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Montevideo, November 9th 2025 - 11:50 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

    Argentina warns against all travel to Venezuela

    “It is irrational for one to go into a dictatorship,” Adorni stressed

    Following the detention of Border Guard (Gerndarmería Nacional) First Corporal Nahuel Gallo in Venezuela on spying charges, the Argentine Government of President Javier Milei issued a travel advisory Tuesday recommending to avoid all travel to that country where “A dictatorship prevails,” according to Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni.

  • Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

    Paraguay backtracks on DEA cooperation breakup

    Cibar Benítez admitted that the 2022 agreement had been overlooked

    The Paraguayan Government of President Santiago Peña reversed its decision to stop all cooperation with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Wednesday, citing an agreement signed in 2022 during Mario Abdo Benítez's administration, of which nobody seemed to have been aware.

  • Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 10:15 UTC

    Venezuela renames Oil Ministry to include other fuels

    “It is an integral policy, it is not only oil, it is also gas, petrochemicals, it is the integral vision that the President has,” Rodríguez explained

    The Venezuelan administration of President Nicolás Maduro renamed the Oil Ministry which will be henceforth known as Ministry of Hydrocarbons, Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez announced Wednesday. The measure seeks to boost the sector, she explained on her Telegram account.

  • Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 10:07 UTC

    Chilean lawmakers want steps taken to protect tourists

    “Australia's report comes to ratify previous warnings from the United States. This is no coincidence,” said Congressman Stephan Schubert of the Republican Party

    Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade issued a report warning travelers to Chile that “muggings, armed robberies, pickpocketing and bag snatching are common” there. Tourists need also be aware of scams targetting them such as staining their clothes to distract them and then stealing their belongings. In response, Chilean lawmakers requested a special session of the Foreign Affairs Committee in Congress.

  • Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 09:48 UTC

    UK “absolutely resolutely committed to the sovereignty and self-determination of Gibraltar and the Falklands”

    Stephen Doughty MP, Minister of State for the Overseas Territories

    “We are absolutely resolutely committed to the sovereignty and self-determination of Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands,” said Stephen Doughty MP and Minister of State for the Overseas Territories on a question from a fellow Labour MP, Portsmouth North, Amanda Martin during the Wednesday Parliament session.

  • Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 09:31 UTC

    Falklands/UK Airbridge: increased seat allocation for FIG passengers as of next year

    From 1 January to 31 March 2025, the FIG allocation for each flight will be increased from 31 seats to 40 seats. This will include the seats for the St Helena AirLink. (Pic BFSAI)

    Following discussions between the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) and the UK Ministry of Defense (MOD), it has been confirmed that the FIG seat allocation for the South Atlantic Airbridge (SAA) is to increase from 1 January 2025 for a three-month review period.

  • Thursday, December 19th 2024 - 09:11 UTC

    Uruguay: Unemployment falls in November

    Underemployment and informal work will pose a challenge for President-elect Orsi

    Unemployment in Uruguay fell to 7.2% of the Economically Active Population (EAP) last month, which represented a slight improvement from October’s 7.3%, according to the latest report from Montevideo's National Statistics Institute (INE) this week. It was the lowest figure since December 2021.

  • Wednesday, December 18th 2024 - 22:17 UTC

    US dollar soars in Brazil amid fiscal uncertainty

    Haddad hopes the US dollar will settle down, eventually

    Amid uncertainty stemming from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's planned measures, the US dollar soared Wednesday against the Brazilian real, hitting a new record of R$ 6.26 = US$ 1 while the stock market fell above 3%, also driven by the 0.25 percentage point interests cut by the US Federal Reserve (Fed).

  • Wednesday, December 18th 2024 - 20:21 UTC

    Civic Service reinstated in Argentina

    Ministers Bullrich (R) and Pettovello signed the agreement

    The Argentine Government announced Tuesday that it was implementing a so-called Civic Service for people aged between 18 and 24 who neither study nor work. The measure was approved in a joint agreement between the Ministries of Security and Human Capital.

  • Wednesday, December 18th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    EU/Mercosur trade deal: How detrimental for Mercosur and how beneficial for EU farmers?

    EC President Ursula von del Leyen with Mercosur leaders, Argentina’s Javier Milei; Uruguay’s Luis Lacalle Pou; Lula da Silva, Brazil and Paraguay’s Santiago Peña. 

    A few days after European Commission President Ursula von del Leyen signed a long-pending trade agreement with four South American nations, French farmers were back on the streets dumping manure. This time they parked the tractors near the tunnel in Calais that goes through the English Channel, according to a report from German political and business analyst Uwe Hessler.