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Montevideo, April 22nd 2025 - 15:30 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Friday, April 11th 2025 - 10:05 UTC

    Chile: Libertadores Cup match halted after two fans die

    “On behalf of the Government, we deeply regret these deaths,” Cordero said

    Two fans of Chilean football club Colo Colo -aged 18 and 13- died late Thursday in a stampede at Santiago's Monumental stadium during a Libertadores Cup match against Brazil's Fortaleza.

  • Friday, April 11th 2025 - 08:42 UTC

    US official admits no more meat to be bought from Argentina

    “The strategy and the plan are moving forward,” Rollins explained

    US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins confirmed that her country would not be purchasing any more meat from Argentina in a protectionist move to preserve local production. “No more meat from Argentina,” she said during a Fox News interview.

  • Thursday, April 10th 2025 - 19:29 UTC

    US Secretary of the Treasury due in Buenos Aires next week

    Thanks to Milei, the relationship between the United States and Argentina is stronger than ever, Bessent said

    US Secretary of the Treasury Scott K.H. Bessent will arrive in Buenos Aires next Monday to bolster support for Argentine President Javier Milei’s economic reforms, it was announced Thursday.

  • Thursday, April 10th 2025 - 19:05 UTC

    Ecuador closing campaigns ahead of Sunday's runoff

    Ecuador will have to choose between Noboa and González in a close run-off

    Ecuador's presidential contenders, the incumbent Daniel Noboa and challenger Luisa González, are rounding up their campaigns ahead of Sunday's runoff, which will be a rematch of the Oct. 15, 2023, elections, where the banana businessman was elected to fulfill the departing Guillermo Lasso's term.

  • Thursday, April 10th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

    Third general strike against Milei under way

    The bus drivers' union (UTA) will not be joining the stoppage. so those wanting to go to work will have that part of public transport available

    Unions such as the General Labor Confederation (CGT) and Argentina's Workers' Central (CTA) started demonstrating Wednesday ahead of Thursday's 24-hour full strike, the third since President Javier Milei took office.

  • Thursday, April 10th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Trump lowers huge tariffs for everybody but ups those for China

    “I have authorized a 90-day pause and a substantially lowered reciprocal tariff,” Trump explained

    US President Donald Trump Wednesday announced a 90-day freeze on reciprocal tariffs for most countries, reducing them to a 10% baseline, while raising tariffs on Chinese goods to 125%, effective immediately. The decision followed negotiations with over 75 nations interested in new trade terms, spurred by Trump’s initial tariff announcements last week.

  • Thursday, April 10th 2025 - 10:08 UTC

    Petro and Orsi discuss ambitious projects for Latin America

    The meeting between the two leaders took place in a Tegucigalpa café

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi agreed Wednesday in Tegucigalpa with his Colombian colleague Gustavo Petro to advance Latin American integration through a continental electricity grid powered by renewable energy, a regional pharmaceutical agency to produce essential medicines, and cooperation in artificial intelligence, quantum mathematics, and space exploration.

  • Thursday, April 10th 2025 - 09:28 UTC

    Honduras' Castro hands over Celac's rotating presidency to Petro

    Castro trusts Petro (L) “to keep alive the dreams of Bolivar, Marti, Fidel, Allende, Chávez, and Sandino”

    Honduran President Xiomara Castro Wednesday handed over the pro tempore presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) to Colombia's Gustavo Petro at the bloc's 9th Summit in Tegucigalpa.

  • Thursday, April 10th 2025 - 08:59 UTC

    Milei and Peña get together in Asunción instead of going to Honduras

    Milei said he shared with Peña “the love for the ideas of Freedom”

    Presidents Javier Milei of Argentina and Santiago Peña of Paraguay met Wednesday in Asunción to stress their shared commitment to economic freedom and deregulation as a path to prosperity. Their encounter took place at the same time most other heads of State convened in Tegucigalpa (Honduras) for the Celac Summit.

  • Thursday, April 10th 2025 - 08:38 UTC

    Pope Francis and King Charles meeting takes places at last

    The meeting had long been planned but constantly rescheduled due to health issues affecting both leaders

    Pope Francis was visited by King Charles III and Queen Camilla in a private audience Wednesday, despite earlier cancellations due to the Pope's health issues. The meeting took place at Casa Santa Marta, where the former Archbishop of Buenos Aires has been recovering from a hospital stay for bilateral pneumonia.