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Montevideo, August 6th 2025 - 22:50 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, August 5th 2023 - 11:01 UTC

    Falklands inviting prospective candidates to stand at the 21 September by election

    A busy election day in the Falklands both in Stanley and touring the Camp

    The Falkland Islands government is encouraging residents to become prospective candidates for the By-election of 21 September 2023 to fill a vacant seat for the Camp constituency in the Legislative Assembly, and has released the following,

  • Saturday, August 5th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    Nine Ecuadorian prison officials arrested after police raids

    President Guillermo Lasso explained that these operations had been undertaken “for the safety of the citizens and of the people deprived of their freedom”

    Ecuadorian authorities confirmed Friday that nine officials from the country's prisons bureau in the city of Guayaquil had been arrested after weapons, explosives, and drugs were found in their offices “following the inspection of wards in the Penitenciaría del Litoral,” the Prosecutor's Office said on its Twitter account after some 2,000 troops carried out three raids resulting in “the seizure of firearms, bladed weapons, ammunition, explosives, drugs, among other prohibited objects.”

  • Saturday, August 5th 2023 - 10:43 UTC

    Brazilian gov't to up security in Amazon region

    Brazil's government plans to set up an integrated center for federal and state government security forces in Manaus this year, Dino explained

    Brazil's Security and Justice Minister Flávio Dino said Friday that the federal government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva intends to up the strength of the security forces in the crime-torn Amazon region, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Saturday, August 5th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Colombian President's son freed pending trial

    Supporters of President Petro have spoken of a soft coup by right-wing political and economic sectors

    A Colombian court in the capital city of Bogotá ruled late Friday that President Gustavo Petro Urrego's son may be released from custody pending his money laundering trial, albeit under certain conditions.

  • Saturday, August 5th 2023 - 08:33 UTC

    HMS Dauntless joins Colombian navy 200th anniversary and Unitas Exercise with 20 countries

    The Type 45 destroyer’s presence, shows the UK’s commitment to the deepening relationship with Colombia, the only Latam country to be a NATO partner nation.

    The Royal Navy’s most advanced destroyer has completed a large-scale exercise off the coast of Colombia, marking a return to full front-line action after a major overhaul.

  • Friday, August 4th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

    “Blue” dollar knows no ceiling in Argentina

    A devaluation of around 20% is expected after the Aug. 13 PASO elections

    The “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) dollar went up again Thursday in Argentina hitting a new all-time high of AR$ 570 at the end of the day as the Aug. 13 Simultaneous, Mandatory, and Open Primary (PASO) presidential elections loom over, it was reported in Buenos Aires.

  • Friday, August 4th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

    Colombian president under fire after son's money laundering admission

    President Gustavo Petro Urrgo and his son Nicolas

    Colombian President Gustavo Petro Urrgo insisted Thursday that he intends to remain in office until 2026 because he was elected by the people for such a commitment. The head of state made these remarks after his son Nicolás Petro Burgos admitted that his father's 2022 campaign had been financed with contributions from a questionable origin.

  • Friday, August 4th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

    Narcotraficker Sebastián Marset threatens Uruguayan and Bolivian journalists using a Falklands' chip phone

    The same number had been used before by the narcotrafficker to communicate with Telenoche in August 2022 when he sent a series of videos denying his involvement in the assassination of Marcelo Pecci

    Uruguayan news outlet Telenoche (Canal 4) received a chilling threat signed by the elusive Uruguayan drug lord, Sebastián Marset, who remains a fugitive from justice, as the reporters announced during their Wednesday 5 broadcast. The text, sent via WhatsApp at 10:47 PM on Tuesday, 4th, bore a clear warning: “Hello. If you continue making articles about me, there will be consequences. I am Marset.” Accompanying this chilling statement was a photo featuring 24 Glock pistol magazines arranged meticulously in a box.

  • Friday, August 4th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    Brazil's black movement calls for end to Operation Shield

    “The residents are absolutely frightened, terrified,” said Elaine Mineiro

    After police action resulted in the killing of at least 16 people in Guarujá, where extra-judiciary executions are also said to have taken place, members of the South American country's black movement staged a demonstration Thursday in front of the Public Security Secretariat (SSP) in downtown São Paulo, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Friday, August 4th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    Greenpeace “No New Oil” activists, take their protest to PM Sunak's country estate

    Four individuals scaled Sunak's large house in North Yorkshire and dropped long black sheets to cover the facade and holding up a banner that read “No New Oil.”

    Greenpeace activists carried out a protest on the roof of the country estate belonging to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday. Sunak was not at home at the time as he is on holiday with his family in California.