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Montevideo, July 13th 2025 - 03:59 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    Colombia grants asylum to former Panamanian President Martinelli

    Martinelli had been sheltering at the Nicaraguan Embassy for over a year

    Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014), sentenced to over 10 years in prison for money laundering and bribery in the Odebrecht case, was granted political asylum by Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Saturday.

  • Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:43 UTC

    Chile: Boric's image plunges and Matthei's soars

    In case of a runoff, Matthei would prevail against any possible rival

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font's disapproval has plunged to 70%, matching previous high records from Jan. 2023 and May 2024, while his approval stood at 27%, according to the latest Cadem Plaza Pública survey released in Santiago during the weekend.

  • Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:39 UTC

    Lula kicking off Beijing tour with meetings with businesspeople

    Lula is to sign at least 16 agreements with China this week

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is to meet Monday with executives from two major Chinese companies. Later in the day, he is to hold an encounter with representatives from the health sector and sign a series of agreements before closing the Brazil-China seminar. He is currently in Beijing on an official visit to strengthen business ties.

  • Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Sweden: Top security adviser lasts 30 minutes on the job after intimate dating app pics surface

    Thyberg admitted he should have told the Government about having posted those pictures

    Sweden’s newly appointed national security adviser and former ambassador to Ukraine, Tobias Thyberg, resigned minutes after taking office following the leak of “sensitive” photos from an old Grindr same-sex dating app profile. “I should have informed [the government], but I didn’t,” Thyberg admitted.

  • Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:24 UTC

    Argentina: No major changes in provincial elections, but LLA growing slowly

    Surprisingly, Milei's LLA prevailed in the city of Salta

    The Governors of the Argentine provinces of Salta, Jujuy, Chaco, and San Luis were consolidating their grip on the local legislatures following Sunday's elections. However, President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA), a relatively new political formation, was making significant progress in some districts amid poor turnout. A key index of the country's political reshaping is expected at next Sunday's elections in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA).

  • Monday, May 12th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Given Paraguay's trade deficit with China, opportunities such as UAE sought

    UAE investors are interested in expanding the Silvio Pettirossi Airport

    Paraguay trade experts warned this weekend, citing official data from the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP) that 37.6% of the country's imports in the first quarter of 2025 stemmed from China, where very little is placed: 0.3% of sales abroad, as a result of Asunción's stance towards Taiwan, which prevents any direct trade with Beijing.

  • Sunday, May 11th 2025 - 23:50 UTC

    Former Uruguayan President José Mujica misses municipal election day due to health concerns

    Current Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi confirmed Mujica’s deteriorating health after visiting him on Friday. “He's in very bad shape,” Orsi told reporters.

    Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica, a global icon of humility and leftist politics, did not participate in Sunday’s municipal elections due to serious health issues. The 88-year-old former leader, known for his austere lifestyle and philosophical reflections, remained at his rural home west of Montevideo.

  • Saturday, May 10th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Brazil's STF reaches majority to convict Congresswoman Zambelli

    Zambelli also has another case before the STF

    Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) has a majority vote to sentence Congresswoman Carla Zambelli to 10 years in prison for hacking the National Council of Justice's (CNJ) electronic system in 2023. Case rapporteur Alexandre De Moraes, along with Justices Flávio Dino and Cristiano Zanin, have voted in favor of conviction, while Luiz Fux and Cármen Lúcia -completing the Court's First Panel- have yet to cast their opinions.

  • Saturday, May 10th 2025 - 10:24 UTC

    At least 11 Ecuadorean troops killed in fight against illegal mining

    FARC dissidents were said to be behind the ambush

    At least 11 Ecuadorean troops were killed Friday in an ambush during an operation against illegal gold mining in the Alto Punino sector of the Amazon, near the Colombian border in Napo and Orellana provinces.

  • Saturday, May 10th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Milei describes his planned stage show at the Berlin Wall

    “My voluptuous blondes are going to be dressed as statues of freedom and everything,” Milei rambled on during a broadcast show

    During his appearance at the streaming show of die-hard Libertarian Daniel Parisini -known on social networks as Fat Dan (Gordo Dan)- Argentine President Javier Milei suggested staging a “Trial of Capitalism” by the Berlin Wall, with proceeds benefiting the Garrahan Pediatrics Hospital in Buenos Aires.