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Montevideo, August 18th 2026 - 18:15 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, July 27th 2026 - 09:14 UTC

    Mercosur's two largest partners in their worst diplomatic crisis as Brazil recalls its envoy

    Milei defended his government's alignment with the United States and Israel and again criticized Brazil's judiciary for barring him from visiting Jair Bolsonaro

    Brazil on Sunday recalled its ambassador in Buenos Aires, Julio Bitelli, for consultations and summoned Argentina's ambassador in Brasília, Daniel Raimondi, to provide explanations at the Foreign Ministry, in the sharpest diplomatic response between the two countries in years. The measures, taken by Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira, follow the speech Argentine President Javier Milei delivered on Saturday in São Paulo at the convention that formalized Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential candidacy.

  • Monday, July 27th 2026 - 08:44 UTC

    De la Espriella to make Medellín Colombia's hub for the Trump-backed anti-drug alliance

    “We are going to have the main headquarters of the Shield of the Americas, the agreement we will sign with the United States in the fight against crime and drug trafficking,” the president-elect said

    Colombia's president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, confirmed that Medellín will host the Colombian headquarters of the Shield of the Americas, the security alliance promoted by US President Donald Trump, and announced he will work part of the time from that city and from Barranquilla. The announcements came during a series of activities in the department of Antioquia, less than two weeks before he takes office on August 7.

  • Sunday, July 26th 2026 - 23:16 UTC

    Cristina Kirchner expands her international legal team to take the Vialidad case abroad

    The legal team is weighing two possible routes

    Former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has added Brazilian jurist Rafael Valim to the team preparing a filing before international bodies to challenge her conviction in the Vialidad case, according to sources close to her cited by the Argentine press. Those sources did not specify when he will begin working or what the first procedural steps will be, and the information has not been officially confirmed by her defense.

  • Sunday, July 26th 2026 - 22:24 UTC

    Milei backs Flávio Bolsonaro's candidacy, drawing a rebuke from Brazil's governing party

    Milei said Brazil faces what he called a “Lula risk” and argued the country is heading toward a debt crisis for lack of fiscal adjustment

    Argentine President Javier Milei on Saturday endorsed the presidential candidacy of Senator Flávio Bolsonaro at the Liberal Party (PL) National Convention in São Paulo, in a speech with sharp criticism of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva that drew rejection from Brazil's governing party and a response from the judiciary.

  • Sunday, July 26th 2026 - 22:20 UTC

    “Brazil bows to no one”: the official reaction to Milei's speech in São Paulo

    STF President Luiz Edson Fachin signed a note on behalf of the court describing Milei's remarks as a “disrespectful reference” to a justice of the country's highest court

    Brazil's government and the leadership of its judiciary responded on Saturday to the speech by Argentine President Javier Milei at the convention that formalized Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential candidacy, in which he sharply criticized Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and disparaged a Supreme Federal Court (STF) justice.

  • Saturday, July 25th 2026 - 12:39 UTC

    Brazilian industry estimates nearly half its US exports will face additional tariffs

    The study, released on Thursday, details that the new 12.5% rate reaches 4,060 Brazilian products

    Some 48.7% of Brazilian exports bound for the United States will be subject to some form of additional tariff following the entry into force of the new forced-labor levy, according to a study by the National Confederation of Industry (CNI), the country's main industrial employers' body.

  • Saturday, July 25th 2026 - 09:22 UTC

    Goldman Sachs cuts Argentina's growth forecast to 2.7% and looks ahead to the elections

    Despite the revision, the bank considered that the economy is “expanding at a moderate pace” and maintained a favorable assessment of several aspects of the economic program

    Goldman Sachs lowered its growth forecast for Argentina's economy in 2026 from 3% to 2.7% and anticipated a possible contraction in activity during the second quarter, according to a report by the bank. The institution also said economic performance will increasingly be assessed against the presidential elections of October 2027.

  • Saturday, July 25th 2026 - 09:14 UTC

    New US tariff scheme expands Argentine zero-duty lines to 2,212

    Argentina was also placed in the lowest band of the new regime, with an additional 10% tariff, the same rate that previously applied

    The new US tariff scheme that took effect on Friday raised to 2,212 the number of Argentine tariff lines that can enter the US market at a 0% rate. To the 1,675 lines already covered by the Reciprocal Trade and Investment Agreement (ARTI), signed on February 5 in Washington, another 537 were added following a review by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR).

  • Saturday, July 25th 2026 - 09:10 UTC

    Uruguay: nearly half of those polled say the government is falling short of expectations

    The same poll put Orsi's approval at 24% and disapproval at 56%, his worst reading since taking office

    For 49% of Uruguayans surveyed, Yamandú Orsi's government is performing below the expectations they held at the start of the administration, according to the latest poll by the consultancy Factum, covering the third two-month period of 2026. The study, with fieldwork conducted between June 2 and 20 and released by VTV Noticias, shows a sustained deterioration in perceptions of the government since the beginning of the term.

  • Saturday, July 25th 2026 - 09:06 UTC

    Trump jokes about a third term at correspondents' dinner, three months after the attack

    The evening was a repeat of the April 25 event, which was interrupted when a man tried to force his way through a security checkpoint and fired near the ballroom

    US President Donald Trump joked about the possibility of seeking a third term during his speech at the annual White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner, held on Friday in Washington. Toward the end of his roughly hour-long remarks, he put on a hat reading “Trump 2028.” The 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution bars a president from serving more than two terms.