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Montevideo, November 6th 2025 - 00:34 UTC

Latin America

  • Tuesday, August 26th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Opposition blames Nicaraguan regime for death of religious freedom advocate

    The statement emphasized that Alonso had been a vocal advocate for religious freedom and was unjustly detained and held incommunicado until his death.

    Nicaraguan opposition groups are holding the regime of Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, responsible for the death of Mauricio Alonso, who was allegedly “abducted” more than a month ago, it was reported in Managua on Monday.

  • Monday, August 25th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    Maduro promotes Ambassador in Colombia to Major General

    The promotion came alongside a voluntary enlistment drive

    Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro promoted his country's Ambassador to Colombia Carlos Martínez to the rank of major general in active reserve.

  • Monday, August 25th 2025 - 10:03 UTC

    Key guerrilla leader gunned down by Colombian forces

    Dumar was considered one of Mordisco's most trusted allies

    A military operation in El Retorno, Colombia, on Sunday resulted in the death of Willinton Vanegas Leyva, also known by his alias “Dumar” or “Chito.” According to Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez Suárez, Dumar was a senior leader of the “Martín Villa faction,” a part of the FARC dissident group known as the Central General Staff (EMC), led by Iván Mordisco.

  • Saturday, August 23rd 2025 - 12:26 UTC

    Senator Uribe Turbay's father picks up his son's baton

    Uribe Londoño is familiar with the country's history of violence

    The 79-year-old Miguel Uribe Londoño, father of the Colombian slain Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, announced Friday that he would fill his son's vacancy within the conservative Centro Democrático's presidential primaries. Uribe Turbay died on August 11 after being shot during a campaign event in June.

  • Saturday, August 23rd 2025 - 12:15 UTC

    Amazonia Summit countries pass Bogotá Declaration

    The document provides for coordinated joint environmental actions

    Leaders of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela on Friday approved the Bogotá Declaration, a document that establishes a unified position for COP30, scheduled for November 10-21 in Belém do Pará, Brazil.

  • Friday, August 22nd 2025 - 10:46 UTC

    Colombia: Terrorist attack leaves 6 dead and over 70 wounded

    “What is happening in Cali is an act that spreads panic among the civilian population,” Petro argued

    At least six civilians were killed and 71 other people were wounded following an explosion Thursday at the Marco Fidel Suárez Colombian Air Force Base in Cali, caused by an attack with cylinder bombs thrown from a truck, which missed the military facilities and hit a nearby street, damaging homes and vehicles and injuring people, including passengers on a bus.

  • Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 10:52 UTC

    Brazil exports benefit from Argentina’s economic rebound

    Trade is booming, 50% higher in the first half of 2025 compared to 2024, and despite the fact that presidents Jaiver Milei and Lula da Silva do not have a friendly relation

    The economic rebound of Argentina, under liberal president Javier Milei, has had a significant impact for Brazil, with auto and industrial machinery exports having increased more than 50% so far this year compared to similar period in 2024, points out O Globo news.

  • Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Copa Sudamericana match in Argentina halted amid fan violence

    Conmebol authorities stopped the police from intervening

    The Copa Sudamericana round of 16 football match between Independiente of Argentina and Universidad de Chile, tied at 1-1, was suspended 20 minutes into the second half due to violent clashes in Avellaneda on the southern outskirts of Buenos Aires.

  • Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

    Uruguay assumes the Brasilia Consensus' rotating presidency

    Lubetkin announced that issues such as productive integration, education, energy, and combating organized crime will be promoted

    Foreign Ministers Mario Lubetkin of Uruguay and María Gabriela Sommerfeld of Ecuador participated Tuesday at Montevideo's Torre Ejecutiva in the handover ceremony of the Brasilia Consensus' rotating presidency.

  • Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 10:27 UTC

    Bogotá court orders Uribe's release pending further appeals

    Uribe had been sentenced by the 44th Criminal Court of the Bogotá Circuit to 12 years under house arrest

    A Bogota High Court on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez, thereby revoking Judge Sandra Heredia's 12-year house arrest sentence that Uribe had been serving after being found guilty of bribery and procedural fraud.