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Montevideo, July 23rd 2025 - 03:43 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, February 10th 2023 - 10:07 UTC

    Child mortality among Yanomamis 10 times higher than Brazil's national rate

    The new runway due in a fortnight will help bring more supplies to the indigenous lands, Minister Múcio explained

    Malnutrition due to lack of natural resources is one of the causes of Yanomami children having a mortality rate tenfold that of the whole of South America's largest country, Agencia Brasil reported Thursday.

  • Friday, February 10th 2023 - 09:42 UTC

    Ecuador's President reshuffles cabinet after referendum defeat

    Lasso's administrative changes were “minimal” after the blow he suffered during the weekend, an analyst explained

    Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso Thursday reshuffled his cabinet after losing last Sunday's referendum and local elections to the left. The conservative head of state brought on some fresh air to his administration by changing the government minister and two of his most loyal advisors, in addition to making new appointments where the opposition prevailed.

  • Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

    Malvinas to be returned to Argentina soon, says Argentine Defense Minister

    Production of the IA-63 Pampa III is carried out at the Argentine Aircraft Factory (FAdeA)

    Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana said the Malvinas Islands were to be restored “sooner rather than later... to its legitimate owners.” He made those remarks to veterans from the 1982 war attending the reopening of the Air Force's Base in Rìo Gallegos, from where converted training IA-63 Pampa III jets with fighting capabilities will “monitor and control” the South Atlantic enclave. The unit had not had combat aircraft since 1996.

  • Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:38 UTC

    Lula da Silva will be visiting the White House on Friday: long list of issues in the bilateral agenda

    The two presidents are expected to discuss US support for Brazil’s democracy and how they can promote inclusion and democratic values around the world.

    United States President Joe Biden will be receiving Brazilian president Lula da Silva in the White House on Friday. The meeting is intended “to further strengthen the close relationship between the United States and Brazil,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.

  • Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    Lilita Carrió running in Argentine opposition presidential primaries

    I do not intend to win as much as I intend to have unity within JxC, Carrió explained

    Veteran Argentine politician Elisa “Lilita” Carrió of the Coalición Cívica-Ari party Wednesday announced she will be running in this year's presidential primaries within the Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) coalition.

  • Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    Brazil concerned with the concentration of its foreign trade: few products and volumes mostly to China

    Among States that exported above the national average between 2012 and 2021 are: Rondônia (39.6%), Piauí (30.1%), Tocantins (26.2%), Amazonas (21.3%) and Acre (19 .8%).

    In the last ten years, up until 2021, Brazilian export to China grew at a greater rate that those to rest of the world. From 2012 to 2021, China’s importance as an export destination for the five regions in which Brazil is divided grew exponentially, and of the 27 federal states, 21 saw their sales to China grow above the expansion of their sales to the world. In the period, however, the export basket was negatively concentrated around a few primary products.

  • Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

    Falklands Environment Strategy: First Progress Report available online

    Projects have expanded, the Falkland Islands Community School projects on earwig control and 3D printing of recycled plastic

    Following the adoption of the Falkland Islands Environment Strategy 2021 – 2040 by the Executive Council in late 2021, there has been much work across government towards achieving the Vision of the Strategy. The first progress report for 2022 has been released and is available on the FIG Environment Department website.

  • Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:14 UTC

    Uruguay has its first female Naval Aviation pilot

    “I am fulfilling my dream,” Fontaine said.

    Ensign Nati Fontaine became Uruguay's first female naval aviation pilot after completing her training course. She was given her credentials by Vice President Beatriz Argimón.

  • Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

    France's FM meets with Lula to prepare for Macron's trip

    Lula invited Macron over to Brazil at a date yet to be agreed upon

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva met Wednesday in Brasilia with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna in an encounter that has been regarded as a preparation for a summit between the South American leader and his French colleague Emmanuel Macron.

  • Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 09:47 UTC

    UN delegate busy fighting corruption in Asunción

    Candice Welsch met with US Ambassador Marc Ostfuield and Seprelad Deputy Minister Carmen Pereira Bogado among other local authorities

    The regional representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for the Andean Region and the Southern Cone (Undoc), Candice Welsch, has had a busy agenda in Asunción. She held separate meetings with US Ambassador Marc Ostfield and also with the Paraguayan Secretariat for the Prevention of Money Laundering (Seprelad). In both encounters, corruption and money laundering were the main topics.