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Montevideo, November 15th 2025 - 06:02 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Friday, October 31st 2025 - 21:14 UTC

    Paraguayan carrier announces new Uruguayan destination

    Paranair will cover the route with 50-seat CRJ-200 aircraft

    Paraguayan company Paranair is launching a new route linking Asunción (Paraguay), Montevideo, and Rivera (Uruguay), starting on December 1. The flight originates in Asunción, makes a stopover in Montevideo, and terminates in Rivera, making it the company's fourth destination in the country.

  • Friday, October 31st 2025 - 20:57 UTC

    Miami Herald says US ready to strike Venezuela

    Maduro insists the real target is to overthrow him, not to fight drug trafficking

    According to Friday's issue of the Miami Herald, echoed by other US outlets, the Republican administration of President Donald Trump is ready to launch military strikes against Venezuela.

  • Friday, October 31st 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Argentines fighting for Ukraine fall in combat

    It was the trio's first foray into hostile territory

    Three Argentine mercenaries who had been fighting for the Ukrainian Army for over a month have died in combat, according to reports from Kyiv. They were part of a commando unit made up of two other Argentines and one Colombian, who also fell in action during their first operation against Russia, in the Sumy region, northeast of the country.

  • Friday, October 31st 2025 - 10:29 UTC

    Argentine-built rifle found in Rio favela gang's arsenal

    The Comando Vermelho has evolved into a paramilitary unit with a parallel justice system for gang members and favela residents

    An Argentine-built FAL rifle was found in the Comando Vermelho (CV) arsenal seized in two Rio de Janeiro favelas after this week's large-scale, deadly raid. In addition, the gang's brutal torture system has been exposed

  • Friday, October 31st 2025 - 10:12 UTC

    Argentina strengthens border controls targeting Brazilian gang members

    Members of the Rio de Janeiro Police transfer a group of people during an operation on Tuesday. Antonio Lacerda/EFE/EFE

    Argentine authorities have reinforced the country's borders with Brazil, in case gang fighters pushed by local law enforcement might intend to escape through any of those crossings, following the controversial raid earlier this week in two Rio favelas.

  • Friday, October 31st 2025 - 10:04 UTC

    King Charles III strips his brother of any royal trace left

    Andrew’s daughters will retain their Princess titles and the style Her Royal Highness

    King Charles III has taken the dramatic and unprecedented step of stripping his younger brother Andrew of all his remaining royal titles and forcing him to vacate his home at Royal Lodge, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Thursday.

  • Friday, October 31st 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Paraguay takes precautionary steps as Brazilian gangsters are on the loose

    “I have ordered the highest level of alert at the border and to move forward with the declaration of the PCC and Comando Vermelho as terrorist organizations,” Peña stressed

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña on Thursday ordered the deployment of troops towards the Brazilian border amid fears that gangs targeted by local law enforcement might try to leave the country through those porous crossings. In a strong message via social media, Peña announced a decisive stance against transnational criminal organizations.

  • Thursday, October 30th 2025 - 19:57 UTC

    Uruguay: Orsi signs euthanasia bill into law

    Until the regulatory framework is decreed, euthanasia procedures may not go through

    President Yamandú Orsi signed into law the so-called “Dignified Death” bill, also known as the euthanasia bill. Now the Uruguayan Executive Branch has 180 days to draft the decree that will officially regulate the law's application.

  • Thursday, October 30th 2025 - 11:38 UTC

    Fed lowers benchmark interest rate

    The Fed's decision was shadowed by the ongoing government shutdown

    Amid a softer labor market, the United States' Federal Reserve (Fed) voted Wednesday to cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 basis points, moving the target range to 3.75%–4%. This marks the lowest level in three years and continues the easing cycle dating back to last month.

  • Thursday, October 30th 2025 - 11:20 UTC

    Boric promotes Chile's partnership with South Korea

    Boric underscored Chile's robust institutions and shared values

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font urged his audience during a business seminar in the South Korean city of Busan to build a partnership in the ongoing trade war with circumstantially powerful countries.