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Montevideo, December 13th 2025 - 00:46 UTC

International

  • Monday, July 7th 2025 - 08:50 UTC

    Boric and Arce advocate for multilateralism and Global South empowerment

    Arce's Bolivia is an associate member of BRICS, while Boric participated as a guest

    Presidents Gabriel Boric Font of Chile and Bolivia's Luis Arce Catacora advocated for multilateralism, international law, and the strengthening of the Global South during their interventions at the BRICS 2025 summit in Rio de Janeiro.

  • Sunday, July 6th 2025 - 11:58 UTC

    Today Tuvalu’s Climate change visas; tomorrow extensive to the World’s?

     UN COP26 Glasgow was not a conventional statesman – he was Tuvalu’s Foreign Minister Simon Kofe, and he delivered a powerful message with his very presence in the encroaching waters. 

    By Gwynne Dyer - Some big changes arrive with a bang, but usually they sort of sneak in and you barely notice them at first. Last week’s big change saw the creation of the world’s first climate-change visas. It’s a way of giving potential climate refugees some hope and some dignity, and it would certainly be an improvement on the current migration mess.

  • Sunday, July 6th 2025 - 04:50 UTC

    Falklands intends to implement the Beneficial Ownership Register by July 2026

    Minister Stephen Doughty with MLA Roger Spink during a recent meeting at Parliament House

    Stephen Doughty, Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, which includes Overseas Territories has stated that illicit finance, corruption, and kleptocracy pose a direct threat to the UK’s national security, economic resilience, and the integrity of the global financial system.

  • Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 19:21 UTC

    Milei welcomes Modi at Casa Rosada

    It was the first official visit to Argentina by an Indian PM in 57 years, although Modi had been in Buenos Aires for the G20 Summit in 2018

    Argentine President Javier Milei welcomed India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss trade, investment, energy, critical minerals, defense, aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and other issues.

  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 23:26 UTC

    Fundraising teen pilot detained in Chilean Antarctica

    From social influencer to detainee in Antarctica, Guo’s future remains unclear

    Ethan Guo, a 19-year-old pilot and social media influencer, has been detained on King George Island, Antarctica, after a failed attempt to complete a solo flight across all seven continents to raise US$1 million for childhood cancer research.

  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 16:45 UTC

    Relief operation of DRC Uruguayan blue helmets underway

    Some 200 troops are arriving at Carrasco on a chartered Ethiopian Airlines flight from Rwanda (Pic Ejercito de Uruguay)

    Uruguay is carrying out on Friday a troop relief operation for its United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Approximately 200 Uruguayan soldiers from the Uruguay IV Battalion are arriving at Carrasco International Airport at 6.35 am on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Rwanda. President Yamandú Orsi and Defense Minister Sandra Lazo will welcome them.

  • Friday, July 4th 2025 - 05:08 UTC

    Latino Director Felipe Vargas Steps Away from Lionsgate’s Next Film Project

    In 2023, it was announced that a new Leprechaun movie was in the works. Felipe Varga had been hired to breathe new life into the franchise. With that said, things look to have changed. There hasn’t been much said about the movie over the last year, but it’s clear why. Vargas has been busy on his most recent movie, Rosario, and is no longer directing the Leprechaun movie for Lionsgate.

  • Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 23:34 UTC

    Mercosur-EFTA FTA announced in Buenos Aires

    Meetings of Foreign and Economy Ministers preceded the Mercosur Summit, bringing leaders together on Thursday

    The Southern Common Market's (Mercosur) Summit in Buenos Aires kicked off Wednesday with the announcement by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) finalized with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA - Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland). The documents are to be signed in the coming months.

  • Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 17:22 UTC

    UK and Falklands waiting for Argentina to make good on commitments, fisheries cooperation and flight from Brazil

    UK Minister for Latin America and Caribbean, Baroness Chapman also participated at the recent OAS annual assembly at Antigua and Barbuda

    Despite an overwhelming support for Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands during the recent OAS annual assembly at Antigua and Barbuda, the UK Minister for Latin America and Caribbean, Baroness Chapman, pointed to the importance of relationships with friends and allies across the Americas, and is particular with Argentina.

  • Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 - 04:01 UTC

    How to Make Science Topics Interesting in Essays

    Photo: Freepik

    Science topics can feel dull when people face them in essays, but creativity changes that. Students often search for ways to hold a reader’s attention, especially when handling research or complex data.