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Montevideo, November 11th 2025 - 07:57 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, May 27th 2024 - 06:57 UTC

    UK: Sunak pledges to reinstate compulsory service

    Russia's response to Ukraine using British weapons for invasion purposes might include the Falkland Islands

    British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Sunday that if he wins July's snap elections he will bring back conscription whereby all 18-year-olds would be required to either join the military full-time or volunteer one weekend per month with community organizations such as the police or National Health Service (NHS).

  • Monday, May 27th 2024 - 06:06 UTC

    The Palestinian tradition in Chile, football, culture and politics

    Deportivo Palestino was founded in 1916 in Santiago, as an amateur squad. But it was only in 1952 that Palestino went professional.

    By Katherine Newman, PhD candidate, University of Oxford - Club Deportivo Palestino, a football team, plays in a uniform of white, green, and red. Their stadium flies Palestinian flags and their social sports club boasts an open-air pool in the shape of pre-1948 Palestine. But this football team does not play in Palestine, or even the Middle East. Better known as Palestino, they actually play in Chile’s top football league, the Primera División de Chile.

  • Saturday, May 25th 2024 - 11:03 UTC

    Israel ready to ignore Court of Justice and reaffirms its right to self-defense

    “Israel must immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah which may inflict on Palestinian groups in Gaza conditions of life that would bring about its physical destruction,” ICJ said

    Israel condemned on Friday the ruling from the International Court of Justice in The Hague, saying that the 'genocide charges against Palestinians in the Gaza strip', were “false, outrageous and morally repugnant”.

  • Saturday, May 25th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Criminal complaint filed against Milei for his Spanish trip

    Milei apparently used the ARG-01 airplane and other State resources for personal gain

    After the Argentine Embassy in Madrid argued that President Javier Milei's recent trip to the Spanish capital was strictly personal, three lawmakers from the opposition Radical Civic Union (UCR) have filed criminal charges against the head of state and a high-ranking official for alleged corruption.

  • Saturday, May 25th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Brazil and US agree to boost trade and investments to celebrate 200 years of diplomatic relations

    The Brazilian ministry of foreign trade, industry and commerce signed the agreement with the American Chamber of Commerce in Sao Paulo

    Brazil and the United States will mark 200 years of diplomatic relations on Sunday, May 26. On this date in 1824 United States recognized Brazil’s independence, signaling the beginning of extensive political, economic, and cultural ties.

  • Saturday, May 25th 2024 - 10:08 UTC

    Uruguayan State requested hefty sum in damages over Montevideo Port deals

    The Washington-based ISCSID belonging to the World Bank Group agreed to handle the case

    Chilean and Canadian partners of the Montecon consortium handling operations in the port of Montevideo have started an arbitration process for “damages and losses” worth up to US$ 600 million against the Uruguayan State before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) after preventing the company from transferring and storing containers in the facility's docks. Montecon is owned by the Neltume Ports consortium.

  • Saturday, May 25th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    King and Prince of Wales will attend anniversary of the D-Day Landings

    The King and Queen, accompanied by The Prince of Wales, will attend the UK’s national commemorative event in Portsmouth

    Following on the announcement of U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak who called an early parliamentary election for July 4, Buckingham Palace said that all members of the Royal Family were canceling most public engagements until after the vote to avoid doing anything that might divert attention from the campaign.

  • Friday, May 24th 2024 - 23:33 UTC

    ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive out of humanitarian concerns

    Tel Aviv is unlikely to comply with the ruling

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Friday issued a landmark ruling ordering Israel to stop its military deployment in Rafah, a spot in southern Gaza where thousands are said to have been killed since the beginning of hostilities in October last year. The highest court of the United Nations (UN) also warned that the current situation was “causing irreparable harm” nearing the genocide of the Palestinian people.

  • Friday, May 24th 2024 - 18:48 UTC

    Are Argentine Cabinet Chief's days numbered?

    Posse is said to be at odds with Milei and also with “The Boss” (the president's sister, who is said to call most shots at Casa Rosada)

    Rumors are mounting in Buenos Aires that Cabinet Chief Nicolás Posse's remaining days in office are numbered and that his exit is already a matter of when and not of if, despite the Libertarian Government of President Javier Milei repeatedly denying the possibility. Posse did not attend Milei's rock star event this week and would not be traveling to Córdoba for Saturday's main May 25 national holiday celebrations.

  • Friday, May 24th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    ICJ issues ruling acceptable to both Ecuador and Mexico

    “These are precautionary measures, the process is not over,” AMLO argued

    The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, The Netherlands, produced a ruling Thursday that was equally welcomed by both parties in the dispute between Ecuador and Mexico over the police raid at the Embassy in Quito to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had sought asylum to avoid incarceration after being convicted of corruption.