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Montevideo, June 20th 2026 - 15:44 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, February 5th 2024 - 11:01 UTC

    Bukele announces victory in El Salvador elections

    Argentina's violence problem is not as big as El Salvador's, Bukele said

    El Salvador's Nayib Bukele declared himself the winner “with more than 85% of the votes” before the official results of Sunday's elections were released. “According to our numbers, we have won the presidential election with more than 85% of the votes and a minimum of 58 of 60 Assembly deputies,” he stressed on social media.

  • Monday, February 5th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    Brazil reinforcing military presence in Roraima bordering Venezuela and Guyana

    The deployment of troops and military equipment to Roraima began after tensions escalated between Venezuela and Guyana over the Essequibo

    A total of 28 armored vehicles have been deployed to the State of Roraima as the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes additional precautions amid mounting tension between Venezuela and Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo region, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Monday, February 5th 2024 - 10:30 UTC

    Falklands, visiting delegation of Welsh parliamentarians begins contacts

    Members of the Welsh Parliament delegation with Richard Hyslop during their stop in Chile en route to the Falklands

    Members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly received on Saturday the visit of esteemed representatives from the Senedd Cymru – the Welsh Parliament, fostering greater exchange between the Falkland Islands and Wales.

  • Monday, February 5th 2024 - 10:23 UTC

    Argentine gov't sees inflation decelerating

    Milei “needs to have the political and economic tools” that will allow him to face “many problems,” including inflation, Zago explained

    Argentine President Javier Milei told the audience at his girlfriend's show at a Mar del Plata theater that “inflation has started to go down” and that the country “will soon move forward.” The head of state traveled on Saturday to the popular beach resort to be with Fátima Flórez during her birthday celebrations and returned to Buenos Aires on Sunday to make the arrangements for his trip abroad starting Monday.

  • Saturday, February 3rd 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    US nuclear aircraft carrier due in South Atlantic later this year

    The USS George Washington will not be mooring at any Argentine port, it was also explained

    The United States Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington is expected to be sailing Argentine Sea waters in May as part of her continental tour, which will include other countries. The last time such a US structure was in the area was in 2010.

  • Saturday, February 3rd 2024 - 10:28 UTC

    At least 10 killed in simultaneous wildfires across Chile

    Boric declared a national emergency

    At least ten people were reported Friday to have died in Chile as forest firest gripped the Valparaíso area, where President Gabriel Boric Font decreed a state of emergency.

  • Friday, February 2nd 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    BlackRock: Investing guru Larry Fink tells Milei he will be visiting Argentina in May

    Fink told Milei that it would “take a long time for investments to return to Argentina”

    BlackRock CEO and founder Larry Fink told Argentine President Javier Milei in a virtual meeting that he would be visiting the South American country in May, and Casa Rosada Spokesman Manuel Adorni confirmed in Buenos Aires.

  • Friday, February 2nd 2024 - 10:27 UTC

    Brazil: STF judge suspends heavy fine on Odebrecht

    Those being investigated may have been led to make decisions contrary to their interests and for the benefit of the prosecution, Toffoli argued

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice José António Dias Toffoli ordered a R$ 8.5 billion (about US$ 1.7 billion) corruption fine on Odebrecht suspended after raising doubts on the circumstances that led the company to accept such a collaboration agreement with the Prosecutor Office.

  • Friday, February 2nd 2024 - 10:20 UTC

    Agreement signed to make Port of Asunción a key cultural spot

    ”This is an effort joined by the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC), the National Secretariat of Tourism, and other institutions,” Peña also noted

    According to an agreement signed by Paraguay's National Secretariat of Culture (SNC), the National Administration of Navigation and Ports (ANNP), and First Lady Leticia Ocampos, the Port of Asunción will become the country's most important cultural center, it was reported. The measure also seeks to reconvert and revamp the country capital's historic downtown, it was explained.

  • Friday, February 2nd 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Argentine Blue Helmets off to Cyprus

    There are 237 Argentine troops deployed in Cyprus

    Argentine defense authorities bid farewell earlier this week to the new group of troops to be deployed in Cyprus as part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Blue Helmets (UNFICYP), it was reported in Buenos Aires.