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Montevideo, June 6th 2025 - 07:32 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 08:26 UTC

    Lula and Boric discuss regional integration

    Progressive leaders in the region such as Lula and Boric are deepening their bonds amid Donald Trump's backlash after four years of Democratic rule

    Leftwing Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Gabriel Boric Font of Chile Wednesday discussed regional integration during a telephone conversation amid Donald Trump's return to the White House and his spree of deporting illegal migrants.

  • Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 04:27 UTC

    Trump cites “military excellence” to ban transgender people from US Armed Forces

    Trump's efforts in this regard during his first presidency were held off by a series of court rulings. A new batch is expected in the coming days

    US President Donald Trump insisted that “expressing a false 'gender identity' that differs from a person's sex cannot meet the rigorous standards necessary for military service” as he signed a series of executive orders leading to the banning of transgender people from serving in his country's Armed Forces.

  • Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 03:32 UTC

    Celac emergency summit called off

    Castro pledged to keep seeking consensus to solve the region's problems

    Given the mixed reactions from regional leaders, Honduras' Foreign Ministry announced that the “hybrid” Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) emergency Summit convened for Jan. 30 was being called off. Xiomara Castro, holding the group's rotating Presidency, had launched the initiative after the tug of war between Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro over the condition under which Colombian deportees were returned from the United States to their native country.

  • Wednesday, January 29th 2025 - 20:39 UTC

    Milei’s Davos speech triggers political and social uproar

    In his 30-minute speech, the Argentine president said he had a much bigger task than reforming the chronically crisis-ridden South American country.

    Argentine President Javier Milei generated a wave of criticism after his statements at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he linked homosexuality with pedophilia. His words triggered the call for an “anti-fascist” march, which is expected to be massive in Buenos Aires and other cities of the country

  • Wednesday, January 29th 2025 - 20:07 UTC

    Financial scandal in Uruguay: Conexión Ganadera and the model that ended up as a Ponzi scheme

    Founded in 1999, Conexión Ganadera grew after the 2002 crisis, offering livestock investments as an alternative to traditional banking.

    The collapse of Conexión Ganadera, one of Uruguay's leading cattle investment firms, has left hundreds of savers in suspense after it was revealed that its financial model operated as a Ponzi scheme. This was stated by accountant Ricardo Giovio, hired by the company to evaluate its situation.

  • Wednesday, January 29th 2025 - 11:47 UTC

    Lula da Silva returns to full daily activity…and problems

    The new look of the Brazilian president (Pic FILE)

    Brazilian president Lula da Silva received medical discharge and can return to normal every day routine, including travelling and physical activities, as informed by a release from the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in Brasilia.

  • Wednesday, January 29th 2025 - 10:49 UTC

    UK launches trade envoys to drive UK exports and investments

    Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, “trade and investment are key to delivering economic growth and that is why I’ve launched a new team of Trade Envoys”

    A new ‘global growth team’ of UK Trade Envoys has been appointed by the Trade Secretary to drive UK exports and investment as the Government pulls every lever available to drive economic growth under its Plan for Change. 

  • Wednesday, January 29th 2025 - 10:44 UTC

    Falklands KEMH laboratory receives accreditation from UKAS

    John Woollacott, Director of Health and Social Services congratulated the team and everyone involved over many years to receive this accreditation.

    The King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) is pleased to announce that its food and water laboratory has received accreditation from the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).

  • Wednesday, January 29th 2025 - 10:39 UTC

    IMF mission leaves Buenos Aires but talks will continue

    There is no deadline for the new understanding between Argentina and the IMF, Adorni said

    The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) team rounded up its mission to Buenos Aires Monday saying that negotiations for a new loan will continue. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva's envoys held meetings with Economy Minister Luis Toto Caputo and other high-ranking officials from the libertarian administration, after which they reckoned that some progress had been made.

  • Wednesday, January 29th 2025 - 09:56 UTC

    Chile's Central Bank keeps benchmark interest rate at 5%

    In July 2023, the Central Bank's Board made the first cut in the TPM, after stagnating it at 11.25% in December 2022

    Chile's Central Bank Council unanimously voted Tuesday in favor of keeping the monetary policy interest rate (TPM) at 5% for the second month in a row amid high volatility in global financial markets after the recent change of government in the United States. Tuesday's decision halted a downward trend that had been going on for months.