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Montevideo, December 18th 2025 - 14:37 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Monday, October 13th 2025 - 18:55 UTC

    Falklands, prestigious awards for the design of Tussac House

    Craig Walding, Director at ONE and their Client Lead for the Falkland Islands, commented: “This has been an incredible project working with a fantastic team on the Islands”.

    Tussac House, the first purpose-built extra care facility for the Falkland Islands, has recently won two prestigious awards and is shortlisted for another. The building was awarded the national Structural Timber Awards Healthcare Project of the Year and is shortlisted for Healthcare Estates’ New Build of the Year award, which will be judged later this month (October 2025).

  • Monday, October 13th 2025 - 18:44 UTC

    Meeting with world leaders at Sharm El-Sheikh

    French president Macron, Palestinian leader Abbas and PM Keir Starmer in Egypt (Pic EPA)

    The Prime Minister Keir Starmer held meetings with leaders from Qatar, Turkiye, and France at the Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit. With the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani PM Starmer paid tribute to the Amir for his personal leadership, alongside Turkiye, Egypt and the United States, in bringing us to this historic day. 

  • Monday, October 13th 2025 - 18:36 UTC

    Starmer pledges UK leadership in Gaza’s reconstruction at historic Egyptian Peace summit

    The Prime Minister said he expects that UK will play a leading role in the next phase of the peace plan, as back home the UK hosts a three-day conference on Gaza’s recovery

    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is attending this Monday the landmark peace summit in Egypt, for the signing ceremony of the Gaza Peace Plan, marking a historic turning point for the region following two years of conflict and bloodshed in Gaza.

  • Monday, October 13th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Milei off to DC for meeting with Trump

    Milei is expected to arrive back in Buenos Aires on Wednesday at 8 am

    Argentine President Javier Milei is due in Washington, D.C., on Monday to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House the following day to ratify a strategic alliance between both countries following the recent financial bailout agreement.

  • Monday, October 13th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    All 20 surviving Israeli hostages handed over to Israel via Red Cross

    Some hostages were allowed to make video calls to their families before being released

    The final 20 living Israeli hostages, held captive for 738 days since the attack on October 7, 2023, were released by the pro-Palestine terrorist organization Hamas and returned to Israel on Monday morning. They were handed over to the Red Cross in two groups across Gaza. The Red Cross confirmed they were all able to walk and in a stable condition.

  • Monday, October 13th 2025 - 10:29 UTC

    Chile's CPI grows 0.4% in September

    Chile is also the wealthiest country in Latin America in net financial assets per capita

    The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Chile rose 0.4% in September, matching analyst expectations. This monthly increase caused the 12-month inflation rate to accelerate to 4.4%.

  • Monday, October 13th 2025 - 10:29 UTC

    Gang violence leaves at least 84 dead in Haiti's historical agricultural heartland

    Violence expanding eastwards deepens the country's food insecurity

    A report from the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) revealed that armed gangs in Haiti carried out 24 massacres and attacks in the Artibonite department between January and September this year, leaving at least 84 people dead in the country's historical agricultural heartland.

  • Monday, October 13th 2025 - 10:20 UTC

    Argentina clinging to floating US dollar, says Caputo

    Caputo also denied a devaluation after the Oct. 26 midterms

    Argentina's Economy Minister, Luis Toto Caputo, confirmed that the Government of President Javier Milei has ruled out dollarization and will maintain the current exchange rate band system, with a floating US dollar.

  • Monday, October 13th 2025 - 07:56 UTC

    Peru's acting president hopes to appoint “broad-based” cabinet

    Jerí has been under criticism for taking too long to appoint his cabinet

    Peruvian Acting President José Jerí, who took office early Friday morning following the dismissal of Dina Boluarte, has announced the formation of a “broad-based” cabinet to tackle crime and guide the country until 2026.

  • Monday, October 13th 2025 - 07:48 UTC

    Trump’s trade war has cemented Brazil’s place as the soybean superpower, says The Economist

    China’s embargo on American beans has created a seller’s market in South America. What would have been a glut from a bumper harvest has become a stockpile.

    They say no one wins a trade war. Certainly, there are fewer bigger losers than soybean farmers in the United States. Since May China, by far their biggest customer, has refused to buy a single bushel in retaliation for Donald Trump’s tariffs. The spat is ruining farmers in Illinois; Mr Trump is set to announce a US$10bn agricultural-relief package. It is also raising costs for crushers in China’s Shandong province, who press beans into animal feed and cooking oil. But there has been one big winner: soybean producers in Brazil. The rift between American farmers and their Chinese clients has let Brazil cement its place as the world’s soybean superpower.