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Montevideo, August 10th 2025 - 02:11 UTC

Politics

  • Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

    On Margaret Thatcher Day, Secretary Wallace said “Britain will continue to stand up to bullies”

    “Our enemies should not doubt Britain’s determination to stand up to bullies, to defend those who cannot defend themselves and for our values.”

    On Monday UK Defense secretary told the Falklands 40 Margaret Thatcher Day Lecture that Britain will continue to “stand up to bullies” wherever in the world they happen to be situated. He said: “Our enemies should not doubt Britain’s determination to stand up to bullies, to defend those who cannot defend themselves and for our values.”

  • Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

    Full agenda of events to mark Falkland Islands, “Looking forward at 40”

    On 14 June, a special commemoration will take place at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire for up to 10,000 people

    A series of lectures, memorials, and other events will be held this week to mark the 40th anniversary of the end of the Falkland Islands War. The aim is to commemorate the sacrifices made in 1982 and to celebrate the progress made in the Islands over the past 40 years.

  • Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

    Bolivian VP and 6 ministers down with COVID-19

    Choquehuanca had claimed he had acquired natural immunity

    Bolivia's Vice President David Choquehuanca and six members of the cabinet have tested positive for COVID-19, it was announced Tuesday.

  • Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

    Gabriel Boric officially proclaimed Chilean president elect; takes office March 11

    Boric spent holidays with his family at his home town, Punta Arenas, where against his wishes the local Council declared him “Favorite Son” of Magallanes Region capital

    On Monday the Chilean Elections Qualifying Tribunal, Tricel, officially proclaimed Gabriel Boric as president-elect of Chile, following his victory in the runoff last 19 December. The ceremony was held at the Tricel offices in Santiago but under the most strict security and sanitary measures given the surge in Covid 19 cases.

  • Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

    Once again, Argentine diplomacy major blunder, this time in Nicaragua

    Argentina again commits a major diplomatic blunder, this time at the taking office ceremony of Nicaraguan president-dictator Daniel Ortega. The four-time president was reelected in what has been considered a fraudulent, illegitimate voting process with some forty opposition members, including presidential hopefuls, imprisoned and impeded from participating.

  • Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 20:06 UTC

    Chile: Boric wants pardon for all those prosecuted for 2019 Social Outbreak

    “We are trying to reach the best possible agreement,” Boric explained

    Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric has asked his country's Parliament to approve a general pardon for all those still detained or facing criminal charges for their involvement in the Social Outbreak of 2019.

  • Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 20:02 UTC

    Argentina: No more isolation for asymptomatic people with booster doses

    Vizzotti also highlighted that avoiding isolation implied a high degree of social responsibility

    Argentine Health Authorities have decided Tuesday that from now on, people who have taken three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine and remain asymptomatic following close contact with a positive case of the disease shall no longer be required to isolate themselves.

  • Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 13:50 UTC

    Argentina's covid Miracle

    Professor Stiglitz with Argentine economy minister Martin Guzmán

    By Joseph Stiglitz – Unlike the United States, which could spend one-quarter of its GDP protecting its economy from the COVID-19 fallout, Argentina entered the pandemic with the deck stacked against it. Yet, thanks to the current government’s policies to strengthen the real economy, the country has been enjoying a remarkable recovery.

  • Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 11:42 UTC

    Carmona launches Argentina's Antarctic Annual Plan

    “Both the scientific research that Argentina promotes in Antarctica and all the logistical operations that the Armed Forces carry out ... are linked to the question of sovereignty,” Carmona explained.

    In the absence of Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero who had to isolate himself after having been a close contact during last week's Celac Summit of his Bolivian colleague Rogelio Mayta, who tested positive for COVID-19, Malvinas, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Secretary Guillermo Carmona presided over Monday's ceremony where the 2021-2022 Antarctic Annual Plan was launched.

  • Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

    European Parliament Speaker David Sassoli dead at 65

    Sassoli had been hospitalized since December 26 owing to “a serious complication due to a dysfunction of the immune system.”

    Former Italian journalist David Sassoli, who was currently holding the office of president of the European Parliament, has passed away at the age of 65. His spokesperson Robert Cuillo conveyed the news on Twitter, writing that Mr. Sassoli had died at 1.15 am Jan. 11 at a hospital in Aviano, Italy.