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Montevideo, April 5th 2025 - 00:51 UTC

International

  • Tuesday, February 11th 2025 - 09:17 UTC

    Petro off on Arabian trip despite internal turmoil

    Petro's entourage includes various members of cabinet whose resignations will presumably not be accepted

    Despite the political turmoil in his country, where he requested the resignation of every cabinet member, Colombian President Gustavo Petro left for the Arabic Peninsula to attend a series of international engagements, including the World Government Summit 2025 in the United Arab Emirates.

  • Tuesday, February 11th 2025 - 09:00 UTC

    German President announces South American tour

    Steinmeier will be attending Orsi's inauguration in Montevideo

    German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be touring Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile between February 28 and March 8, it was announced Monday in Berlin. The head of state will attend Yamandú Orsi's inauguration in Montevideo on March 1. He is also scheduled to meet with Paraguay's Santiago Peña and Chile's Gabriel Boric Font.

  • Monday, February 10th 2025 - 21:20 UTC

    Fallen Uruguayan soldier not to arrive before Thursday

    Peace missions are State policy, so no changes are to be expected under Orsi, Lazo said

    Authorities in Montevideo admitted Monday that bringing back the body of 39-year-old Rodolfo Álvarez, the Uruguayan soldier killed in action while serving on the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco), will not take place before Thursday. Álvarez had a wife and two daughters aged 4 months and 4 years, respectively.

  • Monday, February 10th 2025 - 13:31 UTC

    Europe prepares retaliatory measures to Trump's tariffs

    Von der Leyen suggested a defense alternative to NATO was needed

    US President Donald Trump's announcement that he planned to impose tariffs on European products to even up the trade scale “would be illegal and economically counterproductive,” the European Commission (EC) warned in a statement. It would also affect international trade and production chains, it went on.

  • Monday, February 10th 2025 - 09:03 UTC

    Lula warns Trump he was not elected to rule the world

    You don't build a riviera on top of thousands of dead women and children, Lula stressed about Trump's announcements

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was harshly critical of his US colleague Donald Trump's announcement that his country would take over the Gaza Strip and turn it into the Riviera of the Middle East. “Nobody is going to make a beautiful place on top of thousands of dead bodies of women and children,” said Lula during a radio interview in Bahia State.

  • Monday, February 10th 2025 - 08:51 UTC

    Pope halts homily amid shortness of breath

    The Argentine-born Pope has been suffering from bronchitis over the past few days

    Argentine-born Pope Francis was forced Sunday to interrupt his homily in St. Peter's Square during the Armed Forces Jubilee Sunday due to notorious breathing difficulties. “Now I apologize and ask the master to continue the reading due to difficulty in breathing,” said Jorge Mario Bergoglio before a crowd featuring numerous troops and police officers from various countries.

  • Sunday, February 9th 2025 - 19:28 UTC

    BoE chair fears “fragmentation of world economy” if Trump abandons IMF and World Bank

    “Project 2025” blueprint for Trump's presidency, was authored by figures who are now key White House staff, recommended withdrawal from both institutions

    The Governor of the Bank of England Andres Bailey has urged continued US support for two major global economic institutions. According to a piece published by BBC, Mr. Bailey said he was “following extremely closely” whether the Trump administration would change its support for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank.

  • Sunday, February 9th 2025 - 19:04 UTC

    BoE cuts rate to 4.50% but slashed UK growth to 0.75% and ups inflation estimate to 3.5%

    Governor Andrew Bailey mentioned on his press conference on the influence of natural gas prices, which have risen in response to a spell of colder weather

    The Bank of England last Thursday cut interest rates 25 percentage points to 4,50%, but at the same time slashed its growth forecast for the year and warned the near-term outlook for the economy had become complicated.

  • Sunday, February 9th 2025 - 10:42 UTC

    Falklands, grounded jigger in Stanley Harbor refloated

    The Taiwanese jigger An Fong 168 grounded in Stanley

    The Taiwanese jigger An Fong 168 grounded in shallow waters of Falkland Islands’ Stanley harbor, and with recovery delayed because of strong winds, was finally re-floated Thursday midday, 6 February, reported the Falklands Maritime Authority.

  • Saturday, February 8th 2025 - 10:52 UTC

    Argentine judge rules travel agency should not advertise Malvinas as UK destination

    Judge Cánepa ruled that advertising the United Kingdom as the country of destination when traveling to the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands was misleading

    Judge Guillermo Patricio Cánepa of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) ruled this week that Cruiseline S.R.L. should not mislead potential customers by advertising cruise services to the United Kingdom's “Islas Malvinas.” The magistrate ordered the company to pull its advertising campaign in that regard and recognize Argentina's sovereignty over the archipelago.