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Montevideo, August 31st 2025 - 08:31 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Saturday, August 16th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Uruguay interested in increased Paraguayan barge traffic

    There is a longstanding rivalry between Uruguayan and Argentine ports to handle Paraguayan cargo

    Uruguay is in talks with Asunción to improve the flow of Paraguayan barge fleet – the world's third-largest – through the port of Montevideo. In addition, extra berths have been requested at the port of Nueva Palmira.

  • Saturday, August 16th 2025 - 10:14 UTC

    Peru: Boluarte enacts pardon for human rights violations between 1980 and 2000

    Boluarte argues that the measure recognized the State's fight against terrorism

    Despite requests from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and other international bodies, Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has enacted a controversial amnesty law, granting amnesty to military personnel, police officers, and civilians accused or convicted of human rights violations between 1980 and 2000.

  • Saturday, August 16th 2025 - 10:06 UTC

    Belt and Road Initiative: Colombia and China sign key trade deal

    “We are creating the framework for a work plan that will allow us to combine our efforts,” Rusinque explained

    Colombia's Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC) and China's State Administration for Market Regulation signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen trade cooperation and advance the South American country's participation in the “Belt and Road Initiative” (also known as the “Silk Road”).

  • Friday, August 15th 2025 - 23:02 UTC

    Putin lands in Alaska for Summit with Trump

    The gathering was expected to last at least 6 hours

    Presidents Donald Trump of the United States and Vladimir Putin of Russia met in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss a potential cease-fire in Ukraine. The summit, titled “Pursuing Peace,” took place at a US military base and was the seventh face-to-face encounter between the two leaders. The gathering also featured delegations from both countries.

  • Friday, August 15th 2025 - 21:18 UTC

    Falklands, Students celebrate A Level and Level 3 Results with 98% pass rate

    Results show 90% of students achieved grades which mean they could go on to university if they wish.

    On Thursday, 14 August, twenty-two Falkland Islands students who have been studying at schools and colleges for A levels and other Level 3 qualifications received their results. Three students received their results earlier due to studying in New Zealand and Scotland.

  • Friday, August 15th 2025 - 13:46 UTC

    King Charles message on the Falkland Islands National Day

    King Charles, back in 1999, when as Prince of Wales spent time in the Falklands and visited a rookery

    On the Falkland Islands National Day, August 14, Governor Colin Martin-Reynolds CMG, passed on a message to the Legislative Assembly on behalf of King Charles III and his wife.

  • Friday, August 15th 2025 - 13:37 UTC

    Falklands, New Principal at Infant Junior School and Camp Education

    Shelley said: “I am honoured to be appointed as Principal at IJS&CE. My time as Deputy Principal has given me the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to the school’s ongoing success

    The Falkland Islands Government is pleased to announce the appointment of Shelley Short as the new Principal of the Infant Junior School and Camp Education (IJS&CE). Shelley has been IJS&CE’s Deputy Principal since August 2024 and will take up her new role at the start of the school year in September 2025, following a thorough handover with outgoing Principal, Gaynor Kilmister.

  • Friday, August 15th 2025 - 12:51 UTC

    No end in sight for Uruguayan fishing conflict

    The Uruguayan Chamber of Fishing Industries (CIPU) is reportedly looking to hire non-union workers, adding to the tension

    An ongoing fishing conflict in Uruguay, which began in early June 2025, has halted the coastal fleet and left over 2,000 workers jobless. The dispute has led to an estimated loss of more than US$40 million and reduced Uruguay's fishing quota in the Rio de la Plata from 70,000 tons to 35,000 tons for this year.

  • Friday, August 15th 2025 - 12:40 UTC

    Ecuador declares Cártel de los Solas a terrorist group

    Noboa has ordered Ecuador's National Intelligence Center to analyze the group's influence within his country's criminal gangs

    Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa officially declared the “Cartel de los Soles” a terrorist group. Noboa's decree on Thursday aligns with a similar designation made by the US Republican administration of President Donald Trump in July.

  • Friday, August 15th 2025 - 10:53 UTC

    Fentanyl scandal splashing Milei's rivals leading up to midterms

    Fentanyl is between 50 and 100 times more potent than morphine

    The death toll from contaminated medical fentanyl in Argentina has been updated to 100 people, with the Libertarian government publicly blaming HLB Pharma Group S.A., and its owner, Ariel Garcia Furfaro, for it.