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Montevideo, July 21st 2026 - 15:41 UTC

Stories for July 1st 2026

  • Wednesday, July 1st 2026 - 19:59 UTC

    Trump reported over $1.4 billion in crypto income in 2025, financial disclosure shows

    The sharp growth of the Trump family's wealth during his presidency has revived questions about possible conflicts of interest

    US President Donald Trump reported more than $1.4 billion in cryptocurrency-related income during 2025, the first year of his second term, according to the annual financial disclosure filed with the Office of Government Ethics and released this week. The 927-page document shows that digital assets became the president's main source of income, ahead of his real-estate, licensing and resort businesses.

  • Wednesday, July 1st 2026 - 08:28 UTC

    Mercosur leaders push for a regional security architecture against organized crime

    The security debate unfolded alongside the trade tensions that dominated the summit

    The fight against transnational organized crime emerged as one of the central themes of Mercosur's 68th summit of heads of state, held on Tuesday in the Paraguayan city of Luque, where several leaders called for building a regional security “architecture” with concrete goals and deadlines. The issue ran through the addresses of the bloc's presidents and those of its associated states, at a summit where Paraguay handed over the pro tempore presidency to Uruguay.

  • Wednesday, July 1st 2026 - 08:26 UTC

    Uruguay takes over the Mercosur presidency vowing to modernize and open the bloc

    Orsi described the closing semester as “historic” for the signing of the pact with the EU, which he called a “turning point” for economic integration and investment

    Uruguay's President Yamandú Orsi on Tuesday assumed the pro tempore presidency of Mercosur and set as a priority of his term to “keep modernizing” the bloc and consolidate its trade opening, following the provisional entry into force of the agreement with the European Union. “We want a more modern, more dynamic Mercosur, more open to the world, but above all a Mercosur that produces concrete results for its citizens,” he said as he received the rotating presidency from host Santiago Peña of Paraguay, at the 68th summit of heads of state held in Luque.