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Montevideo, August 12th 2026 - 03:42 UTC

Stories for 2026

  • Thursday, June 18th 2026 - 14:54 UTC

    Fed keeps rates unchanged; new chairman Warsh anticipates FOMC summaries will be shorter…and to facts

    Warsh acknowledged the changes to the committee’s statement. “It’s a bit shorter, a bit simpler and it dispenses with some older language,” he said.

    The Federal Open Market Committee from the US Federal Reserve voted unanimously to keep its benchmark overnight borrowing rate anchored in a range of 3.5%-3.75%. It was the first meeting of the Fed with the newly appointed chairman, Kevin Warsh.

  • Thursday, June 18th 2026 - 14:48 UTC

    Falklands, regular military activities around Stanley at the end of June

    The 5 RIFLES RIC participated Sunday 14th June of the Liberation Day Parade

    From 28–30 June 2026, BFSAI’s (British Forces South Atlantic Islands) current RIC (Roulement Infantry Company), 5 RIFLES, will be conducting activity in and around the capital of the Falkland Islands, Stanley.

  • Thursday, June 18th 2026 - 14:40 UTC

    David Hockney, the artist who forced Britain to make room for color, joy and queerness

    Hockney knew what it was to be judged before he was properly seen. In Britain, class prejudice travels through accent

    By Simon Mckeown. Professor of Art, School of Arts & Creative Industries, Teesside University, Teesside University

    Born in Bradford and shaped by northern art-school discipline, David Hockney brought a working-class, almost punk refusal to British art: do the work, trust the eye, do not ask for approval. Hockney made success look effortless: all color, good humor, great glasses, cigarettes and smoky charm. But for a young gay artist from a northern mill town, nothing about that journey was effortless.

  • Thursday, June 18th 2026 - 07:43 UTC

    Milei reforms by decree the system for appointing Argentina's Supreme Court justices

    The government said the changes seek to “streamline” the procedure and avoid administrative “duplications,” and argued that citizen participation is maintained in the Senate

    Argentina's President Javier Milei reformed by decree the system for appointing Supreme Court justices: he eliminated a stage of citizen participation prior to the nomination and removed the recommendation to consider criteria of gender, specialty and regional-origin diversity. The measure, made official on Tuesday, was questioned by legal experts and judicial-sector organizations.

  • Wednesday, June 17th 2026 - 19:21 UTC

    US-Iran memorandum sets Hormuz reopening, $300 billion reconstruction and sanctions relief

    The memorandum establishes an oversight mechanism for its implementation and provides for the definitive agreement to be ratified by a binding UN Security Council resolution

    The United States government on Wednesday released the official text of the agreement reached with Iran to end the war, a 14-point document called the “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding” that provides for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a reconstruction plan of at least $300 billion and the lifting of sanctions. The text, read by a senior official of Donald Trump's administration, will be signed on Friday in Switzerland and will open a 60-day period to negotiate the definitive agreement.

  • Wednesday, June 17th 2026 - 19:11 UTC

    Bolivia's blockade crisis leaves at least 16 dead as the government calls unions to talks

    The COB presented a list of demands on Tuesday spread across eight areas, among them ensuring the “right to mobilization,” that there be no sanctions against the mobilized sectors

    The crisis caused by more than seven weeks of road blockades in Bolivia, driven by sectors demanding the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz, has left at least 16 people dead, as the government called the Bolivian Workers' Center (COB) on Wednesday to a dialogue to seek a way out. By midday, the country's largest union confederation had not confirmed its attendance.

  • Wednesday, June 17th 2026 - 19:05 UTC

    Trump calls Brazil 'politically difficult'; Lula says he should learn about 'civilized elections'

    “I think Trump knows little about Brazil; if he knows it, it is through his relationship with the Bolsonaro family,” Lula said

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday asked his US counterpart, Donald Trump, not to interfere in Brazil's elections, a matter he stressed is exclusive to Brazil, just as his country does not seek to meddle in the electoral processes of the United States. The demand was a response to remarks Trump had made about Brazil hours earlier.

  • Wednesday, June 17th 2026 - 09:14 UTC

    Fujimori nears victory in Peru's presidential count as the left calls for protests

    The overseas vote, already tallied, heavily favored Fujimori while within Peru the balance tilted toward Sánchez

    Ten days after the June 7 presidential runoff, Peru still has no proclaimed winner, but the right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori is heading toward victory. With 99.1% of the vote counted, she leads the left-wing Roberto Sánchez by some 36,889 votes and is projected as the virtual winner, while the left pushes mobilizations and nullity appeals. The official proclamation remains pending on 0.84% of tally sheets under review, with a deadline of mid-July.

  • Wednesday, June 17th 2026 - 08:31 UTC

    Spain's ex-PM Zapatero testifies as a suspect in the Plus Ultra bailout case

    The magistrate attributes to him the alleged offenses of criminal organization, influence peddling, money laundering and documentary falsification

    Spain's former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero appeared on Wednesday before Judge José Luis Calama, of the Audiencia Nacional, as an investigated person in the Plus Ultra case, in what constitutes an unprecedented event in Spanish democracy: it is the first time a former head of the Executive sits before a magistrate as a suspect. He will answer questions from the judge and his lawyer, but not from the Anti-Corruption prosecutor.

  • Wednesday, June 17th 2026 - 08:27 UTC

    Uruguay enjoys 'positive discrimination' but must lift investment and productivity, BBVA says

    The bank forecasts that Uruguay's economy will grow 1.3% this year, below the 2.2% projected in the Budget law and the 1.6% to which the Ministry of Economy later adjusted its estimate

    Uruguay enjoys a “positive discrimination” relative to other economies for its institutional solidity, respect for agreements and political maturity, but its economic growth has been low over the past decade and its potential GDP —now at 2.1%— is declining. That was the assessment of economists from BBVA Research, one of Europe's largest banks, at the “Situación Uruguay” webinar, where they said the country's main challenge is to boost investment and raise productivity.