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Montevideo, January 28th 2026 - 01:35 UTC

Environment

  • Thursday, October 16th 2025 - 20:10 UTC

    Haddad insists on taxing super rich to fight social inequality

    Multilateralism and tax justice are essential for a “greener, more stable, and more inclusive” global economy, Haddad argued

    Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad reinforced his stance regarding global taxation of the super-rich to finance the fight against the climate crisis and to fight social inequality. He outlined his position in a letter at the 2025 annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Washington, DC.

  • Wednesday, October 15th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Brazil wants sustainable fuels quadrupled

    “Countries like Brazil are well positioned to make a contribution beyond themselves,” Silva said

    Brazil launched on Tuesday an initiative called the “Belém Commitment for Sustainable Fuels” -or “Belém 4x”- to quadruple production and use of sustainable fuels by 2035. The motion has been supported by India, Italy, and Japan, it was announced on the second and final day of Pre-COP negotiations in Brasilia.

  • Thursday, October 9th 2025 - 08:54 UTC

    “Ticket to Antarctica,” Fleet of BAS airplanes heading from Canada to Rothera research station

    UK’s Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula, a vast journey broken down across 11 stops over North and South American continents, including Falklands

    The fleet of British Antarctic Survey, BAS, aircraft have taken off on their annual ‘ferry flights’ from Canada, in preparation for a new season of science in Antarctica. The BAS fleet of aircraft is now flying the thousands of miles to the UK’s Rothera Research Station on the Antarctic Peninsula – a vast journey that is broken down across 11 stops over the North and South American continents, including Falkland Islands.

  • Wednesday, October 8th 2025 - 21:33 UTC

    South Georgia receives the visit of Commissioner Martin-Reynolds

    Mr. Colin Martin-Reynolds before boarding the MV Silver Explorer

    The Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Mr. Colin Martin-Reynolds has visited the British Overseas Territory, some 1.400 kilometers east/south east of the Falklands, and which are also in his realm of action.

  • Wednesday, October 8th 2025 - 08:51 UTC

    Falklands invites Wildlife Photographer Rachel Bigsby to promote the Islands

    Rachel has delivered lectures at prestigious institutions such as the Natural History Museum, Royal Geographical Society, and National Museum of Scotland.

    The Falkland Islands Government is delighted to welcome Rachel Bigsby, an award-winning wildlife photographer with a special interest in seabirds, to the Falkland Islands.

  • Monday, October 6th 2025 - 10:01 UTC

    Taxing foreign ships suggested at Caribbean Maritime University

    The institution gained university status in 2017

    Applying a so-called blue tax to all foreign cruise lines and foreign shippers using Caribbean ports was suggested during a conference at the Caribbean Maritime University last week by Former Trinidad and Tobago minister Devant Maharaj. The funds would be allocated to Caricom's efforts to protect marine ecosystems from pollution.

  • Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 09:52 UTC

    Scientific vessel stranded in Buenos Aires

    The Falkor (Too), belonging to the Schmidt Ocean Institute, was scheduled to begin the “Echoes of Two Cannons” mission on Sept. 30, but permission to begin the campaign did not arrive in time.

    The Falkor (Too), a highly-publicized scientific vessel, which carried out missions for Uruguayan and Argentine researchers recently, is being delayed at the Port of Buenos Aires because of a missing signature.

  • Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 09:18 UTC

    La Niña forecast to hit Uruguay's agriculture

    A wildfire during 2023's drought is fought by a crop duster plane in Rocha eastern Uruguay. Photo: Sebastian Astorga Rostani

    Weather forecasters announced a high probability that the La Niña climate phenomenon will affect Uruguay during the 2025-2026 season, bringing significant challenges to the agricultural sector.

  • Tuesday, September 30th 2025 - 20:29 UTC

    Petro ends FTA with Israel and reshapes the one with the US

    Petro announced a series of measures concerning foreign trade after reshuffling his diplomatic structure

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Monday the end of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Israel, as well as the reshaping of the existing one with the United States, following Washington's decision to expel him and revoke his visa for staging a pro-Palestine demonstration in the streets of New York during the 80th United Nations (UN) General Assembly.

  • Friday, September 26th 2025 - 09:53 UTC

    Brazil's Lower House passes bill to move capital to Belem for COP30

    This is not new in Brazil, Priante recalled

    Brazil's Lower House on Thursday approved Bill 358/25 to symbolically transfer the country's capital from Brasília to Belém, Pará, during the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) between Nov. 11 and 21. Bill 358/25, proposed by Congresswoman Duda Salabert, now proceeds to the Senate for review.