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Montevideo, July 29th 2025 - 22:34 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, April 22nd 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Brazil: No secrecy on Jan. 8 riots footage, De Moraes rules

    De Moraes insisted the investigation involves all rioters and also all civilian and military public agents who looked the other way

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes Friday ruled to lift the seal of secrecy from images of vandalism recorded during the Jan. 8 riots in the Planalto Palace, Agencia Brasil reported. The magistrate's decision is part of the STF investigation into the coup d'état investigation.

  • Saturday, April 22nd 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    Former President Toledo due in Lima Sunday to stand trial

    Toledo faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted

    Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo turned himself in to US authorities Friday and is to remain in custody pending his extradition to the South American country, which is scheduled for Sunday on a commercial flight to Lima, where he will be housed at the Barbadillo prison alongside his former colleagues Alberto Fujimori and Pedro Castillo.

  • Friday, April 21st 2023 - 15:11 UTC

    Argentine President Fernández won't seek another term: “We did not achieve everything”

    “We did not achieve everything we set out to do. We are hurt by the families living in poverty, the low incomes, the projects and dreams that could not come true,” Fernández noted.

    President Alberto Fernández of Argentina announced in a video message on his social media that he will not seek re-election in the upcoming presidential elections. In his message titled “My decision,” Fernández admitted the main problems of his government's management and described the defeats in economic matters of his administration.

  • Friday, April 21st 2023 - 10:35 UTC

    Petro meets Biden at the White House and asks for help fighting drug trafficking

    Colombia will not provide any military support to either Russia or Ukraine, Petro also said

    During a meeting Thursday at the White House, Colombian President Gustavo Petro asked his US colleague Joseph Biden for more boats, drones, and ships to stop drug traffickers in the South American country because so far such a war has “failed.”

  • Friday, April 21st 2023 - 10:05 UTC

    Lavrov strengthens Moscow's ties with Havanna

    Raúl Castro (left) also met with Díaz-Canel (center) and the Russian dignitary (right)

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Thursday told Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel that Moscow continued to reject the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by Washington on Havanna. The Russian diplomat also met with former President Raúl Castro and with his Cuban counterpart, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla during the last stop of his Latin America and Caribbean tour which included Brazil, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.

  • Friday, April 21st 2023 - 10:05 UTC

    Argentine peso keeps sinking against US dollar

    The local currency bounced back after it was shown pictures of President Fernández and Minister Massa were disseminated, proving there was no resignation on the radar

    The Argentine peso kept sinking Thursday against the US dollar with the “blue” (a euphemism for “black market”) rate hitting AR$ 440 before closing at AR$ 437/AR$ 432 (buy/sale).

  • Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Lula's stance could jeopardize Mercosur-EU deal

    Commentators on Brazil's opposition media Jovem Pan this week even suggested Lula seeking the Nobel Peace Prize would be a good explanation

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's stance on the war in Ukraine might jeopardize the Mercosur-European Union deal, according to a confidential report drafted ahead of a European foreign ministers' summit and accessed by Politico.

  • Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

    1435 Flight Typhoons primary role is 24/7 Air Defense and QRA of the Falklands

    At any one time, 1435 Flight consists of numerous engineers, support staff and pilots, who maintain and fly the Typhoon FGR4 aircraft

    If you live on the Falkland Islands, you will be lucky enough to see the FGR4 Typhoons regularly grace the skies with their presence. A team of highly skilled and hardworking engineers ensure that the jets are well maintained and ready to provide Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) should it be required.

  • Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    “Jewish soldiers in Malvinas”, and acts of anti Semitism by some Argentine military officers

    The book, “Jewish soldiers in Malvinas” was written by Hernan Dobry, which mentions the testimonies and experiences of 39 of 43 conscripts and petty officers of Jewish descent

    A third of Argentine conscripts of Jewish origin who participated in the Falklands/Malvinas conflict suffered different forms of anti-Semitism, including torture, abuses, and psychological threats, and 10% of them were staked to the ground.

  • Thursday, April 20th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    Arrest of former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno requested

    Moreno travels in a wheelchair and refused to travel from Asunción to Quito citing health issues

    Ecuadorian prosecutors Wednesday requested the pre-trial arrest of former President Lenín Moreno after the latter failed to appear before the courts as mandated in the Sinohydro corruption case, in which he is said to have accepted bribes for the construction of the country's largest hydroelectric plant.