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Montevideo, March 9th 2026 - 07:02 UTC

Politics

  • Tuesday, February 11th 2025 - 19:26 UTC

    Taiwan largest market for Paraguayan pork exports

    Overall, Paraguayan pork shipments grew both in volume and revenue over the past year

    Taipei's Embassy in Asunción confirmed this week that Paraguay's pork exports to Taiwan grew by 108% last year, thus grabbing an 87% share of the South American country's shipments of the product, yielding revenues around US$ 29 million.

  • Tuesday, February 11th 2025 - 14:23 UTC

    Guterres wants Israel and Hamas to keep negotiating while Trump heralds hell in Gaza

    “We must avoid at all costs the resumption of hostilities,” Guterres said

    United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres Tuesday urged the terrorist group Hamas not to drop the plan to release Israeli hostages in exchange for convicted Palestinians. The Portuguese diplomat urged both sides of the conflict to avoid “hostilities” and carry on with the second stage of the ceasefire. Hamas had announced it would not abide by the deal after Israel allegedly violated the truce.

  • Tuesday, February 11th 2025 - 10:39 UTC

    First U.S.-Venezuela deportation flights begin under Trump-Maduro agreement

    Venezuelan deportees are loaded onto a plane, in an image shared by the White House, February 10, 2025.

    Two state-owned Conviasa planes departed from El Paso, Texas, on Monday, carrying the first group of Venezuelan deportees under the agreement between United States President Donald Trump and his counterpart, Nicolás Maduro. The operation comes just two weeks after Maduro met with Trump’s envoy, Richard Grenell, in Caracas—a meeting marked by the U.S. flag flying once again at Miraflores Palace.

  • Tuesday, February 11th 2025 - 09:48 UTC

    Milei cries foul play in live TV interview

    Also Monday, Milei replaced the official at the helm of the ANSES Pensions Bureau

    Argentine President Javier Milei said his interview with the local TV station A24 was sabotaged. “They tried to replicate the tricks of the 2023 campaign,” argued the wary head of state, who also sacked Argentina's Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS) after her father contended that the current exchange rate between the peso and the US dollar was 20% behind. The Libertarian leader said those remarks were “shameful and stupid.”

  • Tuesday, February 11th 2025 - 09:25 UTC

    Uruguayan industry might face encores of Yazaki case

    There is no developed country without a robust industry, García pointed out

    After the departure from the country earlier this month of Japanese autopart maker Yazaki, Uruguay's Chamber of Industries (CIU) President Leonardo García warned that the South American country's situation might encourage other foreign companies to follow suit.

  • Tuesday, February 11th 2025 - 09:17 UTC

    Petro off on Arabian trip despite internal turmoil

    Petro's entourage includes various members of cabinet whose resignations will presumably not be accepted

    Despite the political turmoil in his country, where he requested the resignation of every cabinet member, Colombian President Gustavo Petro left for the Arabic Peninsula to attend a series of international engagements, including the World Government Summit 2025 in the United Arab Emirates.

  • Tuesday, February 11th 2025 - 09:00 UTC

    German President announces South American tour

    Steinmeier will be attending Orsi's inauguration in Montevideo

    German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be touring Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile between February 28 and March 8, it was announced Monday in Berlin. The head of state will attend Yamandú Orsi's inauguration in Montevideo on March 1. He is also scheduled to meet with Paraguay's Santiago Peña and Chile's Gabriel Boric Font.

  • Tuesday, February 11th 2025 - 08:32 UTC

    Uruguay’s President-elect Orsi appoints key figures for science, technology, and innovation agencies

    “The Presidency will promote the consolidation of a science, technology, and innovation ecosystem to position Uruguay as a global reference in the field,” stated an official communiqué

    Uruguay’s incoming president, Yamandú Orsi, has announced the leadership of key agencies overseeing science, technology, and innovation. The move aims to strengthen coordination among institutions such as the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) and the National Meat Institute (INAC).

  • Monday, February 10th 2025 - 21:40 UTC

    Almost half of the migrants welcomed in Brazil were Venezuelan

    Operation Welcome was halted after Trump cut all funding to the United Nations agency handling the process

    Brazilian authorities confirmed that a total of 194,331 migrants arrived in South America's largest country last year, according to the 8th edition of the Migration Bulletin, published by the National Justice Secretariat (Senajus) Monday. Venezuelans topped the list with 94,726 people. As for refugees, ”Venezuela remains the main country of origin of recognized refugees (12,726), followed by Afghanistan (283) and Colombia (121),” the bulletin stated.

  • Monday, February 10th 2025 - 21:20 UTC

    Fallen Uruguayan soldier not to arrive before Thursday

    Peace missions are State policy, so no changes are to be expected under Orsi, Lazo said

    Authorities in Montevideo admitted Monday that bringing back the body of 39-year-old Rodolfo Álvarez, the Uruguayan soldier killed in action while serving on the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco), will not take place before Thursday. Álvarez had a wife and two daughters aged 4 months and 4 years, respectively.