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Montevideo, December 28th 2025 - 08:40 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Monday, July 7th 2025 - 08:59 UTC

    At least 81 killed in US State of Texas due to heavy rains

    Forecasters are warning of more rain expected in central Texas

    Devastating flash floods in central Texas, particularly in Kerr County, have resulted in at least 81 deaths and more than 41 people still missing as of Sunday. The Guadalupe River surged dramatically, rising to the height of a two-story building in a short period, catching many off guard. Travis County, which includes the State's capital, Austin, has confirmed at least six deaths.

  • Monday, July 7th 2025 - 08:50 UTC

    Boric and Arce advocate for multilateralism and Global South empowerment

    Arce's Bolivia is an associate member of BRICS, while Boric participated as a guest

    Presidents Gabriel Boric Font of Chile and Bolivia's Luis Arce Catacora advocated for multilateralism, international law, and the strengthening of the Global South during their interventions at the BRICS 2025 summit in Rio de Janeiro.

  • Sunday, July 6th 2025 - 11:58 UTC

    Today Tuvalu’s Climate change visas; tomorrow extensive to the World’s?

    UN COP26 Glasgow was not a conventional statesman – he was Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister Simon Kofe, and he delivered a powerful message with his very presence in the encroaching waters. 

    By Gwynne Dyer - Some big changes arrive with a bang, but usually they sort of sneak in and you barely notice them at first. Last week’s big change saw the creation of the world’s first climate-change visas. It’s a way of giving potential climate refugees some hope and some dignity, and it would certainly be an improvement on the current migration mess.

  • Sunday, July 6th 2025 - 11:45 UTC

    As more and more tourists flock to Antarctica: a visitors’ tax and a numbers’ system cap

    Market-based tools could prevent Antarctic tourist numbers from getting out of control. HURTIGRUTEN via AAP

    By Daria Hatton MacDonald , University of Tasmania And Elizabeth Leane, University of Tasmania - The number of tourists heading to Antarctica has been skyrocketing. From fewer than 8,000 a year about three decades ago, nearly 125,000 tourists flocked to the icy continent in 2023–24. The trend is likely to continue in the long term.

  • Sunday, July 6th 2025 - 04:50 UTC

    Falklands intends to implement the Beneficial Ownership Register by July 2026

    Minister Stephen Doughty with MLA Roger Spink during a recent meeting at Parliament House

    Stephen Doughty, Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, which includes Overseas Territories has stated that illicit finance, corruption, and kleptocracy pose a direct threat to the UK’s national security, economic resilience, and the integrity of the global financial system.

  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 19:21 UTC

    Milei welcomes Modi at Casa Rosada

    It was the first official visit to Argentina by an Indian PM in 57 years, although Modi had been in Buenos Aires for the G20 Summit in 2018

    Argentine President Javier Milei welcomed India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss trade, investment, energy, critical minerals, defense, aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and other issues.

  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 10:53 UTC

    Uruguay's inflation closer to target

    Tolosa highlighted the effectiveness of using interest rates as a monetary policy tool

    Uruguay's year-on-year inflation rate dropped to 4.59% in June, marking its fourth consecutive monthly decline. This figure is very close to Uruguay's Central Bank (BCU) target of 4.5% and keeps inflation within the 3% to 6% tolerance range for the 25th consecutive month.

  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 10:31 UTC

    Ecuador: Emergency declared in two provinces due to torrential rains

    One person died, and oil exports had to be stopped

    The Ecuadorean Government Friday declared a 45-day regional state of emergency in the Amazonian provinces of Zamora Chinchipe and Napo due to severe rainfall, flooding, and landslides. These conditions have significantly impacted residents, homes, basic services, and critical infrastructure, including the road network and the nation's two main oil pipelines, the Heavy Crude Oil Pipeline (OCP) and the Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE).

  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    Operations at Fernando de Noronha airport limited out of security concerns

    The Anac may adopt new measures at any time, the aviation watchdog warned

    Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) Friday imposed new restrictions on Fernando de Noronha Airport following two incidents in a week where planes got stuck on the tarmac due to pavement issues.

  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 10:05 UTC

    Paraguay: High-ranking official sacked amid bribery scandal

    Soria, who was appointed in August 2023, had previously held positions as mayor of Itacurubí and congressman

    Pastor Soria Melo has been dismissed as the head of Paraguay's National Plant and Seed Quality and Health Service (Senave) through a presidential decree, following his indictment on charges of passive bribery, aggravated passive bribery, criminal association, and money laundering.