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Montevideo, October 25th 2025 - 00:09 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Lula condemns drop in financial assistance to developing countries amid surging military spending

    “If it were a country, the ocean would rank fifth among the world's largest economies,” Lula noted

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva condemned on Sunday the reduction in financial aid for environmental, economic, and social causes from wealthier countries to the poorer nations, highlighting a 7% drop in Official Development Assistance (ODA) in 2024, while military spending increased by 9.4%.

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:49 UTC

    Chad cancels all visas to US travelers

    Chad has its dignity, Deby argued

    Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Deby announced Sunday a suspension of visa issuance to US citizens in retaliation for President Donald Trump's executive order banning the entry of citizens from 12 countries -Chad included- citing issues like terrorism, lack of security cooperation, high visa overstays, and refusal to accept deported nationals.

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:43 UTC

    Milei boasts his government's achievements in Madrid

    “By 2026, inflation in Argentina will be a thing of the past,” Milei said in Madrid

    President Javier Milei told the Madrid Economic Forum this weekend that his government had overreached his campaign goals with a “brutal adjustment” that eliminated the country's fiscal deficit, making Argentina one of five countries worldwide not in the red.

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:39 UTC

    Protests in Los Angeles against mass deportations crushed by federal troops

    Trump invoked a legal provision allowing him to deploy federal troops when ”the authority of the Government of the United States” is at stake

    Protests erupted in Los Angeles this weekend against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, leading to clashes with police and the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops ordered by President Donald Trump.

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Colombian presidential hopeful shot during political rally

    Senator Miguel Uribe is not related to former President Álvaro Uribe despite sharing political views

    Colombian Senator and 2026 presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, was shot twice Saturday during a campaign rally in El Golfito Park, Bogota’s Fontibon district, at around 5 pm local time. Uribe, a member of the conservative Democratic Centre party, was stabilized at a local clinic before being airlifted to the Santa Fe Foundation hospital, where he underwent neurosurgical and vascular procedures. As of Sunday, he remained in stable but critical condition.

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:34 UTC

    Bolivian president says Evo's blockades seek “death, mourning, and pain”

    Evo Morales “never thought about the Bolivian people,” Arce argued

    Bolivian President Luis Arce Catacora condemned the blockades staged by supporters of former President Evo Morales, accusing them of seeking “death, mourning, and pain.”

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:29 UTC

    Jones Huala arrested for encouraging acts of violence

    The Bariloche-born “Jones Huala is once again detained by the forces of law and order,” Bullrich underlined after his arrest

    Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM) leader Facundo Jones Huala was arrested in the Patagonian city of El Bolsón late Sunday by the Argentine Federal Police, following an order from the Bariloche Federal Prosecutor's Office for public intimidation, incitement to collective violence, apology for crime, and criminal association.

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    Venezuelan authorities delay the departure of Bolivia's national football team

    Bolivian coach Óscar Villegas said it was intentional to harm his squad's preparation to face Chile

    The Bolivian national football team was delayed for over 12 hours in Venezuela this weekend after a 2-0 loss to the home team in a 2026 World Cup qualifier match in Maturín. Local authorities denied the team's charter flight permission to depart for Santa Cruz, Bolivia, forcing the team to return to their hotel.

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 09:48 UTC

    Tensions Rise as Israeli Forces intercept Gaza-bound humanitarian ship in international waters

    The Madleen, sailing under international law in non-Israeli waters, had not breached the naval blockade of Gaza at the time of the operation.

    A humanitarian vessel carrying international volunteers, including climate activist Greta Thunberg and French national Pascal Maurieras, was reportedly intercepted and boarded by Israeli forces in international waters early Sunday morning, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC).

  • Monday, June 9th 2025 - 09:12 UTC

    UK Government wants to end bottom trawling to protect MPAs sea beds; 12 weeks consultation

    A consultation will invite marine and fisheries stakeholders to share their views and evidence on the prohibition of destructive bottom-towed fishing gear (Pic Greenpeace)

    Bottom trawling – a fishing method that involves dragging large nets along the sea floor – could be banned across more vulnerable areas of English seas. The government is committed to protecting UK oceans and has outlined plans to ban the destructive practice in more Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The measures would help protect rare marine animals, as well as the delicate sea-beds on which they rely, from indiscriminate and potentially irreversible damage.