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Montevideo, August 20th 2026 - 20:46 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, December 18th 2025 - 08:11 UTC

    Bolivian President ends fuel subsidies, raises minimum wage

    Paz has blamed the previous administrations of Evo Morales and Luis Arce Catacora for “20 years of looting and waste”

    Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira has announced a drastic economic overhaul, declaring a state of “economic, financial, energetic, and social emergency,” which includes ending fuel subsidies that have been in place for over 20 years and implementing a significant increase in the minimum wage to offset the resulting inflation.

  • Thursday, December 18th 2025 - 08:05 UTC

    India and Argentina strike 2025-27 agricultural development agreement

    Both countries have reaffirmed their commitment to a bilateral scientific partnership

    The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Argentina's National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) have signed a bilateral agreement on agricultural collaboration in natural resource management and sustainable agronomy, encompassing zero tillage, mechanization, micro-irrigation, and fertigation.

  • Wednesday, December 17th 2025 - 21:23 UTC

    Venezuela's PDVSA vows to continue global oil exports

    Delcy Rodríguez echoed PDVSA's announcement

    Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA declared Wednesday that its export operations remain fully functional, signaling a defiant stance against a newly announced naval blockade by US President Donald Trump.

  • Wednesday, December 17th 2025 - 21:05 UTC

    Paraguay among key US allies, says Charge d’Affaires

    Alter described the potential for future economic and technological partnership as “nearly limitless”

    Robert Alter, Charge d’Affaires at the United States Embassy in Asunción, has characterized Paraguay as one of the United States' most significant global allies. Speaking with Radio Ñandutí, Alter highlighted the strengthening of bilateral ties following the signing of a new security cooperation agreement aimed at dismantling organized crime.

  • Wednesday, December 17th 2025 - 14:04 UTC

    Chile's Central Bank cuts interest rate to 4.5%

    Domestic and foreign factors influenced the Central Bank's decision

    Chile's Central Bank Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to lower the Monetary Policy Rate (TPM) to 4.5% in response to a faster-than-anticipated decline in inflation and a stabilizing global economic outlook after holding rates at 4.75% during its previous session.

  • Wednesday, December 17th 2025 - 13:42 UTC

    White House expands travel ban to Palestinian Authority and other nations

    Visa overstays and security concerns prompted the updated measure

    US President Donald Trump issued a sweeping proclamation on Tuesday significantly expanding the administration's travel ban, citing national security concerns and inadequate screening procedures.

  • Wednesday, December 17th 2025 - 11:18 UTC

    Trump orders total blockade of Venezuela's tankers

    Tankers currently in Venezuela risk seizure if departing, potentially causing a total paralysis of the country’s oil industry

    US President Donald Trump ordered on Tuesday a “total and complete” naval blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from Venezuela, marking the most aggressive move against Caracas' energy sector to date. The announcement came after the recent seizure of a sanctioned vessel.

  • Tuesday, December 16th 2025 - 21:56 UTC

    Milei and Kast signal “new era” of bilateral ties

    “Freedom is advancing throughout Latin America,” Kast pointed out. “Long live freedom, damn it,” replied Milei

    In his first international trip since winning Chile's runoff election, President-elect José Antonio Kast met with Argentine President Javier Milei on Tuesday at the Casa Rosada. Kast's trip marked a milestone in the relationship between the two Southern Cone nations.

  • Tuesday, December 16th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Kast meets with Boric before trip to BA for talks with Milei

    Kast is meeting Tuesday with Milei to further cement regional alliances

    Chilean President-elect José Antonio Kast emerged from his first transition meeting with incumbent President Gabriel Boric at La Moneda Palace on Monday, promising that his incoming administration will be a “much broader government” focused on national unity to address priority issues.

  • Tuesday, December 16th 2025 - 10:31 UTC

    Machado has fractured vertebra en route to Oslo, Norwegian media

    Machado intends to return to Venezuela to keep up her fight against Maduro's regime

    Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado has been diagnosed with a fractured vertebra following her high-stakes escape to Oslo, according to the Norwegian daily Aftenposten.