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Montevideo, August 4th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, June 21st 2023 - 04:34 UTC

    Short of US dollars, Argentina advances towards trading and hoarding in Yuan

    The fact that imports from China are paid in Yuan rather than dollars should help Argentina mitigate the loss of reserves in its central bank

    Argentina is increasing its use of Yuan to pay for imports from China, following the renewal and expansion of a currency swap agreement with Beijing. The use of the Chinese currency in bilateral trade amounted to 1.075 billion Yuan (US$ 150.5 million) in May this year. In the first ten business days of June, transactions worth 2.045 billion yuan ($286.3 million) were recorded, according to the Central Bank of Argentina Argentine Central Bank’s report on June 15.

  • Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

    Lacalle Pou decrees water emergency in Montevideo metropolitan area

    Lacalle also announced bottled water would be tax-free

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday announced new measures to face the water crisis after a cabinet meeting, it was reported in Montevideo.

  • Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 10:37 UTC

    Brazil's STF sends 2014 case against Bolsonaro to lower court

    Bolsonaro is facing multiple criminal charges while being investigated in the Jan. 8 coup attempt

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Dias Toffoli Monday sent to the Federal District Court the second criminal action in which former President Jair Bolsonaro is a defendant, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Bangladesh files formal request to join BRICS

    The note was filed after a meeting between Hasina and Ramaphosa in Geneva

    According to the Dhaka Tribune, the government of Bangladesh last week filed a note applying for membership to the BRICS bloc made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The application from Bangladesh, currently recognized as a “Friend of BRICS,” is expected to be discussed at the group's summit in South Africa in August.

  • Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 09:08 UTC

    Argentine Foreign Minister heads numerous delegation to the C 24 debate

    Minister Santiago Cafiero is heading the Argentine delegation to the UN C24 debate

    Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero is heading the delegation to the United Nations to participate at the Special Committee on Decolonization or C24, which will address the Argentine dispute with UK over the Falklands and other South Atlantic Islands and is hopeful of a resolution calling on both sides, Argentina and UK, to begin sovereignty negotiations over what is identified as the Malvinas Islands question.

  • Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 08:55 UTC

    Lula off on European tour this week

    If you're a partner you must help, not impose sanctions, Lula said about France's additional clauses to the EU-Mercosur deal

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is to embark on a European tour this week to meet French President Emmanuel Macron, Pope Francis, and other EU leaders, it was reported.

  • Monday, June 19th 2023 - 11:29 UTC

    No dove of peace after all for battleship Graf Spee's eagle

    “I still maintain that it is a good idea,” said Lacalle after reversing his decision

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou had a change of mind Sunday regarding the bronze eagle from the Third Reich's battleship Admiral Graf Spee and announced it would not be turned into a dove of peace because “an overwhelming majority did not share” his decision. However, he did not specify what will happen to the piece.

  • Monday, June 19th 2023 - 11:14 UTC

    Partygate: MPs will vote on Boris Johnson's political future on Monday

    It will be a free vote for Tory MPs, meaning party managers - known as whips - will not instruct them what to do at the vote

    MPs will decide later whether to endorse a report that found Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown parties in No 10. A year-long inquiry from the Commons privileges committee said the former prime minister committed repeated offenses with his Partygate denials, according to a report from BBC.

  • Monday, June 19th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    US-China ties: Blinken, Qin try to keep dialogue channels open

    Blinken's trip is to conclude following further meetings with Chinese officials on Monday.

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang for more than five hours Sunday to keep channels open as the two countries are -in Quin's words- “at their lowest point since the establishment of diplomatic relations.”

  • Monday, June 19th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

    Bolsonaro aide's phone found to contain coup plans

    It has not been proven that Bolsonaro ever saw these texts, his lawyers have argued

    The mobile telephone of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's aide-de-camp Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid was found to contain a series of WhatsApp messages with other military officers openly advocating a coup d'état after last year's elections, it was reported.