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Montevideo, October 23rd 2025 - 01:42 UTC

Stories for August 2025

  • Tuesday, August 5th 2025 - 10:05 UTC

    Bolsonaro placed under permanent house arrest

    Bolsonaro may not receive any visitors other than his lawyers

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes on Monday ordered former President Jair Bolsonaro to be placed under permanent house arrest for failing to comply with the restriction not to use social media during last weekend's rallies by his supporters, whom he sent a message through his son's account.

  • Tuesday, August 5th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    IMF money arrives in Buenos Aires, boosting reserves

    “The new agreement is more favorable and should facilitate access to international credit,” said Economy Minister Luis 'Toto' Caputo

    Argentina has received a US$2 billion disbursement from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a move that has boosted the country's international reserves and provided a temporary reprieve from exchange rate volatility. The funds, part of an agreement reached in April, have raised the Central Bank's reserves to over US$43 billion, the highest since early 2023.

  • Tuesday, August 5th 2025 - 08:54 UTC

    Falklands’ new Governor’s message in support of the Islands’ defense and future

    Governor Colin Martin Reynolds reads a polite but committed speech following on his swearing ceremony. Photo: FITV

    The first formal address of the new Falkland Islands Governor, Colin Martin Reynolds, following the swearing in ceremony, in which he received all the symbols of his position, was well received by the local population particularly the reaffirmation of the United Kingdom’s commitment to the defense, future and cooperation with the Falklands’ people.

  • Tuesday, August 5th 2025 - 08:32 UTC

    South Georgia, forty year old Antarctica iceberg breaking up and drifting north

    NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview. Story by Kathryn Hansen, with science review by Christopher Shuman, UMBC (retired)

    Almost four decades after breaking from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf, a still massive iceberg is showing its age. The berg, named A-23A, is shedding large chunks of ice as it drifts in the southern South Atlantic Ocean, about 2,400 kilometers north of its birthplace.

  • Tuesday, August 5th 2025 - 08:27 UTC

    Uruguayan public sector unions call nationwide strike over inadequate wage proposal

    The strike aligns with a broader general strike called by the PIT-CNT, Uruguay’s main labor federation, under the slogan “More jobs and better wages”

    Uruguay’s Confederation of State Employees' Organizations (COFE) announced a 24-hour nationwide strike on August 12, rejecting the government’s proposed wage adjustment for public sector workers. The decision was unanimously approved during a national assembly attended by over 35 unions.

  • Tuesday, August 5th 2025 - 08:25 UTC

    Suspected parcel in Uruguay leads to seizure of military-grade rifles

    The operation, conducted by the Southern Regional Surveillance Department of the National Customs Directorate (DNA), led to the confiscation of a Ruger 8500 and a DS Arms DSZM4

    Uruguayan customs authorities seized two military-grade rifles on Monday during a routine inspection at a transportation agency in Montevideo. The weapons were discovered inside what officials described as a “suspicious parcel.”

  • Tuesday, August 5th 2025 - 00:31 UTC

    Honduran President lands in Bolivia for Bicentennial Celebrations

    Castro (L) was welcomed by FM Sosa

    Honduran President Xiomara Castro arrived Monday in Sucre to participate in Bolivia's Bicentennial celebrations, making her the first head of state to arrive for the events. She was welcomed by Bolivian Foreign Minister Celinda Sosa.

  • Monday, August 4th 2025 - 21:18 UTC

    De Moraes places sitting Senator under house arrest with a tracking anklet

    De Moraes allowed Do Val to exceed the 7 pm curfew if necessary to participate in Senate sessions

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes on Monday ordered Senator Marcos Do Val (Podemos-ES) to have a tracking anklet fitted and remain under house arrest at night and during weekends. The measure was carried out as soon as the Congressman landed at Brasilia Airport back from the United States, where he had gone despite an STF warrant banning him from leaving the country.

  • Monday, August 4th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    Bolsonaro supporters gather across Brazil in his support

    The former president's appearance through social media postings could land him in jail

    Thousands of Jair Bolsonaro supporters protested in several Brazilian cities after the United States imposed tariffs on Brazilian products and sanctioned Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes, who is the rapporteur in Bolsonaro's trial for an alleged attempted coup.

  • Monday, August 4th 2025 - 10:42 UTC

    Lula says Brazil deserves to be treated with pride and sovereignty

    “We want to be respected for our size. We have economic and strategic interests. We want to grow. And we are not a small republic,” Lula further noted

    President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said his country intended to negotiate the 50% tariff imposed by US President Donald Trump, albeit with pride and sovereignty, highlighting Brazil's strong ties with other nations that would allow for a reduced dependence on the US.