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Montevideo, November 9th 2025 - 18:52 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, November 28th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

    Argentina: Neuquén Lt.Gov. suspended amid fraud scandal

    Ruiz's brother notoriously increased his income outside his salary

    The Legislature of the Argentine Patagonic province of Neuquén Wednesday suspended Lieutenant-Governor Gloria Ruiz by 29 votes in favor and 5 abstentions on moral grounds for a fraud involving her brother Pablo, whom she had appointed within the Legislative Branch.

  • Thursday, November 28th 2024 - 10:23 UTC

    Latin American Forum of Ideas 2024 kicking off in Asunción

    Former Uruguayan President Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera will be among the event's attendees, it was announced

    Former Presidents and experts in various fields are to convene on Thursday and Friday at Asunción's Sheraton Hotel for the Latin American Ideas Forum (FLI) 2024, a space for innovation and international cooperation under the motto “Connecting the present with the future of Latin America”.

  • Wednesday, November 27th 2024 - 09:51 UTC

    Sexual scandal now involves Chile's President himself

    Boric claims he was the victim of a woman of legal age who said she loved him

    A case of alleged sexual assault dating back some 10 years has resurfaced against Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font just when the uproar from the scandal involving former Undersecretary of the Interior Manuel Monsalve was waning down with the official in pre-trial detention

  • Wednesday, November 27th 2024 - 09:29 UTC

    Colombia and UK instate reciprocal visa requirement

    The UK lifted the need for visas for Colombians on Nov. 9, 2022, but backtracked due to an increase in irregular migration

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced Tuesday that his country would require tourist visas for UK nationals effective immediately in reciprocity for London's decision to reinstate the condition for citizens of the South American country.

  • Wednesday, November 27th 2024 - 08:57 UTC

    Netanyahu announces 60-day truce with Hezbollah

    Netanyahu deemed this decision appropriate to focus on the Iranian threat while renewing Israel's forces and targeting Hamas

    Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday a 60-day ceasefire in Lebanon with Hezbollah. However, his country will maintain “freedom of action” if the understanding is violated.

  • Wednesday, November 27th 2024 - 08:15 UTC

    UK’s BAE Systems testing a new autonomous underwater vehicle

    Called Herne, it is based on a commercial vehicle that is being developed for naval use, it is centered on BAE's Nautomate autonomous military control system.

    For the last eight weeks, BAE Systems has been testing a new extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle at a secret testing harbor on the UK south coast. Called Herne, it is like a small submarine, which can operate using its inbuilt systems without any human input.

  • Wednesday, November 27th 2024 - 07:20 UTC

    Greetings from the Falkland Islands

    In 1876 the Chilean corvette Chacabuco with Governor of Magallanes Diego Dublé Almeyda visited the Falklands, returning with an amount of sheep, thus initiating the Patagonian sheep farming

    By MLA Gavin Short for Infogate  - We have passed nearly through spring and are but a few days away from summer which has proved to be cooler and wetter than in previous years, which is a blessing after the dry seasons experienced over the last few years and I believe that despite the lower temperatures, grass growth is good which will be welcomed by our rural sector.

  • Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 23:19 UTC

    Meat supply resumed to French supermarket chain stores in Brazil after apology

    “If Carrefour France's communication generated confusion ... we apologize,” Bompard said

    French supermarket giant Carrefour apologized so that Brazilian meatpackers would end their boycott of the group and resume deliveries to stores nationwide, Agencia Brasil reported Tuesday. The measure had been adopted after the company's CEO Alexandre Bompard said last week that meat produced in the South American country did not meet European standards for which he was forced to recant.

  • Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 21:51 UTC

    Paraguay does not accept any harm to its production

    Paraguay is leading the negotiations for an FTA with the United Arab Emirates, Peña underlined

    Paraguayan President Santiago Peña pledged to “firmly” defend his country's meat in the face of recent statements by Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard, who refused to continue selling meat from Mercosur countries.

  • Tuesday, November 26th 2024 - 10:02 UTC

    Maduro says terrorist plan orchestrated by Machado foiled

    It has been an impeccable work of investigation, intelligence, Maduro explained

    Venezuelan President Maduro said Monday during his broadcast show “Con Maduro +” that terrorist plans orchestrated by far-right groups against his country had been foiled. He insisted opposition leader María Corina Machado was behind these plots from Colombia with rogue elements linked to former presidents Álvaro Uribe and Iván Duque and that also the mafia leader in the Venezuelan State of Zulia José Enrique Rincón was involved.