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Montevideo, March 15th 2026 - 05:23 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, September 22nd 2023 - 09:45 UTC

    Brazil: illegal mining spreads onto 35,000 hectares

    “The size of these mines stands out on the maps and is easily identifiable even by laypeople,” Diniz said

    According to a study released Friday by MapBiomas, a website that gathers data and information on Brazilian biomes, from the soil to the Amazon, including mining, fire, and water, illegal mining in Brazil grew by 35,000 hectares in 2022 compared to the previous year, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Friday, September 22nd 2023 - 09:30 UTC

    Mapuche rebels arrested in southern Chile

    The RML began its criminal activity in April 2020

    Chilean authorities in the Biobío region announced Thursday the arrest of at least 11 leaders of the Mapuche Lafkenche Resistance (RML), a radical group behind numerous attacks in the south of the country as a result of the territorial dispute between the state, indigenous groups and forestry companies that exploit lands considered ancestral by the indigenous people.

  • Friday, September 22nd 2023 - 08:09 UTC

    UK favors additional financing to achieve SDGs

    “The extra finance needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals is estimated to be around US$ 4 trillion annually,” Cleverly said

    British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced this week that the UK will push to unlock global finance and help developing countries invest to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Thursday, September 21st 2023 - 11:12 UTC

    Paraguayan lawmaker ready for war with Argentina

    The 25-year-old Rubin is willing to go to war for his country

    Paraguayan Congressman Rubén Isaac Rubín Orrego of the National Encounter Alliance (Alianza Encuentro Nacional - AEN) Wednesday said his country needed “missiles that can hit important points in the region because, otherwise, we are already losing the diplomatic game” with Argentina amid escalating tension between the two countries.

  • Thursday, September 21st 2023 - 11:03 UTC

    Ukrainian leader holds meetings with Lula and Boric

    “Ukraine is interested in deepening cooperation with Latin America,” Zelensky said

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Wednesday met separately with his Brazilian and Chilean colleagues on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

  • Thursday, September 21st 2023 - 10:47 UTC

    Agricultural emergency extended in Uruguay

    If we interrupt the emergency, the backing to producers who still need it would fall, Mattos said

    Uruguayan authorities announced Wednesday that the agricultural state of emergency declared due to the drought affecting the country will be extended until the end of 2023, it was reported in Montevideo.

  • Thursday, September 21st 2023 - 10:40 UTC

    Argentina, US sign agreement on security cooperation

    Ambassador Stanley said the agreement was “an evolution of our cooperation and understanding”

    Argentina's Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with US Ambassador Marc Stanley to strengthen security cooperation.

  • Thursday, September 21st 2023 - 10:23 UTC

    Argentine democracy in danger, Lula tells Biden

    “I've never seen an American president speak so much and so well of workers as you have,” Lula also pointed out to Biden

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wednesday warned his US colleague Joseph Biden in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations 78th General Assembly that democracy in Argentina was in danger as “extremist sectors” were gaining ground.

  • Wednesday, September 20th 2023 - 13:18 UTC

    UK will have the highest inflation this year among G7 members, OECD report

    The Bank of England has put up rates 14 times since December 2021 and is expected to increase them again on Thursday, from 5.25% to 5.5%.

    Growth in the global economy is expected to remain “sub-par” next year, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) which cut its forecast for 2024 from 2.9% to 2.7% on Tuesday.

  • Wednesday, September 20th 2023 - 13:09 UTC

    Spain makes official the use of three minority languages, Catalan, Basque and Galician

    A member of Sanchez's Socialist party initially addressed the assembly in Galician but was interrupted by the leader of the far right Vox's party Jose Milla

    Spain's national parliament in Madrid allowed the use of three minority languages on Tuesday after a concession to Catalan separatists from Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. Madrid has also called for the languages — Catalan, Basque, and Galician — to become official EU languages, meeting with objections from some other member states.