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Montevideo, July 15th 2025 - 16:46 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, April 7th 2025 - 16:08 UTC

    Falklands, Fees to Change for Applications for British Passports, 7% increase

    The Customs and Immigration Service reminds the public that to apply for a new passport, visit the Customs and Immigration office located on Ross Road, Stanley

    The Customs and Immigration Service would like to inform the public that from Thursday 10 April 2025, His Majesty’s Passport Office will be increasing their fees by approximately 7%. This means there will be the following price increases in respect of passport applications received by the Customs and Immigration Service with effect from Wednesday 09 April 2025:

  • Monday, April 7th 2025 - 10:57 UTC

    Trump’s 41% tariff on Falklands, “biggest threat since Argentine invasion”, Liberal Democrat leader

    MP Ed Davey, Prime Minister should invite Falklands’ governor to an urgent meeting in Downing Street

    The leader of UK’s Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey has called on the Prime Minister to meet with the Falklands Governor, after President Trump announced tariffs of 41% on exports from the Falkland Islands to the United States.

  • Monday, April 7th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

    Iran sacks VP over luxurious Patagonian cruise ship trip

    The sacked official claimed the luxurious Patagonian cruise trip stemmed from before holding public office

    Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian Saturday sacked Vice President Shahram Dabiri after a photo surfaced on Instagram of the latter and his wife on a luxurious trip to Antarctica aboard the cruise ship Plancius. An eight-day trip on that ship can cost around US$ 4,000 per person, it was reported.

  • Monday, April 7th 2025 - 10:41 UTC

    Thousands of Bolsonaro supporters march down Paulista Avenue

    The STF is targetting “ice cream and popcorn vendors” for a coup d'état, which is “a disgrace,” Bolsonaro highlighted

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro spoke at a large demonstration Sunday in São Paulo, during which scoores of Brazilians pressed for Congress to issue a blanket pardon in favor of all those facing charges in connection with the Jan. 8, 2023, uprising in Brasilia against the headquarters of the three branches of Gvernment which the Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled to be a failed coup d'état.

  • Monday, April 7th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Brazil receives UN approval to expand northern continental shelf to 350 miles

    Known as the Equatorial Margin, the area spans 360,000 square kilometers, and has been surveyed for presentation by the Brazilian Navy and Petrobras

    The United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf has recognized a new area of the Atlantic Ocean’s northern seabed and subsoil as belonging to Brazil, covering dimensions equivalent to the size of Germany. Previously, this region was not under any country’s jurisdiction.

  • Monday, April 7th 2025 - 10:31 UTC

    Pope makes surprising appearance at St Peter's Square

    He looked frail in a wheelchair and with intranasal oxygen supply

    Pope Francis made a surprise appearance at St Peter's Square Sunday, two weeks after his release from Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where he had been treated for life-threatening pneumonia for 38 days. The 88-year-old former Archbishop of Buenos Aires looked frail in a wheelchair with nasal oxygen supply as he blessed around 20,000 faithful at the end of a Mass for the sick, led by Archbishop Rino Fisichella.

  • Monday, April 7th 2025 - 09:55 UTC

    Dave Morgan, from windy Falklands to Deputy Governor of sunny Bermuda

    Mr. Morgan has served as Deputy Governor of the Falklands since April 2021, and has worked for the British Government for 25 years across various departments.

    A senior British diplomat has been announced in the role of Deputy Governor of Bermuda, as reported by the Caribbean media. Andrew Murdoch, the Governor, said Dave Morgan would take over the post held at present by Tom Oppenheim MBE.

  • Monday, April 7th 2025 - 09:49 UTC

    Indigenous groups ready for week-long protest in Brasilia

    The indigenous groups will also try to persuade COP30 attendees that they are part of the solution to gas emmissions

    Some 10,000 indigenous people from across Brazil are expected to stage the 21st edition of the Free Land Camp (ATL) in Brasília between April 7 and 11 to advocate for land demarcation and oppose the Temporal Framework, which restricts demarcation rights to territories occupied by 1988. Indigenous leaders reject mining proposals and highlight the harmful impacts on communities like the Yanomami.

  • Monday, April 7th 2025 - 08:59 UTC

    UK discussing sale of two RN amphibious assault ships to Brazil

    HMS Albion earned a reputation as being the Royal Navy’s Swiss army knife, due to her operational versatility (Picture: MOD)

    UK is in discussions with Brazil about the potential sale of Royal Navy warships HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark. Both vessels are amphibious assault ships used to land Royal Marines and equipment ashore.

  • Saturday, April 5th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Argentine financial markets record setback after Milei's failed mission

    With Milei's political backing on a slide, signs from Washington further deepened the president's plight

    Argentine financial markets experienced a sharp decline Friday amid the global economic storm triggered by a trade war between the U.S. and China following President Donald Trump’s tariffs spree. The market downturn, compounded by a nearly 7% drop in oil prices and a 10-year U.S. rate at 3.87%, reflects fears of a global economic setback, prompting expectations of Federal Reserve rate cuts.