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Montevideo, March 16th 2026 - 18:25 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, April 7th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

    Uruguayan President has lunch with US lawmakers

    Senator Menendez, who chairs the Foreign Relations Committee, has written to Pres. Biden underlining the importance of Ecuador and Uruguay as strategic “allies” in the region.

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou and Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Thursday welcomed a delegation of four US lawmakers at the Presidential Anchorena residence in Colonia. Montevideo's Ambassador to Washington Andrés Durán was also present.

  • Friday, April 7th 2023 - 10:07 UTC

    New ICJ ruling against Venezuela in Essequibo case

    “Guyana is confident that the court will uphold its long-standing international boundary with Venezuela,” Guyanese President Irfaan Ali said

    The Venezuelan administration of President Nicolás Maduro was dealt another international setback Thursday when the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday turned down new objections filed by Caracas regarding the territorial dispute with Guyana over the oil-rich Essequibo.

  • Thursday, April 6th 2023 - 16:21 UTC

    Argentina officially rejoins Unasur to play a leading role in its “revitalization”

    Fernández announced on March the return to Unasur. When Macri's government left the bloc, it alleged that the organization was plunged into a crisis due to an “agenda with a high ideological content”

    Argentina made official its return to the Union of South American Nations (Unasur), founded in 2009 and from which it had left in 2019, to “promote its institutional revitalization and build an increasingly integrated region,” official sources said Thursday.

  • Thursday, April 6th 2023 - 16:12 UTC

    Lula, 100 days of government in Brazil

    Lula managed to “normalize Brazil's relations” with certain countries, which had been degraded during Bolsonaro's administration. Photo: Government of Brazil

    In the first 100 days of his government, President Lula da Silva did not exactly live a “honeymoon” with Brazilians, but a period with ups and downs, thirteen years after leaving power with record popularity.

  • Thursday, April 6th 2023 - 14:28 UTC

    Reversing Latin America’s Democratic Decay, the proliferation of “hybrid regimes”

    Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay, these are the only three Latin American countries that the EIU does not label “hybrid regimes,” “authoritarian regimes,” or “flawed democracies.”

    By Jorge G Castañeda and Carlos Ominami (*), NEW YORK – The best way to safeguard democracy in Latin America is to build strong welfare states. But since this is a medium- to long-term project, meeting the short-term threat of authoritarian populism will require more immediate solutions.

  • Thursday, April 6th 2023 - 14:21 UTC

    Lula's administration announces orthodox fiscal goals, to help combat inflation expectations

    The fiscal framework proposed by Fernando Haddad combines a looser spending cap with primary budget targets. First reactions of markets have been positive

    The Brazilian administration of President Lula da Silva finally unveiled new fiscal rules to try and balance limits on spending growth, which have collided with promises of higher social programs, government investment, and independent central bank high-interest rates, all of which have created uncertainty about his commitment to combat inflation.

  • Thursday, April 6th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Presidents Fernández and Boric discuss regional agenda

    Meetings between presidents create complicity and affection, Boric told Fernández

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández and his Chilean colleague Gabriel Boric discussed Wednesday in Santiago issues of bilateral and regional interest during an encounter to celebrate the 205h anniversary of the so-called Abrazo de Maipú (Maipú hug) between independence heroes José de San Martín and Bernardo O'Higgins.

  • Thursday, April 6th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

    Arrest of former Peruvian President Toledo ordered

    Toledo is looking at a spell at Lima's Barbadillo prison alongside former colleagues Alberto Fujimori and Pedro Castillo

    A US judge Wednesday ordered the arrest of former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo Manrique, who is said to have received millions of dollars in bribes in exchange for awarding works to the Brazilian company Odebrecht. The Court revoked Toledo's parole and ruled him taken into custody to proceed with his extradition to his country, where he faces charges of corruption.

  • Thursday, April 6th 2023 - 09:57 UTC

    US: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to enter Democratic Party primaries for 2024

    Kennedy repeatedly said Fauci was orchestrating “fascism”

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a nephew of former US President John F. Kennedy, filed the customary paperwork to enter the Democratic Party's primaries in 2024, it was reported Wednesday.

  • Wednesday, April 5th 2023 - 10:49 UTC

    Trump arraigned, says there is “no case” against him

    The former US President faces 34 felony charges for altering financial documents to cover up alleged hush payments

    Former US President Donald Trump Tuesday plead not guilty to 34 felony counts in a Manhattan court and flew back to his Florida residence at the end of the day. The Republican leader became the first US president to be arraigned on criminal charges.