taken over from I Company, 2nd Battalion, The Rifles (2 RIFLES) as the British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI) Roulement Infantry Company (RIC), at Mount Pleasant Complex in the Falkland Islands.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 20:52 UTC

    Lula enacts law designating Belém as capital of Brazil during COP30

    Lula will travel to the Celac-EU summit in Colombia before returning to Belém

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed into law a bill making Belém, in the state of Pará, the capital of the South American country for the duration of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) between Nov. 11 and 21. The measure has been published in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette).

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 19:14 UTC

    Falklands to mark Remembrance Day on Sunday 9 November

    There will be a parade of detachments from the three branches of the British armed forces and the Falkland Islands Defense Force.

    The Falkland Islands will observe Remembrance Day on Sunday, 9 November 2025, marking the 107th anniversary of the end of the First World War.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 16:43 UTC

    Bad news for Punta Arenas: NFS Antarctic researchers and icebreakers return to US

     Built in 1992, the Palmer is a 7,600-ton icebreaker capable of breaking 3 feet (1 meter) of ice at 3 knots. It is 308 feet (94 meters) long and has 12,720 horsepower.

    Severe cuts in Budget resources for the United States National Science Foundation, (NSF) dictated by president Donald Trump are having an impact on Antarctic research, and a huge financial loss for the community of Punta Arenas, Magallanes Region, extreme south of Chile, according to polar scientists.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 15:02 UTC

    “Argentina Is on a Path to Economic Success”, Nouriel Roubini

    In 2006, Roubini warned that a housing bust would trigger a global banking crisis and deep recession within a few years. U.S. subprime collapse spread through the financial system

    While many commentators have criticized Argentine President Javier Milei's draconian approach to economic reform, the results of the October legislative election show that the Argentine people would prefer short-term economic pain over a return to Peronist policies. Milei now has a clear path to finish what he started. The piece was written by Nouriel Roubini, one of the very few economists who anticipated the 2008 world recession and has been identified as Dr. Doom because of his forecasts *

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 11:16 UTC

    Bolivia's Supreme Court orders Áñez's release

    “My dignity is not negotiable,” Áñez insisted

    Bolivia's Supreme Court overturned Jeanine Áñez's sentence on Wednesday and ordered the immediate release of the former head of State. “The sentence against Jeanine Áñez has been overturned... and as a result, she will be released today,” Chief Justice Rómer Saucedo confirmed.