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Montevideo, June 6th 2025 - 18:03 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Thursday, May 22nd 2025 - 06:06 UTC

    Vatican has a long track record of mediation, including Argentina, Chile, Cuba

    Pope Leo XIV walks down to greet journalists at a meeting in the Paul VI audience hall ten days ago 2025.

    Washington, Kyiv and several of its European allies welcomed Pope Leo XIV’s offer to host peace talks between Ukraine and Russia at the Vatican. In recent decades, the Holy See has played a key role in helping resolve a number of international conflicts.

  • Thursday, May 22nd 2025 - 03:33 UTC

    MelBet in Ethiopia: What You Need to Know Before Registration

    Photo: Freepik

    Since mobile internet usage is climbing in Ethiopia, online services related to sports and their respective tools have broadened in recent years. Be it local or foreign football clubs, platforms are now available to stream videos, provide live updates and even give analytics for viewers in Africa.

  • Thursday, May 22nd 2025 - 03:33 UTC

    Nwankwo Kanu and JJ Okocha: The Golden Era of Nigerian Soccer

    The period from the late 1990s to the early 2000s was very important for Nigerian football. It was a time when two individuals — Nwankwo Kanu and Austin “Jay-Jay” Okocha — rose beyond national recognition to become global icons. Their presence symbolized not only skill and technical brilliance but also a new level of professionalism and international influence in African football.

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentina downsizes Human Rights Secretariat

    “The Human Rights portfolio, now, will be in charge of guaranteeing all Human Rights and not of defending a partisan ideological sector,” Adorni pointed out

    The Argentine government has downgraded the Secretariat of Human Rights to an under-secretariat, implementing a 40% reduction in its structure and a 30% cut in staff, resulting in substantial annual savings. Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni stated that the move aims to ensure the Human Rights portfolio serves all rights impartially, not just partisan interests.

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 20:19 UTC

    Bolivian elections: Other candidates face registration problems after Evo

    Andrónico Rodríguez has called for public vigilance to protect democratic participation

    Bolivia's Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) has suspended the approval of Senate Speaker Andrónico Rodríguez's candidacy as well as those of other would-be contenders on behalf of the leftist Alianza Popular movement, pending a constitutional ruling on the legal status of the Third System Movement (MTS), a party within the alliance.

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 15:40 UTC

    Israel fires warning shots at diplomats in West Bank; Uruguayan ambassador part of delegation

    The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) later issued a statement saying the diplomats had “deviated from the approved route” and that soldiers fired “warning shots” to keep them away

    A group of 21 diplomats from various countries came under fire Tuesday during an official visit to the Palestinian city of Jenin in the West Bank. The Israeli army fired warning shots at the delegation, which included Uruguayan Ambassador to Palestine Fernando Arroyo, who was unharmed in the incident.

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 14:05 UTC

    Falklands’ airport at MPC readies for the winter months

    The Airfield Snow Clearance Vehicle (ASCV) units operate the ancillary equipment to push, brush and blow the snow away and the Liquid Airfield De-Icer Sprayer (LADS)

    In preparation for the Falkland Islands’ winter, the Joint Force Logistics Unit (JFLU) from the British Forces South Atlantic Islands stationed at MPC has been rehearsing their Snow and Ice plans to maintain operational output through the colder months.

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Thousands march in Uruguay’s 30th Silent March demanding justice for the disappeared

    This year’s march, held under the slogan “Sepan cumplir” (“Let them fulfill [their promises]”), echoed a campaign phrase used by newly elected President Yamandú Orsi. Photo: Sebastián Astorga

    Thousands of people filled the streets of Uruguay’s capital on Monday evening for the 30th annual Marcha del Silencio (Silent March), the country’s largest civic demonstration demanding truth and justice for the victims of forced disappearances during the country’s military dictatorship (1973–1985).

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 10:31 UTC

    UK suspends trade talks with Israel

    Tel Aviv's politicians “are isolating Israel from its friends and partners around the world,” Lammy argued

    British Foreign Secretary David Lammy suspended free trade talks with Israel and summoned Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely in response to Tel Aviv's escalated military operations in Gaza. The official aid they were an “affront” to British values.

  • Wednesday, May 21st 2025 - 10:29 UTC

    Lula says Brazil is in debt to African nations

    ”We can not only produce the food and things that people need, but also raise awareness in the rest of the world,” Lula said

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recognized his country's historical debt to Africa, proposing to repay it through solidarity, technological exchange, and agricultural support. Speaking at the 2nd Brazil–Africa Dialogue on Food Security in Brasília, he highlighted Brazil’s expertise in food production as a tool to combat hunger and poverty.