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Montevideo, December 16th 2025 - 07:07 UTC

Latin America

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 11:16 UTC

    Bolivia's Supreme Court orders Áñez's release

    “My dignity is not negotiable,” Áñez insisted

    Bolivia's Supreme Court overturned Jeanine Áñez's sentence on Wednesday and ordered the immediate release of the former head of State. “The sentence against Jeanine Áñez has been overturned... and as a result, she will be released today,” Chief Justice Rómer Saucedo confirmed.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    High-profile event featuring Trump, Milei, and Messi, among others, kicks off in Miami

    Machado is due to appear remotely from Venezuela

    A high-profile summit featuring Presidents Donald Trump of the United States and Javier Milei of Argentina, alongside Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, is set to start on Wednesday at the America Business Forum in Miami. The unprecedented event, held at the Kaseya Center, brings together influential figures from global politics, finance, and elite sports to discuss the pivotal role of personal leadership in an era of complex global change.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 10:51 UTC

    US attacks boat near Colombia, killing two

    Some 66 people are believed to have been killed by US forces so far in 17 of these attacks

    The US Department of War confirmed a new military strike on Tuesday against a vessel in the Eastern Pacific, near Colombia, resulting in the deaths of two individuals classified as suspected drug traffickers.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Indigenous communities in Peru say Comando Vermelho operates there

    Comando Vermelho's ramifications all over South America are still unfathomable

    Indigenous communities in Peru's remote Yurúa district, on the border with Brazil, are raising a serious alarm over the increasing presence of members of the Brazilian criminal organization Comando Vermelho (Red Command) operating in their territory.

  • Tuesday, November 4th 2025 - 10:28 UTC

    Peru cuts diplomatic ties with Mexico over asylum to former PM

    Chávez faces up to 26 years in jail for supporting Castillo's uprising

    Peru announced on Monday that it was officially severing all diplomatic ties with Mexico following the asylum granted by the mission in Lima to former Prime Minister Betssy Chávez. “The Peruvian government has decided today to break diplomatic relations with Mexico,” Foreign Minister Hugo de Zela stressed.

  • Monday, November 3rd 2025 - 10:08 UTC

    Supermarket blast leaves at least 23 dead in Mexico

    President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed her grief and instructed the Ministry of the Interior to assist the victims

    At least 23 people died and 12 others were injured after an explosion on Saturday at a supermarket in the Mexican city of Hermosillo, the capital of the State of Sonora.

  • Friday, October 31st 2025 - 10:29 UTC

    Argentine-built rifle found in Rio favela gang's arsenal

    The Comando Vermelho has evolved into a paramilitary unit with a parallel justice system for gang members and favela residents

    An Argentine-built FAL rifle was found in the Comando Vermelho (CV) arsenal seized in two Rio de Janeiro favelas after this week's large-scale, deadly raid. In addition, the gang's brutal torture system has been exposed

  • Friday, October 31st 2025 - 10:12 UTC

    Argentina strengthens border controls targeting Brazilian gang members

    Members of the Rio de Janeiro Police transfer a group of people during an operation on Tuesday. Antonio Lacerda/EFE/EFE

    Argentine authorities have reinforced the country's borders with Brazil, in case gang fighters pushed by local law enforcement might intend to escape through any of those crossings, following the controversial raid earlier this week in two Rio favelas.

  • Thursday, October 30th 2025 - 09:26 UTC

    Uruguay explores Mexican markets for further agricultural exports

    Fratti noted a “pleasant surprise” when the Mexican side committed to resolving all issues that can be advanced in the Free Trade Agreement between the two countries

    Uruguay’s Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries (MGAP) is working to significantly strengthen trade ties with Mexico, through new market access for high-value agricultural products such as citrus fruits and cereals, while seeking to ease protocols for meat imports.

  • Wednesday, October 29th 2025 - 22:28 UTC

    Melissa causes havoc in Jamaica and Cuba

    Hurricane Melissa hit Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane, but was downgraded to Category 3 when it reached Cuba

    Hurricane Melissa hit Cuba's eastern provinces overnight, leaving a wake of widespread destruction, cutting off communities, flooding homes, and causing severe damage to critical infrastructure. The powerful storm eventually weakened but continued to generate unstable conditions across the eastern part of the island, where communities grappled with the aftermath as it drifted northeast.