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Montevideo, October 28th 2025 - 21:23 UTC

Stories for 2025

  • Wednesday, August 6th 2025 - 10:02 UTC

    Covid-19: Frankenstein variant detected in Argentina

    “In Argentina, the current situation of SARS-CoV-2 variants is characterized by the exclusive circulation of the Omicron variant,” it was explained

    The XFG variant of Covid-19, nicknamed “Frankenstein” because it is a recombination of two Omicron lineages, has been detected in Argentina, according to the latest edition of the Health Ministry's weekly National Epidemiological Bulletin (BEN), which cited cases from late June and early July, identified through genomic surveillance

  • Wednesday, August 6th 2025 - 09:39 UTC

    Uruguay's La Libertad Avanza garners enough signatures

    Quintana noted that Uruguay was a different country from Argentina, but they were both “dying from socialism”

    The Uruguayan version of La Libertad Avanza has successfully obtained the required signatures to be officially recognized as a political party by the Electoral Court. Led by Nicolás Quintana, the group will now have its statutes and principles published, and if no challenges are made within ten days, it will be eligible to participate in upcoming elections.

  • Wednesday, August 6th 2025 - 09:37 UTC

    Lula to invite Trump to COP30

    “A solid partnership is built on mutual benefits,” Lula emphasized

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva does not intend to discuss tariffs with his US colleague Donald Trump but will invite him to the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), scheduled for November in Belém.

  • Wednesday, August 6th 2025 - 08:52 UTC

    Children's vaccination stagnating worldwide

    According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2024, around 20 million children worldwide were unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated

    A new study supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, recently published in The Lancet, showed childhood vaccination coverage stagnated worldwide and even declined since 2010, which was made worse by the Covid-19 pandemic. The research, which analyzed data from 204 countries between 1980 and 2023, found that while there was sustained growth in vaccination rates during the 1980s and 1990s for diseases like diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, measles, and polio, this progress has now stalled.

  • Wednesday, August 6th 2025 - 07:28 UTC

    Argentina accepts Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, five remaining for entry into force

    Ambassador Lunazzi: This firm commitment to fairer and freer trade not only strengthens our economy, but also protects the marine resources in the South Atlantic

    Argentina deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies on 22 July. Ambassador Gustavo Lunazzi presented Argentina’s instrument of acceptance to WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Just five more acceptances are needed for the Agreement to enter into force.

  • Wednesday, August 6th 2025 - 07:24 UTC

    Brazilian corporations consolidate a leading share in the global meat market

    MBRF is ready to become one of the world’s leading meat processors but still has to overcome possible objections about market dominance

    Two major Brazilian corporations’ shareholders, from Marfrig (MRFG3), and BRF (BRFS), approved on Tuesday the proposed merger between the two global food processors, the firms said in a joint securities filing.

  • Wednesday, August 6th 2025 - 07:21 UTC

    Falklands congratulates RFA on its 120th anniversary: Be it war or natural disasters, they are always there

    RFA Tidespring is currently deployed in the Indo-Pacific as part of the Carrier Strike Group 25’s eight-month mission.

    The Falkland Islands Government Office in London, FIGO, has wished the RFA.(Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Headquarters a very happy 120th birthday, The wishes in the name of all the Falklands, remember RFA played a crucial role to the Liberation of the Islands in 1982.

  • Wednesday, August 6th 2025 - 07:20 UTC

    Falklands Government opens search for future Telecommunications provider

    FIG is seeking information in preparation for a potential tender (or licensing) process to design and carry out operations and future development of telecommunication and media services

    Following approval by Executive Council, the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) has opened an international search for future providers of telecommunications. This work, which relates to the period after the end of Sure’s current exclusive license, is being led by FIG’s appointed consultants, Cambridge Management Consulting.

  • Tuesday, August 5th 2025 - 21:46 UTC

    Ecuador's Constitutional Court blocks Noboa's initiatives

    The ruling is temporary, pending a final decision on the matter, so Noboa still stands a chance of applying them at a later time

    Ecuador's Constitutional Court has provisionally suspended several articles from three laws championed by President Daniel Noboa: the Organic Intelligence Law, the National Solidarity Law, and the Organic Law on Public Integrity. These norms had faced constitutional challenges from various organizations and opposition groups who argued that they violated fundamental rights.

  • Tuesday, August 5th 2025 - 21:26 UTC

    Uruguay's population projected to decline over time

    A smaller population could decrease housing demand in major cities like Montevideo

    A study released this week by Uruguay's National Institute of Statistics (INE) showed that the South American country's population will have dwindled by nearly half a million people by 2070, falling from approximately 3.49 million to 3 million, due primarily to a low birth rate, an aging population, and a net loss to emigration.