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Montevideo, March 17th 2026 - 04:50 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, February 24th 2023 - 10:14 UTC

    Biden picks Indian-American candidate to chair World Bank

    “Ajay is uniquely equipped to lead the World Bank at this critical moment in history,” Biden said

    Former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga has been picked by US President Joseph Biden to vie for chairman of the World Bank (WB), it was announced Thursday in Washington DC. Banga, 63, who was born and raised in India, has the indispensable experience to mobilize public and private resources to address the most urgent challenges of our time, including global warming, the White House explained through a statement.

  • Friday, February 24th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Pfizer appoints new country manager for Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay

    Ruiz Villamil joined Novartis in mid-2018 and became CEO in June 2021

    Doctor Agustina Ruiz Villamil has been appointed as Pfizer's new Chief Executive Officer for Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay to replace Nicolá Vaquer, who was the laboratory's chief during the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing negotiations for the purchase of vaccines.

  • Thursday, February 23rd 2023 - 10:53 UTC

    Argentina: Ruling bloc in the Senate breaks up and a new bench emerges

    The ruling party will have even more difficulties to achieve, with allies, the quorum of 37 seats necessary to enable a session in the Upper House. ”

    A group of Argentine senators announced on Wednesday their withdrawal from the bloc of the ruling Frente de Todos in the Upper House and their decision to form their own bench, in the run-up to the complex electoral process that the South American country will undergo this year.

  • Thursday, February 23rd 2023 - 10:02 UTC

    Putin no longer recognizes Moldova's independence - new invasion ahead?

    Biden ratified the US support to Moldova during a meeting with President Sandu on Tuesday

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has repealed a 2012 decree recognizing Moldova as an independent country, thus sparking concern among western powers that a new invasion could be in the making, as Russia's Defense Ministry denounced that Kyiv was preparing an armed provocation in the Moldovan separatist region of Transnistria

  • Thursday, February 23rd 2023 - 09:58 UTC

    Brazilian President supports regulation of digital platforms

    “We cannot allow the integrity of our democracies to be affected by the decisions of a few players who today control the platforms,” Lula underlined

    In a letter to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called for an end to hate speech and stressed that “what happened on January 8 in Brasilia was the culmination of an operation that used lies as ammunition.” Hence, he advocated the regulation of digital platforms to address the dissemination of lies and misinformation in the virtual environment.

  • Thursday, February 23rd 2023 - 09:46 UTC

    British Ambassador to BA reaffirms her Scottish heritage

    Hayes' family were “not at all disappointed” by Maradona’s Hand of God goal in 1986

    British Ambassador to Buenos Aires Kirsty Hayes took Argentina's Energy Secretary Flavia Royon on a tour of her native Aberdeen in Scotland to show her how the city was spearheading the green revolution, which might shed some light on how other countries may shift to net zero.

  • Thursday, February 23rd 2023 - 09:32 UTC

    President Fernández sends message from “the end of the world”

    Fernández became the fourth head of state to visit Antarctica

    In a message broadcast from the Marambio Base in Antarctica, Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday underlined his country's 119th year of uninterrupted presence in the so-called White Continent. “Here, at the end of the world, one can assume the dimension of the Homeland,” said Fernández during the Antarctica Day celebrations.

  • Wednesday, February 22nd 2023 - 10:54 UTC

    Chilean, Argentine nationalities available to Nicaraguan stateless expatriates

    Argentine Foreign Minister Cafiero insisted the first step should be taken by the interested person at the Argentine Embassy

    The Governments of Chile and Argentina are among those who would grant citizenship to the Nicaraguan expatriates who were expelled from their country earlier this month and stripped of their nationality on treason charges, it was reported Tuesday.

  • Wednesday, February 22nd 2023 - 08:23 UTC

    Biden reaffirms US commitment not to let Russia beat Ukraine

    “Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia. Never,” Biden said

    The day after his surprise visit to the Ukrainian capital, US President Joseph Biden insisted Tuesday in Warsaw that the western world would stand behind President Volodymyr Zelenski in fending off the Russian invaders.

  • Tuesday, February 21st 2023 - 09:50 UTC

    Falkland Islands: Refurbishing starts on Mount Pleasant runway

    Works are performed at nighttime so as not to interfere with the base's daily operations, either military or civilian (Pic ROADGRIP)

    A contractor has started working on a £7m project to extend the lifespan of the runway at the Mount Pleasant Complex (MPC) airfield in the Falkland Islands until it can be fully re-laid in the coming years, the British Government reported Monday.