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Montevideo, March 16th 2026 - 03:45 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, June 16th 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    Uruguayan State admits guilt in 1974 “April Girls” murders

    Vice President Argimón urged Uruguayans to provide information on missing persons

    During a ceremony at the Legislative Palace in Montevideo presided over by Vice President Beatriz Argimón, and pursuant to a sentence from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), the Uruguayan State Thursday admitted its responsibility in the April 21, 1974, murders of Laura Raggio, Diana Maidanik, and Silvia Reyes by the military during the last civil-military dictatorship (1973-1985).

  • Friday, June 16th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

    UK Parliament consulting Falklands Legislative Assembly on Overseas Territoires

    There is an inquiry by UK Parliament into Overseas Territories status in the 21st Century and the Falklands Legislative Assembly intend to make a submission

    There is currently an inquiry by UK Parliament into the status of the Overseas Territories in the 21st Century and the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly intend to make a submission, confirmed MLA Teslyn Barkman to Penguin News this week.

  • Friday, June 16th 2023 - 09:59 UTC

    US: Charges filed against intel-leaking soldier

    Teixeira remains in federal custody as he awaits his court proceedings

    US Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira has been charged Thursday on six federal counts on six counts of willful retention and transmission on social media sites of classified information relating to national defense to which he had access thanks to his security clearance as a cyber defense operations journeyman.

  • Friday, June 16th 2023 - 09:54 UTC

    Iranian President rounds up Latin American tour

    Cuba has a friend in Iran, Díaz-Canel told Raisi

    Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Wednesday rounded up a Latin American tour after his stop in Havana to meet with his Cuban colleague Miguel Díaz-Canel following calls in Caracas and Managua

  • Friday, June 16th 2023 - 09:52 UTC

    Four Lebanese nationals wanted in Argentina in AMIA bombing probe

    The four suspects are believed to have helped the actual perpetrators of the bombing into the country

    Argentine Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas Thursday ordered the arrest of four Lebanese nationals for their alleged involvement in the July 18, 1994, bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Welfare Association (AMIA) headquarters in Buenos Aires.

  • Friday, June 16th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

    Guatemalan court hands down 6-year prison sentence to newspaper founder

    The case against Zamora has been dubbed “a witch hunt”

    José Rubén Zamora, founder of El Periódico, a newspaper critical of Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei which went out of business last month, has been sentenced to six years in jail for alleged money laundering, it was reported. Both Zamora and the Prosecutor's Office announced that they will appeal the ruling.

  • Thursday, June 15th 2023 - 11:52 UTC

    Falklands Liberation Reception in London

    Stephen Doughty Shadow Minister for the Falklands, John Birmingham MLA, Rt. Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP Speaker of the House of Commons, David Lammy MP Shadow Foreign Secretary

    At the invitation of the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Rt. Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, who visited the Falklands last year, the Falklands Liberation Reception was held this year in the magnificent surroundings of the Speakers House at Westminster.

  • Thursday, June 15th 2023 - 11:45 UTC

    Argentina's ruling party changes name ahead of presidential elections

    The Everybody's Front (Frente de Todos) has become United for the Homeland (Unidos por la Patria)

    Argentina's ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) Wednesday changed its name ahead of this year's presidential elections but continues to be unable to join forces behind a unified candidate after President Alberto Fernández said he would not be running and Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner insisted she has been disenfranchised, which is technically inaccurate because all appeals in her conviction for corruption have not been exhausted. Hence, the current Peronist alliance has adopted the name “Unión por la Patria” (Union for the Homeland).

  • Thursday, June 15th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Brazil: Haddad congratulates Congress and STF for better S&P ratings

    Haddad wants the Central Bank to lower the Selic interest rate

    Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad Wednesday said that the improved outlook by the risk rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) was due to the harmony between the branches of government, Agencia Brasil reported. In Haddad's view, National Congress and the Federal Supreme Court (STF) have an important role in the S&P's decision, but the Central Bank (BCB) needs to “join the effort” and start reducing the interest rates.

  • Thursday, June 15th 2023 - 09:46 UTC

    Bolsonaro's funds frozen over unpaid Covid-19 fines

    “For now I have funds,” Bolsonaro said about his fines

    A Sao Paulo court Wednesday froze former President Jair Bolsonaro's bank accounts over unpaid fines worth R$ 87,000 (about US$ 18,000) for failing to comply with health laws during the Covid-19 pandemic, it was reported.