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Montevideo, July 16th 2025 - 13:07 UTC

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  • Friday, June 6th 2025 - 19:19 UTC

    Lula warns UN ain't what it used to be

    “Why doesn't the UN create a State of Palestine like it did Israel?” Lula wondered

    Speaking at the Brazil-France Business Forum in Paris, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva insisted Friday that the United Nations (UN) amounted to very little presently, unlike in its heyday. “We don't have global governance today,” Lula argued. The UN “represents almost anything,” he added. “The UN created the State of Israel in 1947; why doesn't it create the State of Palestine now? Because it doesn't have the strength.”

  • Friday, June 6th 2025 - 10:57 UTC

    Uruguayan president and predecessors due together in Buenos Aires for Anne Frank Awards

    Orsi, Lacalle Pou, and Sanguinetti are due in Buenos Aires for the accolade recognizing efforts towards peaceful coexistence

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi and his predecessors, Luis Lacalle Pou and Julio María Sanguinetti, will be traveling to Buenos Aires next Monday to attend the Anne Frank Awards for Latin America. The awards, organized by the Anne Frank Center Argentina for Latin America (CAFA).

  • Friday, June 6th 2025 - 10:48 UTC

    US sanctions International Criminal Court judges over Israel probe

    The US will take whatever actions we deem necessary to protect our sovereignty, that of Israel, and any other US ally, Rubio warned

    Four International Criminal Court (ICC) judges (Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda, Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza of Peru, Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini Gansou of Benin, and Beti Hohler of Slovenia) were slapped with sanctions Thursday by the US Government of President Donald Trump, Secretary of Sttate Marco Rubio announced.

  • Friday, June 6th 2025 - 08:59 UTC

    On World Environment Day, beat Plastic Pollution

    It is estimated that each person on the planet consumes more than 50,000 plastic particles per year –and many more if inhalation is considered

    More than 400 million tons of plastic is produced every year worldwide, half of which is designed to be used only once. Of that, less than 10 per cent is recycled. An estimated eleven million tons end up in lakes, rivers and seas annually. That is approximately the weight of 2,200 Eiffel Towers all together.

  • Friday, June 6th 2025 - 03:56 UTC

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  • Thursday, June 5th 2025 - 19:46 UTC

    Macron and Lula show discrepancies beyond climate issues

    Lula urged Macron to open up his heart and endorse the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement (FTA)

    Despite some alignment on climate issues, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's state visit to Paris on Thursday was marked by tensions over trade, Ukraine, and Gaza. Lula urged French President Emmanuel Macron to support the Mercosur-EU trade agreement, emphasizing it as a response to rising protectionism. French farmers called on Macron on Wednesday to reiterate their “firm” rejection.

  • Thursday, June 5th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Can Milei be arrested when he lands in Spain later this month?

    Egío insisted Milei should be arrested “as soon as he arrives at the airport, that they arrest Javier Milei, until he returns everything he has stolen”

    Spanish Congressman Víctor Egío of Podemos has called for the arrest of Argentine President Javier Milei when he lands in Madrid later this month to attend an event hosted by his like-minded rightwing party Vox. The Libertarian leader is scheduled to stopover there on his way back to Buenos Aires from an official tour to Rome, Paris, and Tel Aviv to meet local authorities and Pope Leo XIV.

  • Thursday, June 5th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Israel's Ambassador to Chile says bilateral ties hit rock bottom

    When there are differences, “the idea is to talk, and that is not what is happening,” Artzyeli said

    Israel's ambassador to Chile, Gil Artzyeli, said that relations between the two governments have “reached rock bottom” due to a lack of dialogue over the past three and a half years, predating the events of October 7. The diplomat also mentioned a perceived hostility from Chile toward Israel, despite strong ties in various fields.

  • Thursday, June 5th 2025 - 10:08 UTC

    Venezuela's gov't announces arrest of alleged mercenary from T&T

    Cabello also mentioned paramilitary arrangements in Ecuador

    Venezuelan authorities have captured Guis Kendell Jerome, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, as part of an ongoing investigation into paramilitary groups allegedly entering the country to incite violence. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello stated that mercenaries from Trinidad and Tobago, alongside Colombian paramilitary groups, are involved in these movements.

  • Thursday, June 5th 2025 - 09:12 UTC

    PAHO warns of surge in pertussis cases

    Globally, cases are also increasing, with a notable decline in childhood vaccination rates contributing to the trend

    The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an alert Wednesday due to a rise in whooping cough (pertussis) cases in the Americas, urging stronger epidemiological surveillance and improved childhood vaccination coverage, particularly for children under 1 and 5 years old.