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Montevideo, June 22nd 2026 - 09:03 UTC

International

  • Tuesday, November 12th 2024 - 10:09 UTC

    German Consul in Asunción killed in multiple-car crash

    At the time of impact, Consul Blumenröther was in the car's back seat with her 4-year-old son in her arms

    Germany's Consul General in Asunción (Paraguay) Kristin Blumenröther was killed Sunday in a multiple-car crash on the Luque-San Bernardino road known as Ecovía in which her husband and one of the children also perished. The couple's other child survived the accident and is hospitalized. The Paraguayan administration of President Santiago Peña extended its condolences to Blumenröther and the German Government.

  • Tuesday, November 12th 2024 - 10:02 UTC

    Bullrich meets with Gopinath in Washington

    “Without security there is no economic prosperity,” they both concurred

    Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich Monday met in Washington DC with International Monetary Fund Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath to discuss thee South American official's anti-picketing policy. “Without security there is no economic prosperity,” they both concurred.

  • Tuesday, November 12th 2024 - 06:18 UTC

    Kristallnacht remembered in Uruguay by the entire political spectrum

    Attending the event were President Lacalle Pou, former Presidents Sanguinetti and Lacalle Herrera, and also Uruguay's future President (either Orsi or Delgado), among other personalities

    Representatives of Uruguay's Government as well as the opposition got together Monday to commemorate the infamous Night of Broken Glass perpetrated by Nazi Germany on Nov. 9-10, 1938, which was rekindled by last week's pogrom against Israeli football fans in Amsterdam.

  • Monday, November 11th 2024 - 09:58 UTC

    Lima ready for key APEC Leaders' Week

    APEC Leaders' Week will also mark the opening of the Chancay Megaport, which is expected to revolutionize South America's Pacific trade

    The city of Lima, the capital of Peru, will be turned upside down this week, during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit starting Monday, which will be attended by Presidents Joseph Biden of the United States and Xi Jinping from China among other dignitaries from 21 countries, particularly between Nov. 14 and 16, which have been declared as non-working days.

  • Sunday, November 10th 2024 - 15:23 UTC

    France lobbying among EU partners to veto trade agreement with Mercosur

    Minister Annie Genevard admitted Paris is trying to convince “a maximum number of countries”, to set up a veto system to impede the trade agreement EU/Mercosur

    French Agriculture minister, Annie Genevard has declared to her country’s media that Paris is trying to convince “maximum number of countries”, such as Belgium, Bulgaria, Austria, Ireland and “even maybe Italy” to set up a veto system to impede the signing of a trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, the South American trade group.

  • Sunday, November 10th 2024 - 15:09 UTC

    Better wool quality from grazing sheep among solar panels, shows experience in Australian green farm

    According to the head of the Allendale Merino Stud, in Wellington, the effect of solar panels in his sheep has meant wool quality production has “increased significantly.”

    Sheep grazing close to a solar farm among its panels seems to even improve the quality of wool, a new study has found. The study is based on the results of a second round of wool testing at the Wellington solar farm, in New South Wales, which has shared its site with 1,700 merino sheep for the past three years.

  • Saturday, November 9th 2024 - 11:55 UTC

    Falklands MPC Typhoons ‘take over’ military airport in Rio do Janeiro

    The three fighters were accompanied by an Airbus A330-200 MRTT (Voyager KC3) and an Atlas C1 (Airbus A400M), registration numbers ZZ334 and ZM417, and landed at Galeao airport

    Brazilian media reports that on Friday, Rio de Janeiro’s airspace experienced an unusual day with the arrival of British fighters and temporary airport closures. A Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft declared an emergency near the Brazilian coast while flying over the Atlantic.

  • Friday, November 8th 2024 - 19:17 UTC

    Bank of England cut the key interest rate to 4.75%, but anticipates a more cautious approach to further trims

    BOE Governor Andrew Bailey said the bank sees inflation rising by 0.5 percentage points, to hit a high of around 2.75% in 2025 before falling back to its 2% target.

    The Bank of England in an almost unanimous decision cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, a boost relief for mortgage holders, but also raised its inflation forecast following on Labor’s government budget and global uncertainty, which most probably conditions future policy easing.

  • Friday, November 8th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    “Falklands are British”, an unequivocal message from UK Minister for the Armed Forces

    Luke Pollard MP, UK Minister for the Armed Forces and MP for Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

    Plymouth has a long and rich naval history. It is celebrated as where Sir Francis Drake played bowls as the Spanish Armada loomed in 1588 and as a key embarkation point for invading Allied forces on D-Day. However, the city’s critical role in the Falklands War is perhaps less widely appreciated.

  • Friday, November 8th 2024 - 10:08 UTC

    González Urrutia says Interpol red alert on him stems from his work in exile

    González Urrutia spoke about “the indisputable triumph of the Venezuelan people's desire for change”

    Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia, regarded by many as the true winner of the July 28 elections, insisted Thursday that the red alert issued against him by Caracas' Bolivarian regime through the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), was the consequence of “our work abroad” to gather international strength to ban Nicolás Maduro from remaining in power after January.