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Montevideo, November 9th 2025 - 12:45 UTC

International

  • Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Argentine-born Pope Francis dies aged 88

    On Easter Sunday, Francis appeared in a wheelchair at St. Peter’s Square to deliver the traditional “Urbi et Orbi” Easter blessing with help from an assistant (Photo Vatican Media)

    Jorge Mario Bergoglio, born in Buenos Aires on Dec. 17, 1936, who would later become known worldwide as Pope Francis since March 13, 2013, died Monday, Cardinal Kevin Farrell, Camerlengo of the Apostolic Chamber, announced from the Casa Santa Marta.

  • Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:27 UTC

    Boeing aircraft bound for Chinese carrier returned to manufacturer

    Boeing aircraft bound for Chinese carrier returned to manufacturer

    A brand-new Boeing 737 MAX intended for China's Xiamen Airlines was returned to the aircraft manufacturer due to escalating trade tensions driven by US President Donald Trump's tariff war. Trump raised tariffs on Chinese imports to 145%, prompting China to impose 125% tariffs on U.S. goods, making delivery of these aircraft financially unviable for Chinese airlines.

  • Monday, April 21st 2025 - 09:40 UTC

    Brazil resumes export insurance scheme

    The government is acting to ensure that companies are better able to export more, Alckmin said

    Brazil's Ministry of Development, Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (MDIC) has resumed the post-shipment export credit insurance (SCE) mechanism, which had been discontinued in 2019.

  • Monday, April 21st 2025 - 09:26 UTC

    Bolivia sends first chia shipment to China

    These sales are tariff-free, unlike those to the US, Arce noted

    Bolivia last week started exporting chia to China with a landmark 25-ton shipment from Agropecuaria Chía Corp Bolivia S.A. in Santa Cruz, after six years of negotiations resulted in an understanding in November 2024, which opened the vast Asian market.

  • Saturday, April 19th 2025 - 10:17 UTC

    Guyana rejects Chinese diplomat's suggestion of friendly negotiations with Caracas

    China “needs to be principled in its position to respect Guyana's territorial integrity,” Persaud stressed

    Guyana’s Foreign Ministry rejected a statement by China’s Chargé d’Affaires Huang Rui, urging Georgetown and Caracas to resolve their border dispute over the Essequibo region through friendly negotiations, despite stressing that China “never intervenes in the internal affairs of other countries.”

  • Friday, April 18th 2025 - 17:59 UTC

    Belize to tighten airport security following hijack attempt

    The hijacker was gunned down while the pilot and two passengers were wounded but are stable

    Following an attempted hijacking on a Tropic Air flight last Thursday, where a passenger assaulted the pilot and tried to seize control, Belize is implementing stricter aviation security measures. The flight from Corozal to San Pedro operated by a Tropic Air Cessna Grand Caravan EX, registered as V3-HIG, carrying 15 passengers and 2 crew members, made an emergency landing in Belize City after nearly two hours. The hijacker was gunned down, and the pilot and two passengers were injured but are stable.

  • Friday, April 18th 2025 - 11:01 UTC

    Falklands/Darwin Plus: RSPB fears on Budget for UK conservation fund in Overseas Territoriesa

    Thanks to Darwin Plus funding, Falklands Conservation, has used satellite tracking to better under the whales’ behaviour and travel patterns.

    The Royal Society for Protection of Birds, RSPB, has strongly defended scientific research in the UK Overseas Territories, which face an uncertain future as core funding is threatened by the austerity of UK’s economic and budgetary reforms.

  • Friday, April 18th 2025 - 10:36 UTC

    France demanded to pay slavery reparations to Haiti

    The petitioners also requested that France own up to the independence fee it charged 200 years ago

    A large number of Latin American social organizations and personalities, such as Argentine 1980 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, demanded Thursday that France recognize and compensate Haiti for the indemnity it imposed after the country's independence in 1804.

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 22:39 UTC

    UK’s advert watchdog bans publicity on Brazilian style Miss Bumbum culture competition

    Brazilians believe well-formed firm buttocks are part of natural body’s beauty and even promote an annual national a Miss Bumbum (meaning “Miss Butt”) competition

    UK’s Advertising Standards Authority, ASA, watchdog has banned adverts from six companies selling liquid Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs), for trivializing the risks and exploiting women's insecurities around body image, reports BBC.

  • Wednesday, April 16th 2025 - 22:27 UTC

    China comparing Trump with an Empress who is 1900 succumbed to foreign powers and ended the empire

    Trump is likened to Empress Dowager Cixi, who in 1900 effectively declared war on the Western powers in China, a disastrous move that helped accelerate the collapse of imperial China.

    By Wang Wen for South China Morning Post (*) - A viral political cartoon circulating in China shows US President Donald Trump dressed in the imperial robes of the Qing dynasty. He is likened to Empress Dowager Cixi, who in 1900 effectively declared war on the Western powers in China, a disastrous move that helped accelerate the collapse of imperial China