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Montevideo, August 24th 2026 - 00:31 UTC

Politics

  • Monday, February 20th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    STF investigations against Lula shelved

    Lewandowski found the evidence insufficient to proceed with the investigations

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Ricardo Lewandowski ordered the closing of three preliminary investigations in the extinct Lava Jato and Zelotes Operation against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Monday, February 20th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    Brazil has deja-vu feelings about Suriname riots

    President Chan Santokhi Sunday called on his fellow citizens to return to work

    The Brazilian government of President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Siva condemned during the weekend Friday's events in Paramaribo, Suriname, where scores of rioters stormed the Congress building in an episode that somehow echoed the Jan. 8 events in Brasilia.

  • Saturday, February 18th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Silence among Latin American powers: Chile, the only that openly condemn Daniel Ortega's latest offensive

    Ortega responded to his Chilean counterpart Gabriel Boric and reffered him as a “lap dog”

    Of the five main powers in Latin America, all of which are governed by the left, the executive of Gabriel Boric in Chile has openly expressed its repudiation of what has happened in Nicaragua after President Daniel Ortega stripped 94 opposition members of their Nicaraguan nationality and banished 222 political prisoners to the United States, declaring them stateless.

  • Saturday, February 18th 2023 - 10:51 UTC

    US kills yet another ISIS leader

    Three US troops and a dog are being treated at a medical facility in Iraq after the helicopter mission

    The Government of the United States Friday announced the killing of Hamza al-Hosi, a senior leader of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, in a joint operation with Kurdish-led local democratic forces in which 4 US troops and a dog were injured by an on-target explosion, according to the US Army Central Command (CENTCOM).

  • Saturday, February 18th 2023 - 10:48 UTC

    Argentina's reserves wane as “official” dollar rises

    What will Economy Minister Sergio Massa do after the four-day weekend to reverse the currency leaks?

    In a country where the exchange rate between the local currency and the US dollar varies from one counter to the other and hinges on the type of operation involved beyond the exchange, Argentina's official rate against Friday pierced for the first time the symbolic AR$ 200 / US$ 1 threshold at private banks, closing at AR$ 191.25 (purchase) / AR$ 199.25 (sale) at the Banco Nación.

  • Saturday, February 18th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Uruguayan ministers tackle avian flu

    Less than 10 cases of avian flu had been registered in humans in the last 15 months, Salinas insisted

    Uruguay's Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries (MGAP) sought technical advice from Chile to handle the current bird flu crisis, it was reported Friday in Montevideo.

  • Saturday, February 18th 2023 - 10:04 UTC

    AMLO not handing over Andean presidency to “undemocratic” Peru

    The Mexican President will let the Rio Group decide

    Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced he would not be handing over the pro-tempore presidency of the Pacific Alliance to Peru on the grounds that Pedro Castillo Terrones' impeachment has been “undemocratic,” it was reported Friday.

  • Saturday, February 18th 2023 - 10:03 UTC

    Uruguay's General Artigas logistics ship back in Montevideo

    The far-right leader had been vociferous against quarantines, refused to wear a facemask, and promoted the use of substances with no scientific endorsement

    Uruguay's logistics ship General Artigas is back in Montevideo from her 2022-2023 Antarctic Campaign, the South American country's Navy said in a statement.

  • Friday, February 17th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

    Machu Picchu reopened after closure for security reasons

    Unused tickets to enter the citadel issued after Jan. 1 will be honored with no additional requirements

    Peruvian authorities reopened the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu Wednesday following 25 days of closure as a result of mounting violence since the impeachment of Pedro Castillo Terrones and the ensuing protests demanding President Dina Boluarte's resignation and fresh elections, among other measures.

  • Friday, February 17th 2023 - 09:43 UTC

    Nicaragua bans yet another 25 NGOs

    The Ortega administration has banned 3,248 NGOs since April 2018

    The Government of Nicaragua Wednesday banned yet another 25 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) including two from the United States, bringing the total list of such entities to have suffered the same fate under the Daniel Ortega regime to 3,248 since popular unrest broke out in April 2018.