Politics

Friday, November 21st 2025 - 18:28 UTC
Uruguay joins Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

Uruguay has joined as a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in Montevideo on Friday.
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Friday, November 21st 2025 - 10:58 UTC
Trump removes 40% tariffs from 212 Brazilian items

US President Donald Trump has removed a 40% tariff on more than 200 Brazilian agricultural and livestock products, including beef, vegetables, coffee, cocoa, and some ammonia-based fertilizers. The decision follows negotiations with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Friday, November 21st 2025 - 10:28 UTC
New US Ambassador to Chile addresses Washington's environmental approach

The United States' new Ambassador to Chile, Brandon Judd, gave his first press conference on Thursday in Santiago, during which he addressed President Gabriel Boric Font's criticism of the Donald Trump administration's approach to environmental issues. “If President Boric doesn't like what President Trump is doing, then he has a problem with the American people,” the former Border Patrol agent pointed out.
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Friday, November 21st 2025 - 10:26 UTC
Lubetkin foresees shift in trade difficulties for Uruguay

Uruguay's Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin projected Thursday a major shift in the world's trade landscape, in which his country would need to focus on what to sell instead of to whom, given the surge of 31 tariff-free nations by 2026. Speaking to FocoUy, he framed the emerging trade environment as “practically entering a free trade area” with key global blocs.
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Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 20:30 UTC
Foul play in Honduran elections feared

The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives has issued a warning regarding the integrity of Honduras' upcoming elections, drawing parallels to institutional abuses detected in Venezuela and Nicaragua.
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Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 18:37 UTC
UK inflation down to 3.6% in October; Autumn Budget to be announced next week

UK’s twelve-month inflation rate slid to 3.6% in October, down from 3.8% in September, and a major achievement ahead of the government’s Autumn Budget next week, according to the Office for National Statistics. Core inflation, excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, rose by 3.4% in the year to October, down from 3.5% in September.
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Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 10:55 UTC
Trump signs bill mandating release of Epstein files

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to publicly release all files related to the case of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The move formally concludes a push by Congress for transparency that had put political pressure on the White House.
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Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 10:43 UTC
IDB grants Uruguay US$25 million loan for security improvements

Uruguay's Interior Ministry has secured the first disbursement of a US$200 million credit line from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), with an initial US$25 million tranche set for execution in 2026 to modernize the country's public security apparatus. The financing supports the government's ambitious 2025–2035 National Public Security Plan, aiming to address longstanding concerns about rising crime and prison conditions.
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Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 09:45 UTC
Chile: LATAM Airlines pilots' union ends 8-day strike

LATAM Airlines Group and the SPL pilots' union (Sindicato de Pilotos de Latam) reached an agreement late Wednesday, concluding the airline’s first pilot strike since 1997. The work stoppage, which involved 464 unionized pilots, had led to widespread flight cancellations over the past eight days.
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Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 08:59 UTC
Cambridge Dictionary names AI related 'parasocial' as the Word of the Year 2025

The word is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as ‘involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc, or an artificial intelligence’.
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