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Montevideo, October 21st 2025 - 04:47 UTC

Stories for October 1st 2025

  • Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 22:35 UTC

    Vieira: Bolsonaro's conviction not open for discussion with Trump

    Vieira appeared before the Lower House's Foreign Affairs Committee

    Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said Wednesday during a hearing before the Lower House's Foreign Affairs Committee that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's openness to trade negotiations with his US counterpart Donald Trump was not to be taken for a prelude to a pardon for the convicted Jair Bolsonaro.

  • Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 22:08 UTC

    CFK fears peso devaluation after Oct. 26 midterm elections

    CFK also highlighted Milei's failure to deliver on his election promises

    As the Argentine Government of Javier Milei grapples to keep the local peso from plunging against the US dollar, former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner posted from her house arrest that everybody knew about the impending devaluation after the Oct. 26 midterm elections. “Oh, Milei! ... It seems to me that they realized that after Sunday the 26th, you would devalue,” CFK wrote.

  • Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Milei announces new meeting with Trump at White House

    Milei and his entourage will be staying at the Blair Residence, spared for visiting close allies

    Argentine President Javier Milei will meet on Oct. 14 with his US counterpart, Donald J. Trump, at the White House, just a few days ahead of the midterm elections in the South American country, Casa Rosada confirmed Tuesday. “MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE. End,” Milei posted on X.

  • Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 10:32 UTC

    Milei restores ties with Macri after Buenos Aires defeat

    The reunion between the two leaders comes less than a month before the national legislative elections

    Argentine President Javier Milei has resumed dialogue with former president Mauricio Macri after more than a year of political distance. The rapprochement comes in the wake of La Libertad Avanza’s electoral defeat in Buenos Aires province, where Peronism won by more than one million votes.

  • Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 10:08 UTC

    Israeli community in Argentina seeks legal remedy to anti-Semitism episode

    Berenstein explained that a legal complaint was lodged for the possible commission of crimes

    The Delegation of Argentine Israeli Associations (DAIA) has filed a dual complaint—legal and educational—following the viral spread of a video showing high school students chanting overtly anti-Semitic slogans (“Today we burn Jews”) during a graduation trip.

  • Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 10:01 UTC

    Air France, Airbus back on trial for doomed Rio-Paris flight

    Flight AF447 took off from Rio de Janeiro on May 31, 2009, carrying 61 French nationals, 58 Brazilians, and people from 32 other countries

    Air France and aircraft manufacturer Airbus are back in court to face an appeal against their 2023 acquittal on charges of corporate manslaughter related to the 2009 crash of flight AF447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, which killed all 228 people on board.

  • Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 09:58 UTC

    Netanyahu insists Israel is not recognizing a Palestinian state

    Although 157 of the UN's 193 members have recognized Palestine, Netanyahu insists that doing so would be a threat to Israel's security

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his support for the 20-point peace initiative presented by US President Donald Trump to end the conflict in the Gaza Strip. However, he was emphatic in rejecting the creation of a Palestinian state, despite the document mentioning a path toward self-determination.

  • Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 08:39 UTC

    Tony Blair eyed for leading role in Trump's Gaza peace plan

    Blair has a history in Middle East diplomacy, having served as the Middle East envoy for the Quartet (US, EU, UN, and Russia) until 2015

    Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair resurfaced onto the international political arena after being tapped to play an oversight role in US President Donald Trump's peace plan for the Gaza Strip.

  • Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 08:32 UTC

    Argentina's temporarily dropping export duties shakes CBOT

    A total of 86% of the 19.6 million tons that reached the US$7 billion ceiling by Thursday were registered by seven export companies. And that had an impact on the grain market

    The government of Argentina temporarily implemented a zero export duty quota on grain shipments (up to a US$7 billion ceiling), which was exhausted by exporters in just three days.

  • Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 00:22 UTC

    Has iGaming Already Beaten Offline Betting and Gambling?

    Photo: Pixabay

    In Latin America, iGaming has rapidly grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry, fueled by technological innovation and the region’s increasing access to digital infrastructure. As mobile connectivity expands and payment systems become more seamless, more players are shifting away from traditional gambling venues and embracing online alternatives. This shift has naturally sparked debate: Has iGaming already outpaced its brick-and-mortar counterparts across the region?