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Montevideo, October 31st 2025 - 19:15 UTC

International

  • Wednesday, July 30th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    Zambelli arrested in Italy, pending extradition to Brazil

    Zambelli is a staunch supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who claims persecution from the STF

    Italian authorities in Rome Tuesday arrested Carla Zambelli, a far-right Brazilian congresswoman and staunch supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro. She had fled to Italy in May after being sentenced to ten years in prison in the South American country.

  • Wednesday, July 30th 2025 - 10:05 UTC

    Products not grown in US might have zero tariffs, Lutnick hints

    “Coffee and cocoa could be other examples,” Lutnick said

    Amid the uproar surrounding the 50% tariffs on Brazilian products to be imported by the US administration of President Donald Trump, coffee producers saw some light at the end of the tunnel Tuesday when US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick said in an interview with US network CNBC that some products not grown in the country could enter the United States without import tariffs.

  • Tuesday, July 29th 2025 - 19:45 UTC

    Paraguayan lawmaker suggests dropping Taiwan in favor of Mainland China

    Meza underscored that only 12 countries maintained diplomatic ties with Taipei, while the rest of the world was shifting towards Beijing's larger benefits

    Paraguayan Congressman Hugo Meza has called for a national debate on recognizing mainland China and severing diplomatic ties with Taiwan, arguing that his country was “wasting time” with the island Beijing holds for a rogue province.

  • Tuesday, July 29th 2025 - 19:24 UTC

    Starmer to recognize Palestinian State unless Israel takes “substantial steps” towards peace

    The prime minister said the UK will recognize Palestine as a state at the United Nations General Assembly in September

    British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday that the United Kingdom would recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September “unless the Israeli government takes substantial steps to end the terrible situation in Gaza, reaches a ceasefire, makes clear that there will be no annexation in the West Bank, and commits to a long-term peace process that delivers a two-state solution.”

  • Monday, July 28th 2025 - 10:57 UTC

    Milei tells SRA his plans include FTA with US despite Mercosur

    Milei wants Argentina to reenter the world economy as a major trading player

    During his speech at the Argentina Rural Society's (SRA) Annual Exhibition in Buenos Aires, President Javier Milei emphasized his government’s first-year achievements, ongoing reforms, and vision for the future. Among other issues, Milei insisted that his government was seeking an FTA with the United States, circumventing Mercosur constraints.

  • Monday, July 28th 2025 - 10:49 UTC

    US and EU clinch trade agreement

    “I think we both wanted to reach an agreement,” Trump said after meeting with von der Leyen

    The United States and the European Union have reached a trade agreement that will impose a 15% tariff on most European exports to the US, including automobiles, President Donald Trump announced Sunday after meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the former's golf resort in Turnberry, Scotland.

  • Monday, July 28th 2025 - 09:09 UTC

    Technology monitoring MPAs with satellite and artificial technology to deter illegal fishing

    The study published by Science, “Little-to-no industrial fishing occurs in fully and highly protected marine areas”:

    New research in the journal Science demonstrates the power of strict legal bans against industrial fishing in marine protected areas (MPAs). The analysis — which combines satellite imagery and artificial intelligence technology to detect previously untraceable vessels — reveals that most of the globe’s fully and highly protected MPAs successfully deter illegal fishing. The study is the first of its kind to demonstrate that the most strictly protected marine reserves are well respected and are not simply “paper parks.”

  • Friday, July 25th 2025 - 09:49 UTC

    Argentina and IMF reach technical agreement

    “It should be noted that Argentina managed to return to international capital markets ahead of schedule,” the IMF said

    The Argentine Government of President Javier Milei and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Thursday that they have reached a technical agreement on the first review of the country's Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program. Once approved by the IMF Executive Board, this deal will enable a disbursement of approximately US$2 billion to the South American country.

  • Thursday, July 24th 2025 - 20:28 UTC

    No survivors reported in Russian airliner crash

    The aircraft caught fire during descent

    An Antonov An-24 twin turboprop operated by Angara Airlines crashed in the Amur region of Russia's Far East, during a short-haul flight between Blagoveshchensk and Tynda, resulting in no survivors.

  • Thursday, July 24th 2025 - 16:36 UTC

    Uruguay detains and sentences Iranian national for entering with fake Israeli passport

    The individual reportedly arrived from Brazil between June 12 and 13, and then traveled from Montevideo to El Salvador on June 14

    An Iranian citizen has been sentenced to prison in Uruguay after attempting to enter the country using a fake Israeli passport, according to reporting this Thursday by the weekly Búsqueda. The incident took place in the context of recent hostilities between Iran, Israel, and the United States — a period referred to by Washington as the “12-day war.”