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Montevideo, August 1st 2025 - 00:02 UTC

 

 

Argentine Justice Minister under flak for hidden camera footage
Cúneo Libarona was recorded talking with Sound of Freedom's Tim Ballard

Argentina's Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona is facing calls for his resignation after a video was leaked showing him offering to help former CIA agent Timothy Ballard clean up his public image. Ballard, who inspired the film Sound of Freedom, has been accus...

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Only one Chilean region still under tsunami alert
Other areas were declared under a “precaution” status, and people were advised to stay off the coastlines
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Chile dodges US's 50% tariffs on copper
The announcement was welcomed in Santiago by Minister Aurora Williams and other officials
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Uruguayan court sentences Iranian traveling on a fake passport to 3 months in jail
In a separate court ruling, two former military officers were convicted of crimes against humanity
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Uruguay reverts to previous passport version after all
The decision was made after Germany and France needed “more time” to evaluate the case, leaving travelers in a limbo
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The advice, revised on 28 July 2025, warns of the dangers of the continent’s harsh and unpredictable weather, which can change at short notice and scupper travel plans.

US State Department website advisories for travelers to Antarctica

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RMS St Helena when she was in full operations transporting passengers and cargo between the island in mid-Atlantic and South Africa.

Transformed St Helena veteran vessel will be visiting Falklands in 2026/2027

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Villafuerte has some 70,000 followers

TikToker rattles Bolivia's financial system

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Ramdin urged the international community to support Haiti through its security and humanitarian crisis

Group of Friends of Haiti discusses next steps at OAS

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