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Montevideo, February 13th 2026 - 21:36 UTC

International

  • Wednesday, January 21st 2026 - 21:26 UTC

    European Parliament puts EU-Mercosur trade deal on hold, seeks top court legal opinion

    The parliamentary motion is based on a mechanism that allows the Court of Justice to be asked for an opinion on whether an international agreement complies with the Community legal framework

    The European Parliament voted on Wednesday to freeze its approval track for the EU-Mercosur trade agreement and request a legal opinion from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on whether the deal is compatible with EU treaties. The motion passed by a razor-thin margin —334 in favour, 324 against, with 11 abstentions— injecting new uncertainty into a pact that the two blocs had only just signed in Asunción after a quarter-century of negotiations.

  • Wednesday, January 21st 2026 - 13:16 UTC

    UK investment in Antarctica underlines role as a leading polar research nation

    Operations tower and team outside the new Discovery Building at Rothera Research Station, featuring solar panels on the façade. Credit: Pete Bucktrout and David Ganiford, BAS.

    A major new British Antarctic Survey (BAS) facility at Rothera Research Station is being presented as evidence of the UK’s standing in polar research. The £100 million Discovery Building—together with a new services network at Rothera—has been formally opened by BAS Director Professor Dame Jane Francis, completing what BAS describes as the largest UK construction project ever carried out in Antarctica.

  • Wednesday, January 21st 2026 - 11:21 UTC

    Why the Chagos Islands are strategically vital to US and UK military operations

    The US base on Diego Garcia is sizable and is seen as very important to maintaining regional stability.

    The Chagos Archipelago is of major military significance as it hosts the strategically located Diego Garcia base.

  • Wednesday, January 21st 2026 - 11:17 UTC

    US/UK controversy as Trump describes handing the Chagos Islands to Mauritius as a ‘great stupidity’

    This latest rebuttal to the American leader comes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer held a press conference on international affairs.

    The UK Ministry of Defense has said, “it will never compromise on our national security,” after US president Donald Trump condemned London’s “great stupidity” for handing over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Under the agreement UK is allowed to keep control of the Diego Garcia military base while agreeing to hand the islands to Mauritius.

  • Wednesday, January 21st 2026 - 00:16 UTC

    Las Vegas Sands’ Record Growth: What It Says About Global Casino Demand

    Photo: Pixabay

    Las Vegas Sands has become an unlikely bellwether for the health of the global casino industry. In the third quarter of 2025, the operator posted net revenue of 3.33 billion dollars, up about 24 percent on the year, and adjusted property EBITDA of roughly 1.34 billion dollars, a rise of more than one-third compared with 2024.

  • Tuesday, January 20th 2026 - 18:09 UTC

    Macron warns Davos of a “world without rules” as Trump’s Greenland row intensifies

    Macron said the “endless accumulation” of new US tariffs was “fundamentally unacceptable” and urged Europe to respond more decisively

    French President Emmanuel Macron told the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday that the world is drifting toward a “world without rules,” where the law of “the strongest” prevails—remarks delivered against the backdrop of a deepening transatlantic dispute over Donald Trump’s push to secure control of Greenland and his fresh tariff threats.

  • Tuesday, January 20th 2026 - 15:29 UTC

    Delcy Rodríguez vows 30% increase in gold output to boost hard-currency inflows

    International organizations and rights groups have repeatedly flagged serious abuses connected to gold mining in Venezuela’s south, including the role of armed groups

    Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez said her administration aims to raise gold production by 30% in 2026 to generate additional foreign-currency revenues, as the government seeks to shore up public finances and draw fresh investment into the mining sector, according to reports attributed to EFE.

  • Tuesday, January 20th 2026 - 15:28 UTC

    Digital Communication Trends in Latin America

    Photo: Pexels

    Latin America is changing fast. Mobile phones lead the way. Messaging apps rule everyday life. Businesses are learning new ways to talk to customers and teams. Security and privacy are now central concerns. Below I explain the key digital communication trends shaping the region today.

  • Tuesday, January 20th 2026 - 03:39 UTC

    Trump links Greenland ambitions to Nobel snub ahead of Davos appearance

    The dispute comes as Trump heads into the World Economic Forum in Davos

    US President Donald Trump reignited tensions with European allies on Monday by linking his push for control of Greenland to the Nobel Peace Prize — arguing that, because he did not receive the award, he no longer feels “obliged to think only about peace.” In a message addressed to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre —later circulated to European embassies in Washington— Trump pivoted from the Nobel grievance to Greenland, saying the world would not be safe without “total and absolute” US control of the Arctic island.

  • Tuesday, January 20th 2026 - 01:51 UTC

    Argentina–Iran: diplomatic tensions after Quds Force is added to Argentina’s terrorism registry

    The Quds Force is widely described by Western governments as the Revolutionary Guards’ external arm,

    Iran warned it would deliver an “appropriate response” after the Argentine government designated the Quds Force—an external-operations unit within Iran’s Revolutionary Guards—as a “terrorist organization” and added it, along with 13 linked individuals, to Argentina’s Public Registry of Persons and Entities Connected to Terrorism and its Financing (RePET).