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Montevideo, May 9th 2025 - 07:45 UTC

Stories for March 2025

  • Tuesday, March 25th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

    Lula arrives in Japan to celebrate 130 years of diplomatic ties

    It is Lula's fifth trip to Japan as President of Brazil, including his two previous terms in office

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and First Lady Janja were welcomed by Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Tuesday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, marking the start of the South American leader's state visit to celebrate 130 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Brazil arguably hosts the largest Japanese-descendant population outside Japan with around 2 million people, while Japan is home to the fifth largest Brazilian community abroad, with around 200,000 people.

  • Tuesday, March 25th 2025 - 10:08 UTC

    Southern Chile hit by ravaging fires

    A red alert has been declared, and authorities are coordinating the fire extinguishing and relief efforts

    Forest fires in south-central Chile have caused widespread destruction over the past few days in multiple regions, such as La Araucanía, Biobío, Ñuble, and Los Ríos, with more than 15,000 hectares ravaged.

  • Tuesday, March 25th 2025 - 09:07 UTC

    Milei orders declassifying Nazi and military dictatorship files

    The announcements are pure demagogy because the people who could do the declassifying have all been fired citing spending cuts, it was argued

    Argentine President Javier Milei announced Monday two significant declassification initiatives. First, at the request of US Senator Steve Daines, he ordered the release of all official documents related to Nazis who sought refuge in Argentina after World War II, Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos confirmed. These files, primarily held by the Defense Ministry, include financial records and their release would end decades of secrecy.

  • Tuesday, March 25th 2025 - 08:36 UTC

    Human rights groups and opposition criticize Milei's denialist stance regarding the country's genocide in the late 1970s

    “Enough of denialism and apology of the genocide,” the groups underlined (Pic AFP)

    Argentine human rights organizations gathered Monday at Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo to deliver a speech marking the 49th anniversary of the Military Junta's uprising against María Estela Martínez de Perón. During the National Memory, Truth, and Justice Holiday, they once again addressed the disappearances and tortures during the dictatorship while blaming President Javier Milei and Vice-President Victoria Villarruel for their “denialist” approach to the issue.

  • Tuesday, March 25th 2025 - 08:21 UTC

    Non-flying birds relocated from Argentina to Chile where they neared extinction

    Choiques are non-flying birds playing a key role in distributing seeds in their long-distance displacements

    Conservationist groups from Chile and Argentina have undertaken a project to transfer 15 Patagonian rheas (also known as choiques) from Argentina’s Patagonia Park in Santa Cruz to Chile’s Patagonia National Park in the Aysén Region, in an initiative led by Rewilding organizations of both countries and supported by the Tompkins Conservation Foundation.

  • Tuesday, March 25th 2025 - 00:09 UTC

    How North American Governments Are Regulating the Casino Industry

    The gambling laws across different border regions lead to major regulatory barriers

    Millions of dollars flow through the casino sector of North and Central America, where it generates extensive economic impact across multiple countries. The gambling sector operates under strict regulations that differ substantially between separate geographic areas. Each province in Canada, together with individual states in the United States, maintains independent control over their casino regulation. Mexico, together with Panama and Costa Rica, operates under central national monitoring, but each maintains different levels of policing and inspection measures. Players and investors, together with operators, require knowledge about regulatory variations to succeed in this industry.

  • Monday, March 24th 2025 - 20:12 UTC

    Uruguay reports first autochthonous case of dengue

    Tuberculosis prevails in overcrowded surroundings, Lustemberg stressed

    Uruguayan health authorities Monday confirmed the first autochthonous case of dengue this year. It was a patient in Montevideo, whose appearance triggered a full-scale deployment of epidemiology teams to track down the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the disease's vector. Montevideo City Hall teams also tested neighbors of the affected person in a move to curtail spreading.

  • Monday, March 24th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

    Argentine gov't releases “full history” video highlighting pre-coup terrorism in the 1970s

    “History must be told in full or it becomes an instrument of political manipulation,” Milei's Government argued

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei Monday released a video on social media saying March 24, 2025, should be the “Day of Complete Memory” on the 49th anniversary of the Military Junta uprising headed by Lieutenant General Jorge Rafel Videla, marking the beginning of the self-appointed National Reorganization Process which ended up in the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War and a return to democratic rule the following year.

  • Monday, March 24th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Rousseff to stay at BRICS Bank helm for 5 more years after Moscow's nod

    Putin preferred to leave Rousseff rather than appoint a Russian official given his country's restrictions stemming from the war in Ukraine

    Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will remain at the helm of the BRICS bloc's Shanghai-based New Development Bank following Vladimir Putin's green light, Agencia Brasil reported citing Brasilia's newly-appointed Secretary for Institutional Relations Gleisi Hoffmann. Rousseff's term was to end in July this year.

  • Monday, March 24th 2025 - 10:24 UTC

    Pope Francis discharged from Rome hospital still needs to rest

    Francis will be unable to discharge his usual duties for “at least two more months”

    Pope Francis was discharged from Rome's Gemelli Clinic Sunday after a 37-day hospitalization following a respiratory ailment. He will continue his recuperation at the Santa Marta Residence, Vatican sources said. Although the 88-year-old pontiff’s life was in danger at times, he was never intubated and remained alert throughout, it was also explained.