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Montevideo, July 22nd 2025 - 00:49 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, May 27th 2022 - 09:16 UTC

    Bolivia wants better gas deal with Brazil

    Bolivia expects to receive an additional US$ 100 million from the new deal with Argentina

    Bolivia's Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energy Franklin Molina said the agreement with Brazil for the sale of cooking gas signed during the arguably illegitimate administration of Janine Áñez was detrimental to his country and will now seek to reach a new, more favorable deal.

  • Friday, May 27th 2022 - 09:04 UTC

    Biden negotiating Argentina's presence at Summit of the Americas

    Dodd has already met with several regional leaders with moderate success

    US President Joseph Biden's envoy Christopher Dodd arrived in Buenos Aires to talk Alberto Fernández into attending next month's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, a gathering many leaders intend to boycott following the host's decision not to invite the non-democratically ruled Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela.

  • Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 22:58 UTC

    Pandemic shed light on gap between rich and poor, Alberto Fernández says

    How much longer will the South continue to endure this reality? Fernández wondered

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday said this region had tasted first-hand what it means to be less developed than other parts of the world as he opened the III Regional Meeting of Ministers of Education of Latin America and the Caribbean at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Buenos Aires.

  • Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

    The Falklands Conflict – Then and Now

    The book is a reminder of the “Forgotten Falklands” as “Help for Heroes” called them in their poll indicating that most people in the UK care little about the conflict

    By Harold Briley for MercoPress (London) – The 40th anniversary of the Falklands Conflict is being commemorated all year with events in the Falkland Islands, the United Kingdom, and Argentina as MercoPress has reported.

  • Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

    Brazil cuts down Mercosur external tariffs yet again

    Brazil continues to negotiate with Mercosur partners Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay “to make this measure permanent”

    In a move to contain inflation ahead of this year's Oct. 2 elections, Brazil's Chamber of Foreign Trade decided to cut down the Mercosur Common External Tariff (TEC) by 10% on items such as beans, meat, pasta, cookies, rice, and construction materials, the Ministry of Economy announced.

  • Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:39 UTC

    Bolsonaro/Biden meeting during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles

    President Bolsonaro is expected to hold a bilateral meeting with president Biden in the sidelines of the Los Angeles Summit of the Americas

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is scheduled to attend the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles next month and plans to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden, according to Planalto Palace sources. The decision follows on a visit from Biden's special envoy, former Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd who met with Bolsonaro.

  • Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:33 UTC

    Archbishop of Buenos Aires calls for “fraternal Argentina”

    The trip to Antarctica was canceled due to bad weather

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández finally gave up his plans to spend the May 25 National holiday in Antarctica and walked from Casa Rosada with his entourage to the Cathedral after breakfast for the traditional te Deum (thanksgiving service) at the Buenos Aires Cathedral in charge of Archbishop Mario Poli, Jorge Bergoglio's successor since the latter became Pope Francis.

  • Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:26 UTC

    Argentine opposition against Blue Hole Law to protect site of sunken submarine

    Macri is also being sued for illegally spying on people

    Relatives of the Argentine Navy's ARA San Juan's crew have voiced their anger at the opposition Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) lawmakers not endorsing a bill to protect the area where the remains of the submarine were found.

  • Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

    Scioli: Argentina and Brazil will guarantee food and energy for the region

    “Brazil supported us in our negotiations with the IMF, emphatically supported our claim to the Malvinas Islands at the United Nations,” Scioli reminded

    Argentina's Ambassador Daniel Scioli Wednesday highlighted the integration process with Brazil and the current relationship between South America's two largest countries, which will “together guarantee food and energy for the region.”

  • Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

    Argentina launches migration opportunity for Non-Mercosur nationals

    Immigrants who have arrived in Argentina before May 24, 2022, and meet the other requirements are eligible for a 3-year temporary residence

    Argentina's Migrations Directorate has announced new rules for nationals of non-Mercosur countries wishing to settle in the South American country, thus giving incoming foreigners a 90-day window to regularize their legal status.