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Montevideo, February 19th 2025 - 05:05 UTC

Stories for January 16th 2025

  • Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 22:03 UTC

    Bolsonaro denied passport to attend Trump's inauguration

    Once again De Moraes ruled against returning Bolsonaro his passport

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes deemed former President Jair Bolsonaro a flight risk and refused to return his passport, which the retired Army captain needed to attend Donald Trump's inauguration in Washington DC on Jan. 20. Bolsonaro is under investigation in various cases and had been ordered to surrender his travel document.

  • Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 20:26 UTC

    Bolivian Environment Minister sacked amid corruption probe

    Lisperguer owned nine properties when he had declared just one in his affidavit

    Alan Lisperguer was sacked Wednesday as Bolivia's Minister of Environment and Water after the Institutional Transparency and Fight against Corruption Vice Ministry detected his involvement in illicit enrichment plus a submission of a false affidavit. The investigation had been triggered by suspicious bank deposits, irregular movements, and a disproportionate increase in Lisperguer's assets. The case was now brought before the Public Prosecutor's Office.

  • Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 14:10 UTC

    Baroness Chapman in Santiago and Punta Arenas strengthens links with Chile and partnership in Antarctica

    Baroness Chapman of Darlington with Admiral Jorge Castillo, Commander Mark Vartan, Ambassador de Sousa and military attaché Captain Liz Hutchson

    Economic growth, trade, climate, science and gender equality were high on the agenda in Santiago and Punta Arenas last week, as UK Minister for Latin America, Baroness Jenny Chapman visited Chile for the first time.

  • Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 14:04 UTC

    FMD case in Germany, UK bans all imports of meat and dairy from EU and EFTA

    UK Chief Veterinary Officer urges livestock keepers to remain vigilant to clinical signs of FMD following an outbreak in Germany. There are no cases in the UK currently.

    The UK Government has stepped up measures to prevent the spread of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), following a case being confirmed in Germany. This means the commercial import of cattle, pigs, sheep, deer, buffaloes and their products such as meat, and dairy from Germany will now be banned to protect farmers and their livelihoods.

  • Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 13:48 UTC

    German economy shrinks second year running; lack of Russian gas and Chinese industry hit hard

    Formerly a major customer for cheap Russian gas, Germany has had to scramble to find other energy suppliers

    The German economy, the heart of European Union dynamism shrank by 0.2% in 2024, the second year in a row, according to Destatis, the German Federal Stats Office. In 2023, the German GDP, Europe’s largest contracted by 0,3%.

  • Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 10:14 UTC

    Argentina recalls Ambassador in Montevideo due to “service reasons”

    García Moritán had been appointed in February last year under then-Foreign Minister Diana Mondino

    Ambassador Martín García Moritán has been removed from the Argentine mission in the Uruguayan capital and ordered back to Buenos Aires, according to Presidential Decree 29/2025 published Wednesday in the Official Gazette. The measure was adopted barely over a month before President-elect Yamandú Orsi's March 1 inauguration. The career diplomat had been appointed on Feb. 19, 2024.

  • Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 10:13 UTC

    Ceasefire agreed upon between Israel and Hamas

    Only 94 of the hostages are believed to still be alive

    Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas agreed on a 42-day ceasefire to come into effect on Sunday in Gaza, during which some Israeli hostages will be released -dead or alive- in exchange for convicted terrorists serving their sentences in Tel Aviv's correctional system.

  • Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 10:09 UTC

    Azul and Gol announce merger to create aviation giant

    The new company would serve more than 200 destinations in Brazil and abroad but the process is at least one year away

    Brazilian airlines Azul and Gol announced Wednesday after trading closed on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa) that they had signed a memorandum of intent to finalize a merger whereby one of the largest airlines in Latin America would be created. If the plan goes through, the resulting airline would have a 60% share in Latin America's largest country, thus challenging Latam's hegemony.

  • Thursday, January 16th 2025 - 10:03 UTC

    Pizza Hut bids farewell to Chilean operations branch

    The company managing Pizza Hut in Chile will focus on its European business

    Despite its iconic background worldwide, Pizza Hut will no longer be operating in Chile, Food Delivery Brands, the company handling it as well as Telepizza, announced Wednesday in Santiago. The group insisted it had made “all possible efforts” to keep the business afloat.