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Montevideo, December 2nd 2025 - 05:03 UTC

Stories for November 12th 2025

  • Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 20:12 UTC

    Argentina: Indec says inflation in October climbs 2.3%

    Caputo highlighted the 18 consecutive months of deceleration

    Argentina's Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 2.3% in October, accelerating from the 2.1% recorded in September, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) reported Wednesday. The new data brings the total accumulated inflation for the first ten months of 2025 to 24.8%. The year-on-year inflation rate climbed to 31.3%.

  • Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 19:44 UTC

    Paraguay launches Operation Guaraní Shield against transnational criminal groups

    Paraguay's priority is to increase surveillance along the borders with Brazil and also Argentina

    Paraguayan authorities activated this week the first phase of a massive deployment of its Armed Forces along its borders with Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia, launching Operation “Guarani Shield” to contain transnational criminal organizations.

  • Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentina to lift all currency exchange restrictions “soon”

    October's inflation, to be announced on Wednesday by Indec, is projected to stand above 2%

    While Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) announced the “imminent” removal of all remaining controls on foreign exchange transactions, the South American country's National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) is about to report October's inflation on Wednesday. Most experts predict it will be above 2%.

  • Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

    Disruptions in Chilean air travel projected amid Latam Airlines pilots' strike

    The company said that the affected passengers “will be contacted directly by email”

    A strike announced by the Latam Pilots Union (SPL) began at midnight after negotiations with the airline failed, leading to an immediate disruption of scheduled flights. The action is unprecedented for the union, which represents nearly 500 pilots—more than half of the company's total pilot workforce.

  • Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 10:07 UTC

    USS Gerald Ford in the Caribbean sparks Venezuelan military mobilization

    The USS Gerald Ford was deployed from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean to up the ante against alleged drug traffickers in the area

    The USS Gerald Ford, the world's largest aircraft carrier, arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday, reinforcing the US military presence in Latin America for what the Pentagon claims is an operation to combat drug trafficking.

  • Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 09:59 UTC

    Incidents reported outside COP30 hosting site

    At least one security guard was injured

    Demonstrators clashed with law enforcement on Tuesday in Belém outside the so-called Blue Zone, where COP30 negotiations are taking place. The area was closed after a group of protesters tried to enter the site, but were kept at bay by security guards forming human chains. At least one guard was injured.

  • Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 09:36 UTC

    China and Uruguay launch joint agri-science cooperation project

    Carámbula underscored that the joint laboratory “strengthens the country's science, technology, and innovation”

    Scientific and educational institutions from China and Uruguay have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a groundbreaking Joint Pasture Agriculture Laboratory, aiming to strengthen scientific and technological cooperation in agricultural innovation under China's Belt and Road Initiative.

  • Wednesday, November 12th 2025 - 09:30 UTC

    Argentina and Paraguay expedite OECD membership applications

    Argentina had been invited to join the organization in 2022 but declined under then-President Alberto Fernández

    Argentina has formally initiated the technical phase of its bid to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), submitting its “initial memorandum” to the Paris-based body. The document, a preliminary self-assessment of the country's alignment with international standards, was delivered by Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno to OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann, who is currently visiting Buenos Aires.