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Montevideo, December 16th 2025 - 15:59 UTC

International

  • Friday, April 4th 2025 - 03:06 UTC

    “Welcome to America”: Australian traveler face detention, deportation amid rising US border scrutiny

    Some governments have updated travel advisories. Australia’s Smart Traveller warns that “US authorities have broad powers to decide if you’re eligible to enter”

    In an era where American hospitality was once a hallmark of travel, increasing reports of detentions and deportations at U.S. airports are raising serious concerns among international travelers — particularly Australians.

  • Thursday, April 3rd 2025 - 19:37 UTC

    Brazil's Silva highlights BRICS' potential for just ecological transition

    Silva stressed the importance of countries raising their environmental ambitions

    Brazil's Environment and Climate Change Minister Marina Silva Thursday highlighted the BRICS group's potential to lead a just global ecological transition. She made those remarks during the bloc's 11th ministerial meeting in this regard, where issues like desertification, ecosystem preservation, plastic pollution, and climate action aligned with the UN's Agenda 2030 were discussed.

  • Wednesday, April 2nd 2025 - 09:47 UTC

    Glaciers melting rapidly call for action

    The preservation of glaciers is a matter of survival, Saulo said

    The world has lost 5% of its ice volume over the past 20 years, with an annual melt of 273 billion tons, according to a recent study by the United Nations (UN) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Regions like Europe (39% loss), the Caucasus and Middle East (35%), and New Zealand (29%) were heavily impacted as all 19 glacier regions globally lost mass in 2024 for the third consecutive year, with the 2022-2024 period marking the largest three-year loss ever, including 450 billion tons in 2022 alone.

  • Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 20:33 UTC

    Bolsonaro sides with convicted French far-right leader Marine LePen

    It is up to the French people to decide who will be the next president in 2027, Bolsonaro argued

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that France's far-right leader Marine LePen's conviction and five-year disenfranchisement for embezzling public funds was politically motivated after she led all surveys for the 2027 presidential elections.

  • Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 10:24 UTC

    World Bank Chief due in Asunción after almost 50 years

    Banga is obliging a personal invitation from President Santiago Peña

    World Bank Group (WBG) President Ajay Banga is due in Asunción Tuesday for a historic visit to Paraguay, the first by a man in his position in nearly 50 years since Robert McNamara’s in 1976. Invited by Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, Banga aims to strengthen bilateral ties, focusing on sustainable development, job creation, and private investment.

  • Monday, March 31st 2025 - 23:34 UTC

    Argentina uncovers international human trafficking ring linked to Montenegrin Cult

    The group demanded total obedience from its followers, stripping them of their possessions and feeding them only leftover food after the leader and senior members had eaten

    Argentine authorities have dismantled a human trafficking operation tied to a Montenegrin cult, arresting 14 people — including its alleged leader — in Bariloche and Buenos Aires airports. The case came to light when a visibly malnourished young pregnant woman, accompanied by controlling companions, raised suspicions during routine medical check-ups at a local hospital.

  • Monday, March 31st 2025 - 10:16 UTC

    Boric off on Indian mission to open up new markets

    Boric will conclude his mission on April 4 in Bangalore

    President Gabriel Boric traveled to India Sunday on a mission to diversify Chile's markets amid concerns over a potential US-led tariff war that could affect the South American country's exports. It is the first trip by a Chilean president to India since Michelle Bachelet’s visit in 2009. Boric’s agenda will focus on trade, investment, and innovation, according to La Moneda sources.

  • Monday, March 31st 2025 - 10:05 UTC

    UK advises against travel to deteriorating South Sudan

    Fears of civil war have mounted after last week's arrest of Vice President Riek Machar

    The United Kingdom has urged its citizens to leave South Sudan immediately due to escalating tensions that threaten a return to civil war, as of March 30, 2025. “If you are in South Sudan and judge it safe to do so, you should leave now. If the unstable security situation deteriorates, routes into and out of South Sudan may be blocked. Juba airport may close or be inaccessible,” the FCDO noted, adding that things “could deteriorate rapidly and unpredictably.”

  • Monday, March 31st 2025 - 09:49 UTC

    Johnson warns Europe of NATO's need of US

    Johnson underscored the need for the US to remain the dominant Western power

    According to former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, there is no viable alternative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to defend Europe, and he insisted the continent should increase military spending.

  • Monday, March 31st 2025 - 09:07 UTC

    Lula clinches meat export deal to Vietnam

    Hanoi is “finally going to buy Brazilian meat for the Vietnamese market,” celebrated Lula

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced this weekend that he clinched a meat export deal with Vietnam during his meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chinh, thus adding a new notch to bilateral trade, which last year amounted to US$ 7.7 billion with a US$ 415 million surplus for the South American country.