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Montevideo, November 20th 2025 - 00:43 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    New York City to have its first Muslim Mayor ever

    Born in Uganda and of Indian origin, Mamdani ran on a platform promising to reduce the cost of living for ordinary New Yorkers

    The Democrat Zohran Mamdani has been elected as the new Mayor of New York City, defeating independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani, 34, a socialist and open opponent of President Donald Trump, will be New York's youngest mayor since 1892 and its first Muslim mayor.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    High-profile event featuring Trump, Milei, and Messi, among others, kicks off in Miami

    Machado is due to appear remotely from Venezuela

    A high-profile summit featuring Presidents Donald Trump of the United States and Javier Milei of Argentina, alongside Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, is set to start on Wednesday at the America Business Forum in Miami. The unprecedented event, held at the Kaseya Center, brings together influential figures from global politics, finance, and elite sports to discuss the pivotal role of personal leadership in an era of complex global change.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 10:51 UTC

    US attacks boat near Colombia, killing two

    Some 66 people are believed to have been killed by US forces so far in 17 of these attacks

    The US Department of War confirmed a new military strike on Tuesday against a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, near Colombia, resulting in the deaths of two individuals classified as suspected drug traffickers.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

    Brazil's Lower House passes bill to tax streaming platforms

    Brazilian lawmakers agreed to tax streaming platforms such as Netflix and YouTube

    Brazil's Lower House passed on Tuesday a bill providing for the collection of taxes on streaming services submitted by the rapporteur, Congressman Doutor Luizinho (PP-RJ). Additional wording adjustments are expected to be made on Wednesday.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Indigenous communities in Peru say Comando Vermelho operates there

    Comando Vermelho's ramifications all over South America are still unfathomable

    Indigenous communities in Peru's remote Yurúa district, on the border with Brazil, are raising a serious alarm over the increasing presence of members of the Brazilian criminal organization Comando Vermelho (Red Command) operating in their territory.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 09:57 UTC

    Milei welcomes US Ambassador at Casa Rosada

    After conferring with Lamelas, Milei will be traveling to the US

    Argentine President Javier Milei formally welcomed Peter Lamelas, the new United States Ambassador to Argentina, on Tuesday at the Casa Rosada. The meeting took place just hours before President Milei's planned trip to Miami and New York.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 08:08 UTC

    BCP reports negative inflation for October

    With October's results, the cumulative inflation for the year stands at 3.2%, while the year-on-year inflation rate is 4.1%

    Paraguay's Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP) announced on Monday that the country registered a deflationary result in October 2025, the second such result this year. The monthly variation in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was -0.1%.

  • Tuesday, November 4th 2025 - 20:44 UTC

    Former US VP Dick Cheney dies aged 84

    Despite his decades-long commitment to the Republican Party, he stood up against Trump and voted for Kamala Harris last year

    Richard “Dick” Bruce Cheney, a towering figure in Republican politics for over three decades and the 46th Vice President of the United States, died Monday night at the age of 84.

  • Tuesday, November 4th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

    Prince William given the keys to the city of Rio

    “It was an honor to receive the keys to the city at the iconic Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro,” William wrote on social media

    Prince William of Wales is visiting Brazil to fulfill an environmental agenda. On Monday, while touring Rio de Janeiro's Sugarloaf Mountain, he received the key to the city from Mayor Eduardo Paes.

  • Tuesday, November 4th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

    Peru cuts diplomatic ties with Mexico over asylum to former PM

    Chávez faces up to 26 years in jail for supporting Castillo's uprising

    Peru announced on Monday that it was officially severing all diplomatic ties with Mexico following the asylum granted by the mission in Lima to former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez. “The Peruvian government has decided today to break diplomatic relations with Mexico,” Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela stressed.