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Montevideo, December 2nd 2025 - 23:26 UTC

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  • Monday, November 24th 2025 - 08:41 UTC

    Chinese fishing fleet raises concerns in Chile

    The Chinese fleet is not retreating; it is merely reorganizing

    The presence of the Chinese fishing fleet off the Pacific coast of South America has evolved to a permanent event, its structural operation dramatically reshaping geopolitical and environmental balances in Chile.

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  • Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 09:57 UTC

    Orsi praises Uruguay's global trade State policy

    Lacalle Pou “always told me that [the CPTPP] was a good tool and that it was good to move forward with it,” Orsi explained

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi celebrated his country's accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), emphasizing that the achievement was the result of sustained diplomatic effort and represents a crucial “state policy” that transcends party lines.

  • Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 08:00 UTC

    No consensus yet at COP30

    COP30 has already delivered three landmark declarations, but no joint final statement as of Friday

    As the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) reached its scheduled closing time of 11:50 PM on Friday, negotiations for the final document, known as the Belém Package, had not concluded. Talks were expected to extend into the early hours of Saturday.

  • Friday, November 21st 2025 - 19:05 UTC

    COP30 chairman calls for consensus - extension due to fire not unlikely

    “We know how difficult it is to reach consensus,” Corrêa do Lago reckoned

    André Corrêa do Lago called on countries to reach a consensus for the common good of the planet on the scheduled closing day of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, the capital of the Brazilian State of Pará. The event's Chairman insisted on Friday that it was time for international cooperation to prevail.

  • Friday, November 21st 2025 - 18:28 UTC

    Uruguay joins Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

    Csukasi highlighted the “months and months of discreet work”

    Uruguay has joined as a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in Montevideo on Friday.

  • Friday, November 21st 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    COP30: Activities suspended due to fire and evacuation

    Sabino downplayed the incident

    The 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) was thrown into chaos on Thursday when a fire erupted in the so-called Blue Zone pavilions, forcing a rapid evacuation of delegates, officials, and observers just over 24 hours before the conference's scheduled conclusion.

  • Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 18:37 UTC

    UK inflation down to 3.6% in October; Autumn Budget to be announced next week

    Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said “this fall in inflation is good news for households and businesses across the country, but I’m determined to do more to bring prices down.”

    UK’s twelve-month inflation rate slid to 3.6% in October, down from 3.8% in September, and a major achievement ahead of the government’s Autumn Budget next week, according to the Office for National Statistics. Core inflation, excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, rose by 3.4% in the year to October, down from 3.5% in September.

  • Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 10:43 UTC

    IDB grants Uruguay US$25 million loan for security improvements

    “This loan is a further demonstration that public safety is a priority for the government,” Valverde said

    Uruguay's Interior Ministry has secured the first disbursement of a US$200 million credit line from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), with an initial US$25 million tranche set for execution in 2026 to modernize the country's public security apparatus. The financing supports the government's ambitious 2025–2035 National Public Security Plan, aiming to address longstanding concerns about rising crime and prison conditions.

  • Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 09:57 UTC

    Chinese and French carmakers join forces in Brazil to develop electric vehicles

    Alckmin praised the initiative

    Chinese automaker Geely has officially re-entered the Brazilian market by merging with the local subsidiary of France's Renault. The new entity, named 'Renault Geely do Brasil,' will jointly manufacture four new electrified vehicle models at the Ayrton Senna Complex factory in São José dos Pinhais, Paraná state, by 2027.

  • Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 08:59 UTC

    Cambridge Dictionary names AI related 'parasocial' as the Word of the Year 2025

    Simone Schnall, Professor of Experimental Social Psychology at Cambridge, said: “Parasocial is the perfect Word of the Year. (Pic Cambridge University)

    The word is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as ‘involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series, etc, or an artificial intelligence’.