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Montevideo, July 20th 2025 - 16:02 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, December 14th 2024 - 11:02 UTC

    Argentine Gendarmería NCO goes missing in Venezuela

    First Corporal Nahuel Agustín Gallo's partner lives in Venezuela - they have a child in common

    An Argentine Border Guard (Gendarmería Nacional) non-commissioned officer has vanished one week after entering Venezuela from Colombia to visit his romantic partner and their child, it was reported by his family Friday in Buenos Aires.

  • Saturday, December 14th 2024 - 10:56 UTC

    US denounces Hezbollah's presence in Chile to seek funding

    In June this year, Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich had to apologize to the Chilean government for mentioning Hezbollah's presence with no corroborating evidence

    The US State Department said this week that the Lebanon-based terrorist organization Hezbollah had been operating in Chile and other Latin American countries to obtain funding for its activities in a report that also mentioned Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrillas, dissidents of the defunct FARC and Peru's Shining Path as the biggest threats in the region.

  • Saturday, December 14th 2024 - 09:50 UTC

    Lula says he is “firm and strong”

    In the video footage posted on social media, Lula appears walking next to brain surgeon Marcos Stavale

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva released a video Friday after leaving the Intensive Care Unit at the Sírio-Libanês Hospital in São Paulo, Agencia Brasil reported. Lula underwent two surgical procedures in his head this week to drain a hemorrhage caused by a domestic accident in October that prevented him from attending the BRICS Summit in Russia, among other engagements.

  • Saturday, December 14th 2024 - 09:44 UTC

    Milei granted Italian citizenship in meeting with Meloni

    It was the sixth encounter between Milei and Meloni in barely over a year

    Argentine President Javier Milei Friday met with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome's Palazzo Chigi. It was their sixth encounter since the Libertarian's inauguration barely over a year ago. In a radio interview Friday, Milei said he and Meloni were friends before coming to power.

  • Friday, December 13th 2024 - 22:36 UTC

    Hamas wants Paraguayan Embassy out of Jerusalem

    Peña underlined that Israel was Paraguay's “sister nation”

    The terrorist organization Hamas Friday demanded Paraguay once again relocate the Embassy in Jerusalem to Tel Aviv after Thursday's reopening. “We call on the Paraguayan government to reverse this decision, and to side with the values of humanity, justice, and legality, and support our oppressed people,” the Islamist group said. Hamas also considers the embassy move a “violation” of the right of Palestinians to their land and a violation of UN resolutions recognizing East Jerusalem as Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory.

  • Friday, December 13th 2024 - 22:02 UTC

    Senator Kueider's expulsion sparks new controversy in Argentina

    “Until they do not transfer power to me, I am vice president,” Villarruel wrote on X

    Argentine President Javier Milei insisted from Italy that Thursday's session during which Senator Edgardo Kueider was expelled from the Upper House after being arrested in Paraguay with US$ 200,000 of undeclared cash was not valid because it was chaired by Vice President Victoria Villarruel, who, at that time, was in charge of the Executive. Other analysts shared that view.

  • Friday, December 13th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Defense minister Lord Coaker visits Chile and Brazil to strengthen defense relations

    UK Defense Minister Lord Vernon Coaker with Brazilian Chief of the Navy Admiral Olsen in Rio

    Defense Minister Lord Coaker's recent visit to Chile and Brazil focused on supporting global security and tackling increasing threats. There, he held talks with his counterparts and industry as the UK strengthens relations with partners around the world.

  • Friday, December 13th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Lula likely to run for reelection, minister says

    “The Brazilian people know that life has improved” under Lula, Pimenta insisted

    Brazil's Social Communication Minister Paulo Pimenta said Thursday that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva intends to run for a fourth term in office in 2026, perhaps to dispel rumors about his health after undergoing another surgical procedure in his head. In an interview with CNN Brazil, Pimenta insisted that Lula was “the most qualified and prepared person” to continue leading the country.

  • Friday, December 13th 2024 - 10:31 UTC

    Argentina: Senator Kueider under arrest in Paraguay expelled from Parliament

    Kueider said that his expulsion violated basic “constitutional principles such as the constitutional right to legitimate defense”

    Argentina's Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to expel the Peronist Edgardo Kueider from Entre Ríos, who was arrested in Paraguay with US$ 200,000 of undeclared money in addition to pesos and guaranis. Giving Kueider the thumbs down were the opposition Unión por la Patria (Peronism), the Radical Civic Union (UCR), the ruling La Libertad Avanza (LLA) of President Javier Milei, and part of former President Mauricio Macri's Propuesta Republicana (PRO).

  • Friday, December 13th 2024 - 10:17 UTC

    Milei off to Italy once again this year

    It will be Milei's sixth official encounter with Meloni

    Argentine President Javier Milei Thursday resumed his mileage accruing spree after departing for Rome to meet with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, among other engagements.