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Montevideo, August 27th 2026 - 10:59 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, February 21st 2018 - 07:04 UTC

    Malvinas fallen relatives will be flying to Falklands at the end of March, says Argentine media

    The Argentine cemetery at Darwin for 35 years had 122 graves with remains of soldiers “...only known to God”, but now 88 have been fully identified

    The next of kin of 103 Argentine combatants fallen during the 1982 Falklands conflict will be travelling to the Islands next 26 March with the purpose of honoring the 88 unknown conscripts, buried at the Darwin cemetery, that were finally identified in a joint effort from the Argentine and British governments, the International Red Cross and consent from Falklands elected authorities.

  • Tuesday, February 20th 2018 - 10:18 UTC

    Vazquez in verbal clash with dissident farmers and loses his temper

    President Vazquez is hounded by dissident farmers complaining for not having been invited to the first round of talks with government officials (Pic El Observa)

    Uruguayan farmers are angry, and so is president Tabare Vazquez who was involved in a high tone incident, far removed from what is his normal style of an oncologist having to communicate bad news. On Monday afternoon Vazquez unexpectedly attended the first round of talks between disenchanted farmers’ lobbies with government officials to discuss a raft of measures to overcome some of the long standing complaints.

  • Tuesday, February 20th 2018 - 09:55 UTC

    Unearthing Corbyn's past and contacts with Czech intelligence: “ridiculous smear”, says Labour

    Asked about claims a Czech intelligence officer met and tried to recruit Mr Corbyn during the Cold War, PM May said MPs must “account” for past actions.

    Labor party leader Jeremy Corbyn should be “open and transparent” about his alleged contacts with a Communist spy during the 1980s, Theresa May has suggested. Asked about claims a Czech intelligence officer met and tried to recruit Mr Corbyn during the Cold War, she said MPs must “account” for past actions.

  • Tuesday, February 20th 2018 - 09:48 UTC

    Brazilian Army law and order experience in Rio, is tempting other states

    The extraordinary move came after Rio’s governor asked for federal help following an exceptionally violent carnival season.

    Brazilian leaders said on Monday that the use of the military to combat rising violence in Rio de Janeiro could serve as a model for other violent areas of Brazil. The armed forces officially took over Rio’s police on Friday under a decree signed by president Michel Temer. The measure still requires congressional approval, and the lower house was to debate it late Monday.

  • Tuesday, February 20th 2018 - 09:45 UTC

    Need a second citizenship? St Kitts and Nevis has it for sale!

    It’s not only a travel and tourism destination, it may be a destination for many honest or not so honest foreigners who don’t ever visit or travel there, but having a valid passport and citizenship of this Caribbean country.

  • Tuesday, February 20th 2018 - 09:43 UTC

    Brazilian government admits crucial pensions' reform will be hard to pass Congress

    Senate chief Eunicio Oliveira said the federal military intervention in Rio blocks any measure requiring a constitutional amendment, including pensions' reform.

    Brazil’s political affairs minister Carlos Marun said on Monday that passage of a bill to overhaul the country’s costly social security system has effectively ground to a halt in Congress and would become a campaign issue in this year’s election.

  • Tuesday, February 20th 2018 - 09:36 UTC

    Despite pardon Fujimori will have to stand trial for the 1992 killings of six farmers

    Fujimori, 79, was pardoned by the current Peruvian president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, on December 24 on humanitarian grounds because of ill health.

    A Peruvian court ordered former president Alberto Fujimori on Monday to stand trial for the 1992 killings of six farmers, arguing that he lacks immunity despite a recent pardon for a different crime. The National Criminal Court said the pardon granted to Fujimori in a human rights case for which he was serving a 25-year sentence did not apply to the murders of the group.

  • Tuesday, February 20th 2018 - 09:23 UTC

    Union leader political rally in Buenos Aires to challenge Macri and his policies

    Moyano and his teamsters, supported by the bank employees and teachers unions are protesting against a 15% cap on the next round of salary negotiations

    The Argentine powerful teamsters union will be holding their first political rally in downtown Buenos Aires this Wednesday in a clear defiance of President Mauricio Macri's policies to combat inflation, launch the economy and attract foreign direct investors. Hugo Moyano a member of the unions' umbrella organization has promised to convene some 300.000 workers and has anticipated that any incidents will be the responsibility of the government.

  • Tuesday, February 20th 2018 - 07:14 UTC

    Falklands' second commercial air link invitation delivered to Uruguay

    Argentine ambassador Mario Barletta, foreign minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa and British Chargé d'affairs Rossa Commane at the letter delivery ceremony

    Representatives from Argentina and the United Kingdom formally delivered on Monday, to the Uruguayan foreign minister a letter jointly issued by the two governments requesting assistance in contacting local airlines and inviting them to communicate their interest in establishing a new weekly scheduled air service to and from the Falkland Islands.

  • Monday, February 19th 2018 - 09:33 UTC

    Falklands conflict: Sir Henry Greald Elliot, an involuntary trigger

    Gerald Elliot was head of Christian Salvesen when it signed a deal with Argentine scrap merchant Constantino Davidoff, to remove machinery from South Georgia.

    Sir Gerald Henry Elliot, businessman and philanthropist died, 28 January 2018 in Edinburgh. Gerald Elliot was managing director, and later chairman, of the Edinburgh shipping company Christian Salvesen when it signed a deal with an Argentine scrap merchant, Constantino Davidoff, to have machinery removed from some disused whaling stations it had on the island of South Georgia.