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Montevideo, April 30th 2026 - 15:48 UTC

Stories for April 2026

  • Monday, April 13th 2026 - 10:55 UTC

    Peru extends voting to Monday as Fujimori and Lopez Aliaga emerge as runoff contenders

    The official ONPE count, with 47% of ballots processed at the time of publication, showed Fujimori in first place with 17.05%, followed by López Aliaga at 15.36%

    Peru will hold an unprecedented supplementary voting day on Monday: more than 52,000 citizens unable to cast ballots on Sunday due to logistical failures will vote at 187 polling stations in Lima and in the overseas jurisdictions of Orlando, Florida, and Paterson, New Jersey. The National Elections Jury (JNE) authorized the extension and urged polling firms to suspend the release of surveys to avoid influencing remaining voters.

  • Monday, April 13th 2026 - 10:39 UTC

    United Kingdom highlights close relationship with Chile in defense and security

    Chilean Defense Minister Fernando Barros inaugurates the United Kingdom’s pavilion alongside Ambassador David Concar, RAF’s Mark Jackson, and Navy Captain Jason White

    Chilean Defense Minister Fernando Barros inaugurates the United Kingdom pavilion alongside Ambassador David Concar, Mark Jackson of the RAF, and Navy Captain Jason White

  • Monday, April 13th 2026 - 08:12 UTC

    Trump has demolished the US-led global order, prepare for a rough 15 years

    “We British have to accept that the old world order is gone. It was fantastic for us – a strong middle power – while it lasted. But that time is not coming back,” Mark Martin MP, Liberal Democrat

    By Mike Martin MP - “We’re all one people … to all of you down there on Earth … we love you”. Listening to the crew of Artemis over the last week has been a refreshing reminder of a part of America’s soul. Deep inside, it is a country that holds the highest ideals about individual spirit and endeavour, and the potential of humanity when we work together. Hearing the astronauts with my four-year-old daughter has been inspiring and awesome.

  • Monday, April 13th 2026 - 07:57 UTC

    UK shelves Chagos Islands deal following lack of support from Trump

    “Diego Garcia is a key strategic military asset for both the UK” the Downing Street spokesperson added

    “We have always said we would only proceed with the deal if it has US support” a UK spokesperson said in a statement, as reports said legislation to return the Chagos Islands, (with the strategic US/UK military base Diego Garcia), to Mauritius was due to run out of time in parliament.

  • Monday, April 13th 2026 - 05:28 UTC

    Falklands, Plant Heritage seeds to turn the Islands into a Cosmos garden

    Speaking before the seeds departed Sheppard said “Cosmos are really an accessible plant. People can have a garden full of color from just a packet of seeds.”

    Falkland Islands gardeners will be receiving cosmos seeds from Jonathan Sheppard, known as “King Cosmos,” who holds National Plant Collections for both hollyhocks and cosmos, and grows all his plants without the use of pesticides.

  • Monday, April 13th 2026 - 00:27 UTC

    Uruguay hosts DEA summit that warns of new drug trafficking routes in South America

    Uruguayan Interior Minister Carlos Negro opened the conference and stressed that regional security requires coordinated action beyond national borders

    Uruguay hosted the 2nd Regional Coordination Meeting of the US Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Southern Cone Division, a conference held on April 9–10 in Montevideo that brought together representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and the United States to strengthen cooperation against drug trafficking and transnational organized crime.

  • Sunday, April 12th 2026 - 23:49 UTC

    Peru closes a troubled election day and begins a lengthy count with outcome uncertain

    Photo: Angela Ponce / Reuters

    More than 10,000 polling centers closed in Peru on Sunday after a ten-hour voting day disrupted by logistical failures that forced authorities to extend the schedule by one hour, to 6:00 p.m. local time. The National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) reported that 99.8% of polling stations were installed, but 15 voting centers in Lima — containing 211 stations — could not be set up, leaving 63,300 voters unable to cast ballots.

  • Sunday, April 12th 2026 - 23:07 UTC

    Hungary: Magyar's victory shakes European politics, dealing blow to Trump and Moscow

    Orbán called Magyar to congratulate him and then addressed supporters, calling the defeat “painful” but “clear.”

    Opposition leader Péter Magyar won Hungary's parliamentary elections on Sunday in a landslide that ends Viktor Orbán's 16 consecutive years in power. With 97% of votes counted, Magyar's Tisza party secured 138 of 199 parliamentary seats — a two-thirds supermajority granting the power to amend the constitution. Orbán's Fidesz won 55 seats, while the far-right Our Homeland party took six.

  • Sunday, April 12th 2026 - 13:30 UTC

    Trump escalates Gulf crisis with order for total blockade of Strait of Hormuz

    “No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas,” Trump wrote

    US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the Navy would immediately begin blocking all maritime traffic attempting to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz, and ordered the interception on the high seas of any vessel that has paid a toll to Iran.

  • Sunday, April 12th 2026 - 13:18 UTC

    Adorni scandal drags down Milei's poll numbers as courts probe his assets

    Despite the numbers, President Javier Milei and his sister Karina, the presidency's secretary-general, have stood firmly behind the Cabinet chief

    Argentine Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni has been formally charged with alleged illicit enrichment in a case investigating a reported 500% increase in his declared assets over a single fiscal period, according to a complaint filed by lawmaker Marcela Pagano. On April 9, federal judge Ariel Lijo ordered the lifting of banking and tax secrecy for Adorni and his wife, Bettina Angeletti, at the request of prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita.