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Montevideo, December 30th 2025 - 02:10 UTC

International

  • Friday, January 31st 2025 - 08:34 UTC

    Venezuela: Israel's FM says his country supports González Urrutia

    Venezuela will be an ally of all the world's democracies once Maduro is toppled, Machado told Sa'ar (R)

    Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar Thursday told Venezuelan opposition leaders Edmundo González Urrutia and María Corina Machado that the Middle East country had its South American counterpart's freedom in mind: “Venezuela shall be free,” Sa'ar insisted during a telephone conversation. He also invited the man most Western nations recognize as the legitimate winner of the controversial July 28, 2024, elections to visit Israel shortly.

  • Friday, January 31st 2025 - 00:47 UTC

    Understanding social casinos and what makes them different from gambling sites

    One of the distinguishing features of social casinos is their orientation toward entertainment, not profit

    Visualize yourself spinning the wheels of an online slot machine. The symbols finally line up and your screen erupts in celebration. It is an exhilarating feeling, but again cash changed hands, nor was there money to withdraw.

  • Thursday, January 30th 2025 - 03:32 UTC

    Celac emergency summit called off

    Castro pledged to keep seeking consensus to solve the region's problems

    Given the mixed reactions from regional leaders, Honduras' Foreign Ministry announced that the “hybrid” Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) emergency Summit convened for Jan. 30 was being called off. Xiomara Castro, holding the group's rotating Presidency, had launched the initiative after the tug of war between Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro over the condition under which Colombian deportees were returned from the United States to their native country.

  • Wednesday, January 29th 2025 - 20:39 UTC

    Milei’s Davos speech triggers political and social uproar

    In his 30-minute speech, the Argentine president said he had a much bigger task than reforming the chronically crisis-ridden South American country.

    Argentine President Javier Milei generated a wave of criticism after his statements at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he linked homosexuality with pedophilia. His words triggered the call for an “anti-fascist” march, which is expected to be massive in Buenos Aires and other cities of the country

  • Wednesday, January 29th 2025 - 10:49 UTC

    UK launches trade envoys to drive UK exports and investments

    Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, “trade and investment are key to delivering economic growth and that is why I’ve launched a new team of Trade Envoys”

    A new ‘global growth team’ of UK Trade Envoys has been appointed by the Trade Secretary to drive UK exports and investment as the Government pulls every lever available to drive economic growth under its Plan for Change. 

  • Tuesday, January 28th 2025 - 22:39 UTC

    Sheinbaum not attending Celac Tegucigalpa Summit

    The Mexican president lowered her challenging tone towards the White House, perhaps after Gustavo Petro's undignified backtracking from his demands to Trump

    Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum admitted Tuesday that she would not be attending the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) “emergency” Jan. 30 summit called for by Honduras' Xiomara Castro to discuss the ongoing mass deportations by the United States' newly-inaugurated Republican administration that has been fiddling with the idea of imposing 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada.

  • Tuesday, January 28th 2025 - 11:52 UTC

    Falklands Legislative Assembly reaffirms commitment for Holocaust Memorial Day

    The eight members of the Legislative Assembly at Gilbert House

    In commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly affirms its commitment to the principles of Holocaust Memorial Day, observed annually on 27 January. Members of the Legislative Assembly join the global community in honoring the victims of the Holocaust and all genocides, reflecting on the lessons of the past to build a more just and equitable future.

  • Tuesday, January 28th 2025 - 08:19 UTC

    Lula and Putin discuss ongoing world affairs

    Lula told Putin he would be attending the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on May 9

    Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Vladimir Putin of Russia held a telephone conversation Monday during which they discussed ongoing global affairs and reviewed the bilateral agenda. In addition, the South American leader accepted the invitation to attend the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow in May, marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Both leaders also welcomed Indonesia's joining the BRICS group as a full member.

  • Tuesday, January 28th 2025 - 08:06 UTC

    Avian Influenza Prevention Zone extended to all of England; H5N1 human case in West Midlands

    Dr Christine Middlemiss is the UK's Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO). She was appointed UK Chief Vet in December 2017

    The UK Health Security Agency, UKHSA, has confirmed a case of influenza A(H5N1) in a person in the West Midlands region. Simultaneously the UK Chief Veterinary Officer has ordered a new Avian Influenza Prevention Zone AIPZ to cover the whole of England from noon on Saturday 25 January following the escalating number of cases of avian influenza and continued heightened risk levels in wild birds.

  • Tuesday, January 28th 2025 - 07:41 UTC

    Milei’s 2025 challenges: Between Argentina's mid-term elections and the IMF

    Javier Milei with his good friend Donald Trump

    By Alejandro Werner (*) - The author thanks Ignacio Albe, Olivier Blanchard, Martina Copelman, Joseph Gagnon, José de Gregorio, Patrick Honohan, Douglas Irwin, Maurice Obstfeld, and other PIIE colleagues for their comments and suggestions.