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Montevideo, August 5th 2025 - 00:18 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, July 10th 2023 - 19:04 UTC

    US/UK relations “solid rock,” president Biden tells PM Sunak

    Mr Biden said he “couldn't be meeting a closer friend and a greater ally”. Mr Sunak hailed the UK and the US as “two of the firmest allies” in Nato.

    US President Joe Biden has described relations with the UK as “rock solid” during talks in London with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Mr. Biden said he “couldn't be meeting a closer friend and a greater ally”. Mr. Sunak hailed the UK and the US as “two of the firmest allies” in NATO.

  • Monday, July 10th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

    Petro and Lula discuss Amazon crisis

    One of the greatest challenges facing the Amazon countries is the strengthening of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, Lula and Petro agreed

    Presidents Gustavo Petro of Colombia and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil convened Saturday at the so-called Leticia Summit in the capital of southern Colombia's Amazonas department to discuss the deterioration of the Amazon rainforest and share experiences on the issue.

  • Monday, July 10th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Biden lands in UK en route to NATO summit

    Biden will meet with King Charles III for the first time since the monarch's coronation

    Air Force One carrying US President Joseph Biden Sunday landed at London's Stansted airport, marking the first stop of the Democratic leader's European tour which is to climax at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, where Western allies will discuss support for Ukraine against the Russian invasion, among other issues.

  • Monday, July 10th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

    Peru: Afghan migrants rescued from people traffickers

    The victims were cheated out of their money and crowded into a house without food

    Peruvian authorities Sunday rescued 23 Afghan victims of migrant trafficking, it was reported in Lima. “The Tahuamanu Prosecutor's Office in the district of Madre de Dios achieved the rescue of 23 migrants of Afghan nationality in an operation carried out on the Peru-Brazil border, in coordination with the police,” said a statement from the prosecutor's office.

  • Monday, July 10th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

    Guillain-Barré Syndrome: Health emergency declared in Peru

    “If the number of cases increases, there could be a lack of immunoglobulin,” Minister Vásquez warned

    Peruvian authorities Saturday declared a 90-day nationwide sanitary emergency due to the “unusual increase” in cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome, it was reported in Lima. As per President Dina Booluarte's decree, some US$ 3.27 million will be allocated to improving patient care, reinforcing control on the number of detections, and drafting reports for the population and health personnel.

  • Saturday, July 8th 2023 - 14:38 UTC

    New Sikorsky Bristow helicopter unloaded at Falklands' MPA

    The helicopter was delivered on the Falkland Islands Resupply Ship (FIRS) and transported to the Bristow hangar at MPC, HQ of BFSAI.

    Bristow Group responsible for Search and Rescue, SAR, and aircraft support solutions at Mount Pleasant Complex, in the Falkland Islands moved a new helicopter frame by road from Mare Harbour to Heli-Ops on Friday 6 July.

  • Saturday, July 8th 2023 - 11:15 UTC

    Argentine FM overflies area of fishermen's incident with Paraguayan Coast Guard

    Cafiero reportedly briefed Valdez on the existing international treaties to avoid similar incidents in the future.

    Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero and Corrientes Governor Gustavo Valdez Friday flew over Punta Ñaró, the border area where a diplomatic incident took place between Paraguay's Coast Guard and local fishermen, in a move to achieve a peaceful solution to the crisis.

  • Saturday, July 8th 2023 - 11:12 UTC

    Former Paraguayan presidential candidate granted house arrest

    Cubas will be staying at an Asunción hotel and not at his Ciudad del Este house

    Former Senator Paraguayo “Payo” Cubas, the National Crusade Party's (PCN) presidential candidate, who finished third in April's elections with nearly 23% of the votes, was granted house arrest Friday by Judge Raúl Florentín, it was reported. Cubas will serve his house arrest at the Armele Hotel in Asunción after posting bail. He is also forbidden to leave the country without the Court's authorization.

  • Saturday, July 8th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Argentina offers to help Uruguay through the water crisis

    Lacalle thanked the offer but declined it for now

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández offered his Uruguayan colleague Luis Lacalle Pou a mobile water treatment plant, supplies, and personnel to assist in the drinking water crisis affecting Montevideo and the Metropolitan area.

  • Saturday, July 8th 2023 - 10:53 UTC

    France approves remote activation of cell phones cameras and microphones

    “People's lives will be saved,” Dupond-Moretti argued

    The French Senate Friday moved forward with a controversial measure allowing investigators to activate remotely the camera and microphone of cell phones of people under investigation without the knowledge of the persons concerned, it was reported in Paris.