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Montevideo, June 9th 2026 - 23:57 UTC

Investments

  • Saturday, March 28th 2026 - 10:21 UTC

    Brazil unveils first supersonic fighter jet manufactured on its soil, a milestone for Latin America

    President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva led the ceremony and christened the aircraft by spraying a champagne bottle over the fuselage

    Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer unveiled on Wednesday the first F-39E Gripen fighter jet manufactured in Brazil, a milestone the country's presidency called “unprecedented in Latin America.” It is the first of 15 supersonic combat aircraft Embraer will produce at its facility in Gavião Peixoto, São Paulo state, under a total contract for 36 jets ordered from Swedish firm Saab.

  • Friday, March 27th 2026 - 19:50 UTC

    Uruguay considers with “interest” British offer of three Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels

    One of the vessels, the HMS Mersey, is a River-class offshore patrol vessel of the British Royal Navy

    Uruguay's government is considering with “interest” a British offer to acquire three Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), according to El Observador, citing sources at the executive offices. The proposal involves first-generation River-class vessels — HMS Tyne, HMS Mersey, and HMS Severn — operational since 2003 and scheduled for decommissioning in 2028 as part of the British fleet renewal under NATO's defense spending commitments.

  • Thursday, March 26th 2026 - 01:57 UTC

    Rodríguez promises “legal certainty” to investors while Machado competes for attention from Texas

    Rodríguez's appearance came one day before Nicolás Maduro's hearing at a New York court

    Venezuela's interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, participated via videoconference on Wednesday at the FII Priority investment forum in Miami, where she assured American, Saudi, and Latin American investors that her government is advancing reforms to guarantee “legal certainty” for investments in the country.

  • Thursday, March 26th 2026 - 01:48 UTC

    International project validates renewable hydrogen energy systems in Antarctica

    INACH Director Gino Casassa said the green hydrogen pilot plant design is backed by approximately 200 million Chilean pesos in funding from GIZ and the European Union

    A delegation of Chilean and European authorities and institutions completed a technical visit to the “Profesor Julio Escudero” research station operated by the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH) on King George Island, where progress was presented on a pilot renewable hydrogen and energy infrastructure project designed to validate hybrid energy systems in one of the planet's most demanding environments.

  • Wednesday, March 25th 2026 - 00:18 UTC

    Peru confirms large-scale geothermal system in southern Andes, near Chilean border

    The study was conducted using the magnetotelluric method, a technology that produces a subsurface image by measuring natural electromagnetic fields

    Peru's Geophysical Institute (IGP) confirmed on Tuesday the existence of a large-scale active geothermal system in the country's southern Andes, near the Paucarani-Casiri volcano, approximately 75 kilometers northeast of the city of Tacna and close to the Chilean border, according to EFE.

  • Monday, March 23rd 2026 - 02:49 UTC

    Brazil to expand Antarctica activities with new polar vessel Comandante Saldanha

    The vessel has a displacement of 5.800 tons plus a hangar to host two helicopters, plus the landing platform.

    Brazil is expanding its Antarctica presence and activities with the introduction of a new polar vessel currently under construction in the county. The vessel “Almirante Saldanha” is considered an operational and scientific leap for the Brazilian Navy in the context of the strategic development of the Brazilian Antarctic Program.

  • Monday, March 23rd 2026 - 01:53 UTC

    Lula and Peña agree to accelerate Itaipú treaty review

    Annex C stipulates that both countries are entitled to 50% of the energy generated, but requires whichever party does not use its full share to sell the surplus to the other at preferential rates

    The presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Paraguay, Santiago Peña, agreed on Sunday in Campo Grande to intensify negotiations over Annex C of the Itaipú treaty, the instrument that governs the financial terms and energy sales of the binational hydroelectric dam, one of the largest in the world.

  • Sunday, March 22nd 2026 - 21:32 UTC

    Peña promotes Paraguay as investment destination at meeting with Brazilian business leaders

    We met with business leaders who already invest in Paraguay and want to expand, but also with new players who see a concrete opportunity in our country,” Peña said

    Paraguay's President Santiago Peña met on Sunday in Campo Grande, the capital of Brazil's Mato Grosso do Sul state, with business leaders from the state's Federation of Industries (FIEMS) to promote investment opportunities in his country. The meeting, organized at the association's request, brought together representatives from sectors including bioenergy, food, construction and logistics.

  • Wednesday, March 18th 2026 - 11:12 UTC

    Government targets faster state processes with new economic reform package

    Oddone argued that the macroeconomic margin has already been largely exhausted and that the current bottlenecks lie in opaque price formation, slow procedures and overlapping controls

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi and Economy Minister Gabriel Oddone said the government will send a competitiveness and innovation bill to Congress on May 31, focused on foreign trade, competition policy, innovation and administrative simplification. The initiative was launched alongside a call for unions, business chambers and academia to submit proposals by April 24.

  • Friday, March 13th 2026 - 01:08 UTC

    NASA sets April 1 for Artemis II, first crewed Moon mission in over 50 years

    The announcement follows several weeks of technical delays

    NASA said on Thursday that Artemis II had passed its flight readiness review and received the go-ahead to proceed toward a launch attempt on April 1, in what would be the first crewed mission around the Moon since the Apollo era. The agency said the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft are set to roll out to pad 39B on March 19 once remaining closeout work is finished.