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Montevideo, July 18th 2025 - 03:55 UTC

Politics

  • Saturday, March 1st 2025 - 10:10 UTC

    Argentine artist State-imposed guild monopolies dissolved

    “Today we can leave behind 50 years of cultural oppression,” Sturzenegger stressed

    Argentina's Deregulation Minister Federico Sturzenegger announced this week the elimination of restrictions on cultural activities dating back to the dictatorship of General Juan Carlos Onganía (1966-1970). The new Presidential Decree issued by Javier Milei will “free Argentine culture from the system of state control established by the Onganía regime 50 years ago,” the minister explained.

  • Friday, February 28th 2025 - 21:45 UTC

    Zelensky's appearance at the Oval Office ends in acrimonious dismissal

    Trump insisted that Zelensky be ready for a peace deal or Washington was off the table

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a rough time Friday at the White House as his US colleague Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance conveyed to him the Republican Government's view of how he handled the three-year war with Russia. Trump insisted his guest was not ready to negotiate peace with Russian President Vladimir Putin and ended up ejecting the Ukrainian delegation from the Oval Office. In a later posting on social media, Trump said the former comedian could return when he was ready for peace.

  • Friday, February 28th 2025 - 20:40 UTC

    Milei wants opposition leader Kicillof to resign as Governor of Buenos Aires

    Milei followers posted this image meme of Kicillof highlighting that 4,304 have been committed since he became governor

    Argentine President Javier Milei urged Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof to resign so that a federal intervention could be launched to restore order as residents of that Argentine district were enraged Thursday by the murder of a 7-year-old girl. The perpetrators were identified to be minors aged 14 and 17, and would therefore face lesser to no charges; in other words, they would be free to kill again. “Let us intervene in the Province,” Milei insisted.

  • Friday, February 28th 2025 - 20:03 UTC

    New York Times unveils obscure deals for businessmen to have access to Milei

    The New York Times confirmed that more than one crypto entrepreneur paid to meet Milei<br />

    According to a New York Times investigation, cryptocurrency businessmen paid bribes to meet Argentine President Javier Milei during the Argentina Tech Forum last October, where Milei delivered the closing speech.

  • Friday, February 28th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    The Economist praises Uruguay's democratic standards

    Although topping the region, Uruguay fell one notch from last year's rankings

    According to The Economist's global Democracy Index published Thursday, Uruguay is the only country in the region with a full democracy, ranking 15th globally with a score of 8.67 out of 10.

  • Friday, February 28th 2025 - 10:15 UTC

    Argentina's Supreme Court: García-Mansilla sworn in

    Lijo was appointed alongside García-Mansilla in Milei's controversial measure

    Following President Javier Milei's Decree 137/2025, Manuel José García-Mansilla was sworn in Thursday as a new Justice of Argentina's Supreme Court (CSJN) in a ceremony attended by Chief Justice Horacio Rosatti, Deputy Chief Justice Carlos Rosenkrantz, and Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti. Thus, the CSJN once again has four members after Juan Carlos Maqueda's retirement in December.

  • Friday, February 28th 2025 - 08:32 UTC

    Machado says Chavista regime threatens her neighbors

    “We are facing a criminal system; this is not a political crisis,” Machado underlined

    Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado denounced on Thursday that “unidentified men” attempted to force their way into her home in Caracas' Los Palos Grandes area and insisted these people representing Bolivarian ruler Nicolás Maduro's “furious tyranny” threatened to arrest her neighbors and a watchman.

  • Thursday, February 27th 2025 - 20:37 UTC

    Bolivia launches industrialized iron complex

    The steel from El Mutún could boost Iranian and Russian developments in the country

    Bolivian President Luis Arce inaugurated the El Mutún complex, the South American country's first industrialized iron facility, which can boost other infrastructure developments, particularly those sponsored by Russia and Iran.

  • Thursday, February 27th 2025 - 13:36 UTC

    Argentina lifts restrictions on exporting live cattle

    Argentina's extraordinary number of self-imposed restrictions has been omitted from the debate for decades, Sturzenegger explained

    Argentine President Javier Milei's Decree 133/25 ending a 50-year ban on exporting live cattle was published Wednesday in the Official Gazette. The measure had been adopted in 1973 due to supply issues. The Libertarian Government's initiative thus opens new market opportunities for the livestock sector.

  • Thursday, February 27th 2025 - 13:20 UTC

    Deaths and robbery reported during Chile's blackout

    Troops were deployed during the power cut to enforce the curfew

    As Chile's electricity supply gradually went back to normal Wednesday, one death and an armed robbery were reported following Tuesday's 10-hour blackout resulting in a nationwide curfew.