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Montevideo, August 17th 2025 - 16:50 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, November 17th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    Massa picks high school students for final campaign message

    The candidate of the ruling party outlined to the students “the damage of the other proposals.”

    Argentina's Economy Minister Sergio Massa of Unión por la Patria (UxP) chose a top public high school in Buenos Aires for his final campaign appearance, telling teenage students that his “greatest dream, the greatest utopia, is to defend equality of opportunity,” which would come from equal and free access to a first-rate education such as the Escuela Superior de Comercio Carlos Pellegrini is known for.

  • Friday, November 17th 2023 - 10:06 UTC

    Córdoba streets filled with Milei supporters

    “We will go to hell itself” if Massa wins, Milei said.

    Libertarian Congressman Javier Milei closed his presidential campaign in Córdoba on Thursday ahead of Sunday's runoff with Economy Minister Sergio Massa: “Let's not let fear win over hope,” Milei told scores of supporters who filled the streets of the country's second-most populous city. The remaining opposition candidate insisted that Sunday's contest was “the most important election in the last 100 years.”

  • Friday, November 17th 2023 - 10:04 UTC

    Chilean president separates from his romantic partner

    “I will continue to be 100% dedicated to the task of governing this beautiful country,” Boric said

    Chile's Gabriel Boric Font announced Thursday that he was ending his romantic partnership with former first lady Irina Karamanos, who kept her campaign promise to dissolve such a post.

  • Friday, November 17th 2023 - 09:01 UTC

    Sánchez re-elected Prime Minister of Spain

    “The process that has brought us to this day and this moment has not been easy,” Sánchez reckoned

    Spain's parliament on Thursday re-elected Socialist Pedro Sánchez as prime minister by 179 votes to 171, it was reported in Madrid. “I declare the confidence of the Congress in Mr. Pedro Sánchez,” announced the speaker, Francina Armengol.

  • Friday, November 17th 2023 - 07:12 UTC

    Young Falkland Islanders attend international Youth Summit

    Falklands delegation (L to R), Deputy Representative, Michael Betts, Craig Lewis, Fatima Uqaili. Benjamin Bahamonde Wastavino and Member of the Islands' Legislative Assembly, MLA Teslyn Barkman

    Three young Falkland Islanders have attended the inaugural UK Overseas Territories Association (UKOTA) Youth Summit at the Houses of Parliament in London hosted by the Speaker of the House of Commons, The Rt. Hon Lindsay Hoyle MP.

  • Friday, November 17th 2023 - 06:52 UTC

    Falkland Islands King's Certificate and Badge of Honor

    The Falkland Islands Acting Governor Dave Morgan (during the absence of Alison Blake GMC currently in London for the Joint Ministerial Council), and acting on the advice of the Falklands Executive Council, is pleased to announce the 2023 Award of the King’s Certificate and Badge of Honor to:

  • Thursday, November 16th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

    Biden, Xi resume direct talks after over a year of top-level silence

    Both leaders had a “candid” conversation where no major breakthroughs were expected

    After going no contact for over a year, Presidents Joseph Biden of the United States and Xi Jinping of China met Wednesday in San Francisco on the sides of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit.

  • Thursday, November 16th 2023 - 10:09 UTC

    Paraguay and Venezuela resume diplomatic ties

    Peña and Maduro will be appointing ambassadors in the coming days

    Paraguay and Venezuela agreed on Wednesday to resume diplomatic ties cut under former Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez in January 2019. At that time, the then-president of Venezuela's National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, proclaimed himself president of a government that ended up in exile despite the backing of the international community and eventually vanished like a soap bubble.

  • Thursday, November 16th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Falkland Islands Government delegation engages in key talks at Joint Ministerial Council

    FIG delegation: Deputy Representative, Michael Betts, The Hon. Teslyn Barkman MLA, FIG Representative to the UK & Europe, Richard Hyslop, and Communications & Media Officer, Will Bateman

    A delegation from the Falkland Islands Government (FIG), led by the Hon. Teslyn Barkman MLA, participated in the Joint Ministerial Council with Leaders and Representatives of the UK Overseas Territories and the UK Government this week at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in London, FIG informed in a press release.

  • Thursday, November 16th 2023 - 09:17 UTC

    Criminal complaint filed against Roger Waters in Buenos Aires

    A similar investigation was launched in Germany after Waters wore Nazi-style clothes “transmitting a message of hatred towards a group of people.”

    An Argentine lawyer has filed a complaint before Buenos Aires Federal Judge María Romilda Servini de Cubría against British musician Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame for “incitement to racial hatred and apology of crime” when speaking about the ongoing crisis between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.