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Montevideo, July 1st 2025 - 21:12 UTC

International

  • Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

    Dissident independent Catalans push to become kingmakers of Spain's new government

    Puigdemont said that any talks about his support in the formation of a new Spanish government were dependent on the “abandonment of judicial proceedings”. Photo: PABLO GARRIGOS / EFE

    The former president of the Catalonian government, Carles Puigdemont on Tuesday demanded the “complete abandonment of judicial proceedings” against any members of the Catalan separatist movement. Speaking to journalists, Puigdemont said that any talks about his support in the formation of a new Spanish government were dependent on this condition.

  • Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

    Panama Canal congestion: “skipping the queue immensely costly”; east South America suffering

    “You can skip the queue but it’s immensely costly,” said Oystein Kalleklev, Avance Gas’s CEO. ”When you add the regular fee you’re getting close to US$ 3m to get your ships through.”

    Vessels in queue for transit across the Panama Canal stood at 128 ships on September first, some 42% above the 90 average, but 21% below the figure a month ago. While container ships, which have fixed schedules, tend to have reserved slots, the voyage plans for the tramp trades continue to be hit hard by the ongoing congestion brought about by drought and subsequent draft and transit restrictions put in place by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP).

  • Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    China's President not attending G20 Summit in New Delhi

    Premier Li Qiang will be representing China in India

    China's President Xi Jinping Monday announced he would not be attending the Sept. 9-10 G20 Summit in New Delhi and that his country would be represented by Prime Minister Li Qiang. Xi has attended every G20 summit since coming to power except Rome in 2021 when he participated by video link.

  • Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    Massa, Indian Ambassador discuss bilateral trade ahead of G20 Summit

    It was the second encounter between Massa and Bhatia in just three weeks

    Argentina's Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa met Monday in Buenos Aires with India's Ambassador Dinesh Bhatia ahead of the Sept. 9-10 G20 Summit in New Delhi.

  • Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    A backward Church or an ideologically combative and confused Pope?

    Pope Francis last week called the US branch of the Church “backward”, accusing right-wing American Catholics of replacing faith with ideology

    By Gwynne Dyer – Javier Milei, who is very likely to be elected president of Argentina in the October election, is fairly frank in his view of Pope Francis, a fellow Argentine. He calls Francis “a Communist turd” and “the representative of the Evil One on Earth”. Even for a ranter like Milei, who ranks very high on the Trump scale of invective, that’s rare praise.

  • Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Chancellor Olaf Scholz attempts some German humor

    “Thanks for the well wishes, it looks worse than it is!” Scholz wrote under the picture on his official account. “Excited to see the memes”

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz released a photo of himself wearing an eye patch on Monday after he fell while jogging. Scholz, an avid jogger, sustained bruises and grazes to the right side of his face.

  • Monday, September 4th 2023 - 11:17 UTC

    “El Niño” arrives in Argentina

    ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) brings on more or less rain than usual, depending on the region

    Argentina's National Meteorological Service (SMN) issued a report stating that the El Niño phenomenon had arrived in the country after water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean remained above those considered normal, thus triggering an atmospheric response to the warming.

  • Monday, September 4th 2023 - 11:08 UTC

    Posco pledges US$ 1.7 bn investment in Argentina

    Also in Seoul, Cafiero met with his South Korean colleague Park Jin

    Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero signed an agreement in Seoul with steel company Posco, whereby the South Korean company will invest US$ 1.7 billion for the production of lithium carbonate in the provinces of Salta and Catamarca.

  • Monday, September 4th 2023 - 07:38 UTC

    Brexit tariffs, not the EU’s Malvinas blunder, are the real issue worrying Falkland Islanders

    Goods imported into the EU from the Falkland Islands (such as squid), for the first time, are now subject to the EU’s common external tariff. ( Pic GETTY IMAGINE)

    Boris Johnson’s deal made no provision for exports from the UK overseas territories

    By Teslyn Barkman (*) – In July, a joint communiqué signed in Brussels by 60 European Union and Latin American nations referred to the Falkland Islands as the “Islas Malvinas” despite last-minute attempts by UK foreign secretary James Cleverly to persuade them to drop the reference.

  • Saturday, September 2nd 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    Iceland resumes whaling after temporary ban

    Killing whales would now be admissible, albeit in a more humane way, according to Iceland's government

    The government of Iceland announced whaling was to resume effective Sept. 1 after banning the practice two months ago. The new measure sparked rage among environmentalists concerned about the endangered species. However, more effective hunting methods and equipment need to be used, the authorities said.