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Montevideo, November 4th 2025 - 21:17 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, August 30th 2025 - 10:58 UTC

    Milei to resume mileage-accruing habit next month

    Milei has not traveled abroad for three months

    Argentine President Javier Milei will embark on three international trips next month, the Casa Rosada announced this week. Milei has not traveled abroad for three months, which in his case is a rare occurrence.

  • Saturday, August 30th 2025 - 10:11 UTC

    Brazil: Volkswagen found guilty of slave-like labor exploitation

    Volkswagen will have to pay compensation and offer a public apology, among other measures

    Carmaker Volkswagen was found accountable for the exploitation of labor analogous to slavery between 1974 and 1986 at the Vale do Rio Cristalino farm, also known as the Volkswagen Farm, located in Santana do Araguaia, in the Brazilian State of Pará.

  • Saturday, August 30th 2025 - 10:02 UTC

    Lula announces sports university in Brazil

    The final details will be revealed next month, Lula told a group of athletes

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced this week the creation of a sports university. He made those remarks while welcoming at the Planalto Palace a delegation of rhythmic gymnasts who won two medals at the world championships in Rio de Janeiro earlier this month.

  • Friday, August 29th 2025 - 16:52 UTC

    Brazil's population reaches 213.4 million

    According to the IBGE, Brazil has 30 metropolitan regions, which are home to 103.5 million people

    Brazil's Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) released a study this week showing that as of July 1, 2025, the populatiin of South America's largest country aounted to 213.4 million inhabitants, representing a 0.39% increase over the previous year.

  • Friday, August 29th 2025 - 10:36 UTC

    Lula and Mulino advance Panama's accession to Mercosur

    Both presidents pledged to work together on several fronts

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his Panamanian colleague José Raúl Mulino met in Brasilia to advance the Central American country's accession to the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). In addition, the two leaders instructed their teams to begin negotiations aimed at addressing the existing trade imbalance, as Brazil's exports far outweigh Panama's exports.

  • Friday, August 29th 2025 - 10:20 UTC

    Karina Milei's motorcade jeered in Corrientes

    The rejection took place just one day after the Lomas de Zamora stoning of the President's car

    Argentina's Presidential Secretary (and sister) Karina Milei and Lower House Speaker Martín Menem were jeered Thursday as they rallied in the province of Corrientes in support of La Libertad Avanza's candidate Lisandro Almirón.

  • Friday, August 29th 2025 - 10:19 UTC

    Paraguay's Senate wants to explore shifting from Taipei to Beijing ties

    “Our commitment must be to the welfare of the Paraguayan people,” Villalba argued

    Paraguay's Senate has requested a report from the Foreign Ministry as to the reasons for the country's continued diplomatic recognition of Taiwan instead of mainland China. Paraguay is currently the only South American nation to formally recognize Taiwan.

  • Thursday, August 28th 2025 - 20:44 UTC

    Mexico redefines finished footwear imports

    “We are no longer going to bring in footwear that did not pay VAT,” Ebrard underscored

    The Mexican Government of President Claudia Sheinbaum suspended all finished footwear imports temporarily to boost the domestic industry. The measure, published in the Official Gazette on Thursday, also tackles smuggling, it was explained.

  • Thursday, August 28th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Milei's campaign motorcade stoned by protesters

    The demonstrators were angered by recent corruption allegations involving Milei's sister

    President Javier Milei's motorcade was stoned Wednesday during a campaign rally in Lomas de Zamora, on the southern outskirts of the City of Buenos Aires (CABA), ahead of Sept. 7's midterm federal elections in Argentina's largest and most populous province.

  • Thursday, August 28th 2025 - 10:22 UTC

    Nisman case: Prosecutor and judge charged with negligence

    Not a single fingerprint of Nisman was found in the apartment where he lived

    Former Argentine Prosecutor Viviana Fein and Judge Manuel De Campos have been charged with serious irregularities in their handling of the scene of former AMIA Prosecutor Alberto Nisman's death, it was announced Wednesday in Buenos Aires.