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Montevideo, September 22nd 2026 - 20:21 UTC

Stories for September 2026

  • Tuesday, September 1st 2026 - 17:28 UTC

    Milei announces a national address on Thursday over the Falklands claim

    Milei described the matter as “the most important and sacred cause we Argentines have” and said “something very significant happened yesterday” in relation to it.

    Argentine President Javier Milei announced on Tuesday that he will address the nation on Thursday evening to set out the state of the sovereignty claim over the Falklands, a day after US President Donald Trump said he was reviewing his country's position on the archipelago.

  • Tuesday, September 1st 2026 - 17:24 UTC

    Falklands/Chile second shipping link, decisive support from Punta Arenas

    Punta Arenas Municipality is hosting a “Business Showroom”, end of September to facilitate a network of businesses between Falklands and Magallanes Region

    To support a second shipping link between the Falkland Islands and Chile, the Municipality of Punta Arenas is hosting a “Business Showroom” on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th September 2026.

  • Tuesday, September 1st 2026 - 11:26 UTC

    Trump says he reviews “every position” when asked about Falklands sovereignty

    “The UK's got some problems but they'll get solved,” Trump said

    US President Donald Trump replied on Monday in the Oval Office, when asked whether his government was reviewing its position of neutrality on the Falklands: “I always review every position. That's just one of many.” It is the first time he has publicly addressed the sovereignty dispute between the United Kingdom and Argentina, though his answer committed to nothing.

  • Tuesday, September 1st 2026 - 10:32 UTC

    Uruguay and Argentina seek to stop the green hydrogen plant repeating the pulp mill conflict

    Orsi said on Friday in Paysandú that Argentina had withdrawn “the criminal complaint” filed against the project

    The governments of Uruguay and Argentina are trying to contain tensions surrounding the green hydrogen and synthetic fuels plant that HIF Global plans to build in the Uruguayan department of Paysandú, on the Uruguay river, after a statement by President Yamandú Orsi drew three consecutive denials from the Argentine side.

  • Tuesday, September 1st 2026 - 09:55 UTC

    A Pentagon memo already floated in April using the Falklands as leverage over London

    An internal Pentagon memo leaked in April already raised the prospect of using a review of the stance on the archipelago as an instrument of diplomatic pressure on alliance partners

    Senior US Defense Department officials are considering a review of Washington's position on the Falklands as one of several measures to press the United Kingdom to meet the 5% of gross domestic product military spending target agreed at NATO, the British newspaper The Telegraph reported, citing a senior US official.

  • Tuesday, September 1st 2026 - 09:49 UTC

    Uruguay's central bank marks five years without intervening in the currency market

    Against that backdrop, banks will have to warn clients of the exchange rate risk attached to dollar accounts

    The Central Bank of Uruguay completed five years on Monday without intervening in the foreign exchange market. Its last operation was a purchase of 31.2 million dollars in 2021. Its president, Guillermo Tolosa, described the milestone as of “enormous” importance and said the country is going through a period of “absolutely free floating of the currency”.

  • Tuesday, September 1st 2026 - 09:23 UTC

    The Venezuelan oil concession goes to Alejandro Betancourt's firm, under investigation in Europe

    Betancourt said in a statement that Venezuela is “blessed with an abundance of natural resources, hardworking people and untapped potential,” and thanked Trump and Rodríguez

    The White House on Monday identified the company that will operate seventeen Venezuelan oil fields for a century in partnership with the US government: North American Blue Energy Partners, owned by Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt, who is under investigation in Switzerland and Spain over his alleged involvement in a scheme to launder funds from the state oil company PDVSA. There is no conviction against him.

  • Tuesday, September 1st 2026 - 00:17 UTC

    How Live Dealer Casino Games Actually Work at Olimp

    Live dealer tables get sold as a compromise. That framing is wrong. A well-run live studio is closer to a real casino floor than any random number generator ever gets, and the stream, the shuffle, and the payout math all run on separate, auditable systems. Understanding how those pieces fit together changes how you play, not just what you believe about fairness. This guide breaks down the mechanics, not the marketing copy.

  • Tuesday, September 1st 2026 - 00:09 UTC

    Sticky Wilds and Stacking Multipliers: mechanics in Wild West Gold

    You trigger the bonus round with three scattered symbols, the reels lock into free spin mode, and on the very second spin a wild lands dead center on an active payline. It doesn't disappear after that spin. It just sits there, glowing faintly, waiting for the next wild to land beside it. That single mechanic, a wild that refuses to leave, is the reason this particular slot keeps coming up in conversations about high-volatility free spins bonuses that actually pay when they hit.

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