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Montevideo, November 29th 2025 - 22:48 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Tuesday, November 18th 2025 - 04:18 UTC

    What Predictive Models Mean For Hospitality

    Front-of-house teams live by feel, yet the best service now also runs on quiet math. Hotels, venues, and entertainment platforms are using lightweight forecasting to pace staff, stock the right items, and shape guest journeys in real time.

  • Monday, November 17th 2025 - 21:26 UTC

    Falklands Postal Service releases set of Aurora Australis stamps

    The aurora is one of the most awe-inspiring natural phenomena visible from Earth. It is so dramatic that many people, even those with only a passing interest in astronomy, really want to see it. Many organized trips, cruises, and flights are arranged to see the popular and stunning sight of the aurora.

  • Monday, November 17th 2025 - 21:16 UTC

    Avian flu decimates seal elephant population in South Georgia; few survivors emerge in Uruguayan beaches

    Newly born pup Francine, at a beach in Piriapolis along the Uruguayan coast line

    In the last few months there have been at least twenty incidents of elephant seals emerging along Uruguayan beaches, both females and males, and allegedly they belong to “deep South species”, according to local environmental and animal protection organizations such as “FaunaMarinaSOS”.

  • Monday, November 17th 2025 - 21:06 UTC

    South Georgia stamps celebrate 250 years of British Crown possession

    Stamps focus on a different element of South Georgia and shine a light on both its history and its future.

    The Falkland Islands Postal and Philatelic Service on Thursday 13 November released a commemorative set of stamps celebrating when Captain James Cook 250 years ago, landed at Possession Bay and took possession of the South Georgia island in the name of King George.

  • Monday, November 17th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Jara and Kast advance to Chile's presidential runoff

    Security issues boosted Kast's performance, while Jara fell below expectations

    Chile will head to a presidential runoff election on Dec. after leftist candidate Jeannette Jara edged conservative José Antonio Kast to secure the top two spots in Sunday's general election. The winner will succeed Gabriel Boric Font.

  • Monday, November 17th 2025 - 10:57 UTC

    “Nays” deliver heavy blow to Ecuador's president

    No US bases on Ecuador's soil after all

    Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa was dealt a heavy blow Sunday as the country voted in a referendum against all four of his proposed Constitutional reforms. With over 75% of the votes counted, the four options championed by Noboa's government were losing by margins ranging from 53% to 61%.

  • Monday, November 17th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Maybe Argentina-US deal is ”an advantage,” says Orsi

    “You have to open up,” Orsi highlighted

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi pointed out that the recently announced Reciprocal Trade and Investment Framework between Argentina and the United States placed his country in a position where it is “best to be attentive, maybe it's an advantage.”

  • Monday, November 17th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Trump: Talks with Maduro possible

    Plans are already being reviewed for a post-Maduro Venezuela

    US President Donald Trump admitted late Sunday that he might be open to talks with Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, signaling a possible diplomatic path alongside growing military pressure in the Caribbean. “We may have talks with Maduro, and we will see what the outcome is,” Trump said. “They want to talk,” he added.

  • Monday, November 17th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

    Paraguay signs State modernization agreement with El Salvador

    El Salvador's ESIAP, established in 2021 under President Nayib Bukele, is considered a regional benchmark in government innovation

    Paraguay has signed a cooperation agreement with El Salvador to improve its public sector, citing the need for greater efficiency amid global economic instability. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was reached between Paraguay's National Institute of Public Administration (INAPP) and the Higher School of Innovation in Public Administration (ESIAP) of El Salvador.

  • Monday, November 17th 2025 - 09:47 UTC

    New US strike leaves 3 suspected drug traffickers dead

    Holsey said the deployment is being carried out following Trump's directives

    Three suspected drug traffickers were killed in a new attack by United States forces in the Eastern Pacific in international waters, it was announced in Washington. The three individuals were described as “narco-terrorists,” and the mission was said to have been carried out under Operation Southern Spear, the US Southern Command (Southcom) confirmed.