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Montevideo, June 14th 2025 - 14:55 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Friday, May 16th 2025 - 08:36 UTC

    Whaling 1950 statistics, 30.000 hunted in Antarctica, despite “poor season in South Georgia”

    “The weather had been very bad around South Georgia during the month with the result that “whaling has been particularly poor.” (Pic SG Museum)

    The reporting of fisheries statistics for illex and loligo and varieties of finfish in 2025 are considered perfectly standard, although sensitive, but almost a century ago the reporting of whaling statistics in Antarctica was the norm too even when the large numbers caused some dismay.

  • Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 20:32 UTC

    China lifts visa requirements for nationals of various South American countries

    The measure will be implemented starting June 1 for one year on a trial basis

    China will implement a visa-free policy for citizens of Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay from June 1, 2025, to May 31, 2026, on a trial basis, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lin Jian confirmed Thursday.

  • Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 18:58 UTC

    King Charles III mourns Mujica's passing

    “My thoughts and prayers are with former President Mujica's family and with the Uruguayan people,” the monarch also mentioned in Spanish (Pic AFP)

    King Charles III wrote a message to the Uruguayan people and former President José Mujica's family expressing his solidarity in these times of mourning. Mujica died on Tuesday aged 89, after battling esophageal cancer.

  • Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 18:30 UTC

    Lula lands in Montevideo for Mujica's memorial

    Lula met with Topolansky, Orsi, and Boric in front of Mujica's casket. Photo: Frente Amplio

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva landed in Montevideo Thursday for the memorial of former Uruguayan head of State José Pepe Mujica at the Legislative Palace. The Brazilian leader, flying straight from China, where he attended a series of multinational engagements, met with Mujica's widow and former Vice President Lucía Topolansky, current Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi, and Chile's Gabriel Boric Font, who also participated in the Asian gatherings.

  • Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 17:41 UTC

    World leaders pay tribute to José Mujica, remembering his legacy of humility

    Photo: Sebastián Astorga

    World leaders from across Latin America and beyond have paid tribute to former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica, who passed away at the age of 89, remembering him as a global symbol of humility, social justice, and unwavering principles.

  • Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Lula urges Putin to attend peace talks in Istanbul

    Lula called Putin during a stopover in Moscow

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva telephoned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. The South American leader made the call during a stopover in Moscow en route back from China to his country.

  • Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 10:43 UTC

    Bolivian court bans Evo Morales from running again for president

    Indefinite reelection is not a human right, the TCP also ruled

    Bolivia's Plurinational Constitutional Court (TCP) ruled Wednesday that former president Evo Morales cannot seek reelection after two terms in office, regardless of whether continuous or discontinuous. The decision rendering such an endeavor unconstitutional came after a long session to be published in the Plurinational Constitutional Gazette.

  • Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Boluarte allowed to attend Leo XIV's enthronement

    The new pontiff holds Peruvian citizenship, unlike the Argentine Pope Francis, whose funeral Boluarte was kept from attending

    Peru's one-house Congress approved President Dina Boluarte's request to travel to the Vatican from May 16-19, 2025, to attend the enthronement ceremony of Pope Leo XIV, with 68 votes in favor, 37 against, and 2 abstentions.

  • Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 10:24 UTC

    Argentina: Indec says April's inflation stood at 2.8%

    Milei said Caputo was the best Economy Minister in history

    Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI) reached 2.8% in April 2025, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) reported Wednesday in Buenos Aires, much to President Javier Milei's content and the bafflement of the population coping with an unmatching reality.

  • Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Brazil: STF issues unanimous ruling against Congresswoman Zambelli

    Wednesday's decision can be appealed

    The First Chamber of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) unanimously sentenced Congresswoman Carla Zambelli to 10 years in prison for hacking into the electronic system of the National Justice Council (CNJ) in 2023. The ruling was supported by Justices Alexandre De Moraes, Flávio Dino, Cristiano Zanin, Luiz Fux, and Cármen Lúcia. The decision can be revised, Agencia Brasil explained.