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Montevideo, July 12th 2025 - 03:50 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, May 28th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    RFK, Jr., and Milei agree on creating an alternative to the WHO

    RFK Jr. insisted on the creation of an alternative international health system free of totalitarian impulses

    Argentina, under President Javier Milei, announced its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), becoming the first country in the region to do so, following the United States' exit under President Donald Trump.

  • Wednesday, May 28th 2025 - 10:51 UTC

    Bird flu outbreak in Río Grande do Sul contained, says Brazilian minister

    “If this outbreak in Montenegro had escaped to other regions of the country, we would have had other cases of mortality,” Fávaro argued

    Brazil's Agriculture Minister, Carlos Fávaro, announced Tuesday during a public hearing at the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Agrarian Reform that the bird flu outbreak in Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, has been successfully contained. The country's health system quickly implemented measures, including inspections of 540 nearby rural establishments and setting up sanitary barriers.

  • Wednesday, May 28th 2025 - 10:40 UTC

    Future of Maradona Case trial to be decided this week

    After Judge Makintach was removed from the case, the Court needs to decide on the future steps

    Deputies in the Buenos Aires Provincial Legislature unanimously agreed to request impeachment proceedings against Judge Julieta Makintach for her involvement in a documentary about the malpractice trial of Diego Maradona's medical team. The magistrate played a leading role in the film despite denying any wrongdoing.

  • Wednesday, May 28th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

    Brazil: Labor Ministry files suit against BYD for slave-like working conditions

    The case dates back to findings in December of 2024

    Brazil's Labor Ministry (MPT) has filed a public civil lawsuit against Chinese automaker Build Your Dreams (BYD) and two contractor companies, China JinJiang Construction Brazil and Tonghe Intelligent Equipment of Brazil (now Tecmonta), for slave labor and international human trafficking.

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 21:12 UTC

    Charles III first monarch to open Canadian Parliament in decades

    Canada can build new partnerships and an economy that benefits all its citizens, Carles said

    During his historic two-day visit to Ottawa, King Charles III became the first monarch since 1957 to inaugurate a Canadian parliamentary session. His address underscored Canada's sovereignty amid rising tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump, who has proposed the country's annexation as the 51st state and imposed tariff threats. Asserting national independence, Charles declared, “The True North is indeed strong and free.”

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 20:38 UTC

    Argentine press guilds raise their eyes at new attacks on media freedom by Libertarian gov't

    The new guidelines “turn out to be excessively restrictive,” ADEPA warned

    Argentine journalist guilds expressed their concern after the State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE) targeted reporter Hugo Alconada Mon, and the Libertarian Government of President Javier Milei upped the ante towards the exercise of journalism in Casa Rosada.

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 16:12 UTC

    Falklands representative honors 1982 War dead at Cunard Memorial rededication in Liverpool

    The FIG Representative, Richard Hyslop, at the Cunard War Memorial rededication service in Liverpool with other attendees and dignitaries. Photo: Tony Storey, Cruise Media Services

    The Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK and Europe, Richard Hyslop, took part in a solemn rededication ceremony at the Cunard War Memorial on Sunday, May 25, marking the 43rd anniversary of the sinking of the Atlantic Conveyor during the Falklands War.

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentina celebrates UK/Mauritius agreement on Chagos as a path to a Falklands dialogue

    Gerardo Werthein Argentine minister of foreign affairs, international trade and worship

    This Monday, May 26, the Argentine Foreign Ministry published a release celebrating the Agreement between the governments of UK and of the Republic of Mauritius referred to the Chagos archipelago including the island of Diego Garcia.

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

    Lula diagnosed with labyrinthitis after feeling unwell: What is it?

    Lula spent the day at the Alvorada Palace after cancelling all of his engagements for the day

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was admitted to the Sírio-Libanês Hospital in Brasília on Monday after feeling unwell and cancelling all engagements. The 79-year-old leader underwent a series of tests after which he was diagnosed with labyrinthitis and was released to rest at the presidential Alvorada Palace. This ailment in the hearing apparatus came after an intracranial hemorrhage in late 2024, raising concerns about his potential candidacy in the 2026 elections.

  • Tuesday, May 27th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Argentina's Health Minister welcomes Robert F. Kennedy Jr

    With RFK Jr., Lugones confirmed Argentina was pulling from the World Health Organization (WHO)

    Argentina's Health Minister Mario Lugones met Monday with US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to align Javier Milei's government with Washington's administration in this regard. Both officials confirmed Buenos Aires' withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO), criticizing its unscientific approach and political influence.